Breaston
Breaston is a large village and civil parish in the Erewash district, in the south-east of Derbyshire and lies approximately 6.81 miles (10.96 km) east of the city of Derby and 8 miles (13 km) west of the city of Nottingham.
Breaston is a large village and civil parish in the Erewash district, in the south-east of Derbyshire and lies approximately 6.81 miles (10.96 km) east of the city of Derby and 8 miles (13 km) west of the city of Nottingham. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 4,455. The settlement name Breaston means 'Braegd's farm/settlement': for a personal name and 'tūn' for either an enclosure, farmstead, village, etc.
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Worth seeing in and around Breaston
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Cavendish Bridge
Cavendish Bridge is a bridge over the River Trent, connecting the counties of Leicestershire and Derbyshire; it is also the name of a hamlet on the Leicestershire side of the river within the Castle Donington parish. This bridge once carried the main London-Manchester turnpike, though the modern A6/A50 dual carriageway has now been built to the south bypassing the crossing.
4 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Michael
St Michael's Church, Breaston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Breaston, Derbyshire.
300 m · Grade I listed church in Breaston, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03All Saints' Church, Sawley
All Saints’ Church, Sawley, is a Grade I listed parish church in Sawley, Derbyshire, England.
2.5 km · Grade I listed parish church in Sawley, Erewash, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Harrington Bridge
Harrington Bridge crosses the River Trent near Sawley in Derbyshire carrying the Tamworth Road into Leicestershire. The stonework of the bridge dates from 1790, but the central section was replaced in 1905 after it was damaged by flood water.
2.7 km · grade II listed bridge in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Trent Lock
Trent Lock is located south of Long Eaton, on the borders of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire in the United Kingdom. The area is a major canal navigation junction, where the River Soar and Erewash Canal can reach the Trent and Mersey Canal by way of the River Trent and adjacent Cranfleet Cut.
3.8 km · canal lock in Trent · Wikipedia - 06Long Eaton Baptist Church
Station Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
3.3 km · church in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 07The Hall
Long Eaton Town Hall is a municipal building in Derby Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England. The town hall, which currently serves as one of two meeting places of Erewash Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
2.8 km · municipal building in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08War Memorial to 6 Metres South West of St Laurences's Church
Long Eaton War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed structure in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
2.9 km · war memorial in Erewash, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St John's Baptist Chapel, Long Eaton
St John's Baptist Chapel, Long Eaton is a former Baptist Church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
2.7 km · church in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 10St. Laurence's Church, Long Eaton
St. Laurence's Church, Long Eaton, is a Grade II* listed parish church in Long Eaton, England.
2.9 km · Grade II* listed church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Breaston
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 7 km · Birmingham (BHX), 57 km · Manchester (MAN), 82 km
- Stations
- Long Eaton railway station, 2.3 km · Trent railway station, 3.6 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Breaston61 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Breaston89 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £13–17
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Breaston101 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £11–14
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Breaston
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Breaston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe airport mainly supports low-cost airlines such as Jet2.com, Ryanair and tour operators like Thomson Airways which serve a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations.
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Next door to Breaston
Breaston is 13 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Long Eatontown and unparished area in Erewash district, Derbyshire, England, UK2.9 km
- Erewashlocal government district with borough status in eastern Derbyshire, England2.1 km
- Sandiacretown and civil parish in Erewash District, Derbyshire, England3 km
- Sawleyvillage and civil parish in Erewash District, Derbyshire, England2.7 km
- Risleyvillage and civil parish in Erewash District, Derbyshire, England2 km
- Draycott and Church Wilnecivil parish in Erewash, Derbyshire, England2.4 km