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===Kings Mill reservoir=== [[Image:Kings Mill Reservoir, Mansfield (4).jpg|thumb|Kings Mill Reservoir at dusk]] The reservoir, which lies within Sutton in Ashfield itself and not in the neighbouring town of Mansfield, is home to the Mill Adventure Base<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/education/outdoor-and-environmental-education/outdoor-education/the-mill|title = The Mill Adventure Base | Notts Outdoors}}</ref> with sailing activities. This is one of three Nottinghamshire adventure bases, with the other two at [[Holme Pierrepont]] (Lakeside) and [[Worksop]] (Sandhill), all of which are available for people aged 11β19. The sailing club has used the reservoir since 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.suttoninashfieldsailingclub.co.uk/wp/|title=Sutton In Ashfield Sailing Club|website=Sutton-in-Ashfield Sailing Club .....on Kings Mill Reservoir}}</ref> Kings Mill received its name from a mill on the north-east of the reservoir, once owned by John Cockle and his wife, who gave [[Henry II of England]] a night's lodgings and breakfast during his reign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/suttoninashfield1907/sutton8.htm#miller|title = Nottinghamshire history > History of Sutton-in-Ashfield or past links with the present, (1907)}}</ref>
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