Friar Tuck's Well is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. Well.

Friar Tuck's Well

WRENN ID
pitched-mortar-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 May 1986
Type
Well
Address
Friar Tuck's Well, Black Scotch Lane, Blidworth
OS grid reference
SK 567 568
Coordinates
53.10615, -1.15309
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Friar Tuck's Well is an early 19th century and 20th century structure located on the east side of Black Scotch Lane in Blidworth. It features a shaped and moulded six-stepped ashlar water course topped with a well head. The construction includes ashlar stone and red brick, with a single ashlar trough and low red brick walls flanking the spring outlet.

Local climate

Friar Tuck's Well sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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