Snow brought widespread disruption to services in Ollerton and Boughton as six to eight inches covered the area.
Jak Bracegirdle (10) and his sister, Olivia (7) take adavantage of their school’s closure to play on their sledge. - 060110JT1-26
The weather caused chaos for road users, with Nottinghamshire Police receiving reports of vehicles stranded in the snow and minor road collisions.
Two people were trapped in their car when it skidded off the road and went into a ditch on the B6387 at Boughton on Tuesday afternoon. They were released unhurt.
There were also lengthy delays on the A614 on Tuesday when the road was partially blocked at Calverton after an oil tanker jack-knifed on the hill.
Police reported a collision between a lorry and a car on the A1 southbound slip road with the A614 towards Ollerton, which added to the traffic problems.
The community and extended services liaison officer at Dukeries College, Mrs Jane Paling, was one of many who faced a long journey home on Tuesday.
It took her nearly five hours to get from Ollerton to her home in Mansfield, a trip that usually takes 20 minutes.
She had to turn around on the A614 near Rufford Park, where she said lorries were stuck on the hill and there was also an accident.
Mrs Paling said the problem wasn’t so much the snow but the ice on the roads.
She said she saw only one gritter during her journey.
Dukeries Leisure Centre was placed on stand-by as an emergency rest centre on Tuesday.
A spokesman for Newark and Sherwood District Council said a snow plough had been unable to reach the town and drivers were trapped inside their vehicles for a time.
One person went to the centre but the problems eased and traffic was able to flow again so the centre stood down.
A team of volunteer Scouts was put on stand-by to provide blankets and sleeping bags to the rest centre.
The Nottinghamshire Emergency Scout Support Team, 32 volunteer Scout leaders from across the county, were mobilised by the Nottinghamshire Emergency Planning Team, based at County Hall but were not needed.
Nottinghamshire Scouts offered its Walesby Scout Activity Centre to the planning team as emergency accommodation.
A policeman braved freezing conditions to help find a woman lost in the snow on Tuesday.
Pc Sean Dodders walked around three miles in the snow to find the woman who had reported she was lost somewhere in Sherwood Forest Country Park.
She was in the early stages of hypothermia but declined medical treatment and was reunited with her family. <a href="mailto:a.miller@newarkadvertiser.co.uk">a.miller@newarkadvertiser.co.uk</a>
