Walkeringham is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

, England

England

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. According to the 2001 census

Census

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 it had a population of 908. The parish church of St Mary Magdalen is 13th century. It has one public house

Public house

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 called The Fox and Hounds, and a post office. It also has a former station house (now a private residence) and a level crossing

Level crossing

A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...

 across Station Road. The end of Station Road is cut off by the River Trent

River Trent

The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through the Midlands until it joins the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea below Hull and Immingham.The Trent...

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The village also has a small school, which has recently been extended with a new hall (2010).