Perlethorpe cum Budby

The parish consists of two settlements all on the Thoresby Estate:

• Perlethorpe
• Budby

Perlethorpe is based in the eastern portion of the parish, lying just to the left of the A614 Blyth to Ollerton road. It was an estate village for workers at Thoresby Hall clustered around a square layout of roads, with a notable church and estate hall.

This is 2 miles south west of Perlethorpe. It is a hamlet lying alongside the A616 Newark-Ollerton-Barlborough Road. It too was an estate village associated to Thoresby Hall, and notable for its pink houses used in the limewash used to paint their exteriors.[2]

The Grade I hall is now a commercial country hotel, but was once the seat of the Pierrepont & Manvers families until the latter part of the 20th century. The estate through a trust still maintain nearby amenities such as the nearby courtyard, stables, parkland and forestry.

The area of the parish is traditionally part of Sherwood Forest, and it still maintains much forested land, notably the historical Bilhaugh and Birklands forests in the south. Budby North and South Forests take up the west portion of the parish. Thoresby Park with some landscaped areas and farmland take up the central portion, with the southern reaches of Clumber Park in the north.

Predominantly, many of the parish residents are clustered around the villages. Outside of these is a scattering of farms, farmhouses and cottages amongst the wider rural forested setting.

The Robin Hood Way long distance path runs along the western and eastern boundaries of the parish.

Two watercourses run through the area:

• River Meden which splits off within the area to the tributary:
• Riven Maun

The Thoresby Lake near the hall was created by damming the Meden.

The parish is relatively low-lying. The land height varies from 35 metres (115 ft) by the River Meden meeting the north eastern parish boundary, to 95 metres (312 ft) in the south west area by Hanger Hill.