Editing Sutton-in-Ashfield (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:Silverhill miner.jpg|thumb|right|Testing for Gas monument at Silverhill]]
[[image:Idlewells-entrance-nov-19.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Idlewells Indoor Market which is open Monday to Saturday <ref>author= not stated, (2025), Idlewells Market, https://www.ashfield.gov.uk/community-leisure/markets-town-centres/idlewells-market/ , Ashfield District Council, access-date 2025/05/29</ref>]]
[[File:Sutton-in-Ashfield - Regency Ballroom - geograph.org.uk - 3239143.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Regency Dance Centre]], formerly Sutton-in-Ashfield Town Hall]]
Sutton-in-Ashfield was home to what was the largest [[sundial]] in Europe. It was located in the middle of Portland Square, adjacent to the Idlewells Shopping Centre and [[Sutton Community Academy]]. The sundial was unveiled on 29 April 1995<ref>{{ cite web| url=http://www.suttonheritage.org.uk/?page_id=99| title= A Heritage Tour of Sutton-in-Ashfield}}</ref> and was removed in late 2024<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Liam |title=Mixed views as town's sundial taken down |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgk9x21791o |website=BBC News |access-date=14 December 2024}}</ref>

[[Sutton-in-Ashfield Town Hall]] was opened in 1889, and later served as a cinema, before becoming the [[Regency Dance Centre]].<ref name="lindley">{{cite book |last1=Lindley |first1=L. |title=History of Sutton-in-Ashfield |date=1907 |url=http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/suttoninashfield1907/sutton4.htm |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Town Hall Cinema |url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/52403 |website=Cinema Treasures |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>

[[File:The Mill Adventure Centre - geograph.org.uk - 857006.jpg|thumb|The Mill Adventure Centre]]

The former site of [[Silverhill, Nottinghamshire|Silverhill Colliery]], close to the village of [[Teversal]] on the north-west edge of Ashfield, has been transformed from the colliery to a woodland. At the highest point is the "Testing for Gas" monument, by Antony Dufort, erected in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discoverashfield.co.uk/places-to-visit/testing-for-gas-monument|title=Testing for Gas monument|website=Discover Ashfield|access-date=10 August 2024}}</ref>

[[King's Mill Hospital]] is between Sutton-in-Ashfield and Mansfield, next to the A38.
[[File:Kings Mill panorama.jpg|thumb|Kings Mill Hospital]]

The town has a supermarket that, in April 1999, held the first blessing ceremony and reception to take place in a UK supermarket.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/316277.stm|title=BBC News &#124; UK &#124; Wedding bells in Asda's aisles|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> It had been unable to get a wedding ceremony licence.

The [[Sherwood Observatory]] is located on the B6139 and is run by the [[Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society]].