Shown within Nottinghamshire

Bassetlaw District
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Nottinghamshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 67th 637.86 km²
Admin. HQ:	Worksop
ONS code:	37UC
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.5% White
Politics
Bassetlaw District Council http://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	John Mann, Patrick Mercer

Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 107,713. The borough is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop, site of the borough offices, and Retford.

Other settlements in the borough include:

Askham

Babworth, Beckingham, Bircotes, Blyth, Bole, Bothamsall

Carburton, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Clarborough, Clayworth, Cuckney

Darlton

East Drayton, East Markham, Eaton, Elksley, Everton

Gamston, Gringley-on-the-Hill, Grove

Harworth, Hayton, Headon

Langold

Markham Moor, Mattersey, Milton, Misson, Misterton

Normanton-on-Trent, North Leverton-with-Habblesthorpe, North Wheatley

Oldcotes

Rampton, Ranby, Ranskill, Rhodesia, Rockley

Saundby, Scrooby, Shireoaks, South Leverton, Sutton cum Lound, Sturton le Steeple

Torworth, Treswell, Tuxford

West Drayton, West Markham, West Stockwith, Woodbeck

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Worksop and Retford and most of Worksop Urban District and most of Retford Rural District. It is named for the historic Bassetlaw wapentake of Nottinghamshire.

Town twinning

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• Farmers Branch, Texas - Garbsen

Local government in Nottinghamshire | Shire districts

Bassetlaw | Bassetlaw