last updated:
21.08.08 | 18:46 gmt
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Mansfield Gas Sports & Social Club
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We've only attended the Gas Club since mid 2002, a change forced upon us
by the demise of the Victoria Social Club, but we've found it's a very nice
venue indeed. A bar, a friendly atmosphere and enough space for thirty
tables sees to that, and who knows? In the future we may hold tournaments
here!
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It might look like a blockhouse, but it's a nice play to play all right!
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From Junction 28 of the M1 follow the A38
MANSFIELD
signs. Stay with this dual carriageway through all sets of traffic lights
(this is a long stretch, easily five miles) until you come to a roundabout
with a pub called the
KING AND MILLER
and a
McDONALD'S
on your left. Make sure you turn
RIGHT
(it will still be signposted
A38 MANSFIELD
) and you'll pass the
KING'S MILL HOSPITAL
and a
MORRISON'S
supermarket / garage on your left. Go through a crossroads marked by the
SIR JOHN COCKLE
pub on the left and from here keep an eye open for another pub on the same
side, the
BOLD FORESTER
.
A mile or so after you have passed this pub you will find yourself at a
T-junction marked by
MANSFIELD BUS STATION
directly ahead of you. Turn right here onto a dual carriageway called
ROSEMARY STREET
, travelling underneath a railway bridge after a few hundred yards -
actually
MANSFIELD TRAIN STATION
- and continue until you find yourself at a large crossroads. On your right
will be
MANSFIELD TOWN FC
and a
BURGER KING
restaurant, but you must turn left onto the
ST PETER'S WAY
dual carriageway. Travel through two sets of traffic lights until you find
yourself at a crossroads at the bottom of a hill, facing
ST PETER'S CHURCH
on your left and a
DULUX PAINT SHOP
ahead. Turn right here onto
SOUTHWELL ROAD
- marked the
A617 to NEWARK
- and immediately turn right again into the car park of
CHARLIE BROWN'S
autocentres. Do not enter the car park itself, but follow the road that runs
alongside the Charlie Brown's building. After a few yards you will find
yourself outside the Gas Club!
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From Junction 29 of the M1 follow the A617
MANSFIELD
signs, going through the village of
GLAPWELL
until eventually you reach the Mansfield suburb of
PLEASLEY
. Stay with this road (now called Chesterfield Road, but still the A617) for
a couple of miles and it will turn into a dual carriageway. You'll soon find
the
MANSFIELD LEISURE CENTRE
ahead and you must continue along this road for another couple of miles,
passing a
FORD GARAGE
and
WEST NOTTS COLLEGE
along the way. You will pass through a number of traffic lights but always
continue straight on, following the signs for the
A617 to NEWARK
.
Eventually you will reach a confusing junction with
BOOTHY'S CLUB
on your left and
RILEY'S SNOOKER CLUB
ahead and to the right of you. Again continue straight ahead, passing
underneath a railway bridge and following the dual carriageway around to the
right. Make sure you are in the left hand lane so that you can turn
LEFT
at the next junction, at which
ST PETER'S CHURCH
and the
TOWN MILL
pub will be on your right and
CHARLIE BROWN'S
autocentres will be ahead. As you turn left onto
SOUTHWELL ROAD
- marked the
A617 to NEWARK
- immediately turn right into the car park of
CHARLIE BROWN'S
autocentres. Do not enter the car park itself, but follow the road that runs
alongside the Charlie Brown's building. After a few yards you will find
yourself outside the Gas Club!
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Click on the map for a larger version!
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Thursday, 20 November 2008
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