St Anthony's Chapel of Ease

The ruins of St Anthony's Chapel sit quietly in the Nottinghamshire countryside near Newark, a fragment of medieval faith that's largely been reclaimed by nature. What remains is essentially four walls and a sense of abandonment - there's no roof, no interior to speak of, just stone and sky and the particular kind of silence you get in places where people stopped gathering centuries ago.

It's a chapel of ease, built so villagers wouldn't have to trek to the main parish church. These structures pepper the English landscape, but most have vanished entirely. This one survived, just about, and it rewards a detour if you're already exploring the area around Newark.

Walkers will get the most from a visit - it's the sort of spot you'd stumble on while rambling through farmland rather than plan a special trip for. There's not much to do beyond have a look, take a photo, maybe sit for a few minutes and think about the people who once knelt here. Twenty minutes is plenty. It's genuinely free, naturally - it's a ruin in open countryside.

If you're staying at New Hall Farm nearby, it's worth the walk to get a feel for how scattered and rural this part of Nottinghamshire truly is. The chapel won't blow your mind, but it's the kind of historical footnote that sticks with you - a proper little time capsule for anyone interested in how worship worked in medieval villages.