Draycott and Church Wilne
Draycott and Church Wilne is a civil parish within the Borough of Erewash, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England.
Draycott and Church Wilne is a civil parish within the Borough of Erewash, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Partially built up and otherwise rural, its population was 3,090 residents in the 2011 census. The parish is 100 miles (160 km) north west of London, 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) south east of the county city of Derby, and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the nearest market town of Long Eaton. It shares a boundary with the parishes of Breaston, Elvaston, Hopwell, Ockbrook and Borrowash, Risley and Shardlow and Great Wilne.
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Worth seeing in and around Draycott and Church Wilne
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.
- 01Elvaston Castle
Elvaston Castle is a stately home in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England. The Gothic Revival castle and surrounding parkland is run and owned by Derbyshire County Council as a country park known as Elvaston Castle Country Park.
3.3 km · country house in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St James Church, Shardlow
St James’ Church, Shardlow is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Shardlow, Derbyshire.
3.1 km · grade II listed building in Shardlow and Great Wilne, South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Cavendish 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.
3.5 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Michael
St Michael's Church, Breaston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Breaston, Derbyshire.
1.9 km · Grade I listed church in Breaston, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Bartholomew, Elvaston
St Bartholomew's Church, Elvaston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Elvaston, Derbyshire.
3.4 km · church in Elvaston, South Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Stephen's Church, Borrowash
St Stephen's Church, Borrowash is a parish church in the Church of England in Borrowash, Derbyshire.
2.6 km · church in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 07All Saints' Church, Sawley
All Saints’ Church, Sawley, is a Grade I listed parish church in Sawley, Derbyshire, England.
3.7 km · Grade I listed parish church in Sawley, Erewash, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Harrington 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.
3.8 km · grade II listed bridge in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of All Saints
All Saints' Church, Risley is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Risley, Derbyshire.
3.1 km · church in Risley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Latin House
Latin House, Risley is a Grade II* listed building in Risley, Derbyshire.
3.1 km · house in Risley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Draycott and Church Wilne
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 7 km · Birmingham (BHX), 56 km · Manchester (MAN), 80 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Draycott and Church Wilne59 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Draycott and Church Wilne88 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £13–17
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Draycott and Church Wilne101 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Draycott and Church Wilne
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 Draycott and Church Wilne. 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 Draycott and Church Wilne
Draycott and Church Wilne is 15 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Erewashlocal government district with borough status in eastern Derbyshire, England3 km
- Sawleyvillage and civil parish in Erewash District, Derbyshire, England4 km
- Breastonvillage and civil parish in Erewash District, Derbyshire, England2.2 km
- Risleyvillage and civil parish in Erewash District, Derbyshire, England2.8 km
- Elvastonvillage and civil parish in South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England2.9 km
- Borrowashvillage in Derbyshire, England, UK2.4 km