Mansfield shown within Nottinghamshire

Mansfield is a large town and district of Nottinghamshire, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 98,181. It lies on the River Maun.

The town was, until the 1990s, the largest in the UK without a railway station. One has since been built, on a railway line which runs on a large viaduct over the town centre. The town also has a museum and a theatre, and is home to the English Football League club Mansfield Town F.C

Settlements in the district of Mansfield include Mansfield Woodhouse, Meden Vale, Pleasleyhill and Warsop.