Remains of Lenton Priory Today
- Priory Church of St. Anthony, Lenton (founded about 1170 as the chapel of St Anthony's hospital which stood in the courtyard of the priory)
- Fragment of stone column where Old Church Street meets Priory Street
- The 12th-century font survives in Holy Trinity Church, Lenton.
- Floor tiles in Nottingham Castle Museum.
- Stained glass in Nuthall Church.
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