Meering
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| Meering | |
|---|---|
| Civil parish | |
 Besthorpe Nature Reserve next to the River Trent | |
  Meering Location within Nottinghamshire | |
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| Interactive map of Meering | |
| Area | 0.75 sq mi (1.9 km2) |
| Population | 0 (2021) |
| • Density | 0/sq mi (0/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SK 813648 |
| • London | 115 mi (185 km) SSE |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | NG23 |
Meering is a geographically small civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. With a population of zero (2021 census), it is grouped with Girton to form a parish meeting. The parish was originally an extra-parochial area, and was once populated, although not in more than single figures since census records began.[1]
The parish is bound by the Carlton Rack meanders of the River Trent to the west (which forms the border with Sutton on Trent) and to the east a lagoon and a brook called The Fleet which is thought to be an old Trent channel,[2][3] separates it from Girton civil parish.
Besthorpe Nature Reserve, despite taking the name of the nearby village of Besthorpe, is within Meering parish, Known as Meering Marsh, it is an area of marsh land supported by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust that is attractive to wading birds and other wildlife.[4]
