Flawborough

The settlement is situated 7 miles south of Newark-on-Trent, at the northern tip of the Vale of Belvoir. Alverton is half a mile to the east, and Shelton is a mile to the north. For the 2021 census its population is 67 residents,^[1] previously its population was reported together with nearby Sibthorpe/Top Green and Shelton as having a total of 307 residents in 2011.^[2]

Comprising mainly farmland, this linear village has a single primary road through its centre (Main Street)^[3] and one minor (Shelton Lane). It is approached along the crest of a hill (39 metres (128 ft), highest point) from its southern boundary by Longhedge Lane, and the farmland falls away to its western boundary, the River Smite. This is a deep channel, with normally only 12 inches of water, but as it is the vale of Belvoir's “drain” it can rapidly rise over twenty feet and flood.^[4] At the northern tip of the parish, the River Smite joins the River Devon, also from the Vale of Belvoir.

There is evidence of old quarry workings in the east of the parish.^[5]