Blidworth

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Blidworth
Village and civil parish
Welcome sign on Dale Lane
Parish map
Blidworth Location within Nottinghamshire
Area	4.81 sq mi (12.5 km2)
Population	4,295 (2021)
• Density	893/sq mi (345/km2)
OS grid reference	SK 592560
• London	115 mi (185 km) SSE
District	Newark and Sherwood
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Settlements	Blidworth Blidworth Bottoms Haywood Oaks
Post town	Mansfield
Postcode district	NG21
Dialling code	(01623) 79 & 49
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sherwood
Website	blidworthparishcouncil.org.uk
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 53°05′53″N 1°06′59″W / 53.0980°N 1.1165°W / 53.0980; -1.1165

Blidworth is a village and civil parish approximately five miles east of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,457,^[1] this dropped to 4,295 in the 2021 census.^[2] Its history can be traced back to the 10th century. The area around Main Street, west of Beck Lane and including the church, is the older portion of Blidworth, containing historic buildings. Many of the current houses were built in the first half of the 20th century to provide housing for workers at Blidworth Colliery (1926–1989). These are mainly in estates north of Dale Lane. Outside of Blidworth village but within the parish, Blidworth Bottoms is a hamlet about 0.5 km south of Blidworth. Haywood Oaks is the portion of the village south of Dale Lane and the south eastern rural area of the parish surrounding Haywood Oaks Lane.