Long Eaton
Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England.
Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England. It lies just north of the River Trent, about 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west of Nottingham and 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Derby. The town population was 37,760 at the 2011 census. It has been part of the Erewash borough since 1 April 1974, when Long Eaton Urban District was disbanded.
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Worth seeing in and around Long Eaton
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.
- 01Christ Church, Chilwell
Christ Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire.
4 km · church in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Bramcote
The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Bramcote is an Anglican parish church in Bramcote, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England.
4.4 km · church in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St. John the Baptist Church, Beeston
St. John the Baptist Church is an Anglican church in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England.
4.8 km · grade II listed church in Beeston, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Cavendish 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.
5.8 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05St Lawrence's Church, Gotham
St. Lawrence's Church, Gotham is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Gotham, Nottinghamshire.
5.7 km · Grade I listed church in Gotham, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Michael
St Michael's Church, Breaston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Breaston, Derbyshire.
3.1 km · Grade I listed church in Breaston, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07St. George's Church, Barton in Fabis
St George's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Barton in Fabis, Nottinghamshire.
3.2 km · Grade I listed church in Barton in Fabis, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Giles
St Giles’ Church, Sandiacre is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Sandiacre, Derbyshire.
3.8 km · Grade I listed church in Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Holy Trinity Church, Ratcliffe-on-Soar
Holy Trinity Church, Ratcliffe-on-Soar is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Ratcliffe-on-Soar. It is part of an informal grouping of five churches that are known collectively as "The 453 Churches" as they straddle the A453.
4.8 km · Grade I listed church in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Beeston Town Hall
Beeston Town Hall is a municipal building in Foster Avenue in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England. The building was formerly the offices of Beeston and Stapleford Urban District Council and is now used by the Redeemer Church.
4.8 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bennerley Viaduct
1,452 ft (443 m) long, 60 ft (18 m) high disused railway viaduct constructed in 1877.
- 02Dale Abbey
Remains of Augustinian abbey.
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Things to do
- 01MFA
Ten pin bowling Ilkeston Charter fair: October annually.
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Where to eat
- 01The Royal Oak
55 Green Lane, Ockbrook (7km, Bus 9 every 2 hours not evenings or Sundays),.
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Getting to Long Eaton
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 8 km · Birmingham (BHX), 59 km · Manchester (MAN), 84 km
- Stations
- Beeston railway station, 4.9 km · Long Eaton railway station, 1.8 km · Attenborough railway station, 2.8 km · Trent railway station, 1.6 km · East Midlands Parkway railway station, 4 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Long Eaton63 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Long Eaton91 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £13–17
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Long Eaton102 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Long Eaton
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 Long Eaton. 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 Long Eaton
Long Eaton is 10 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Beestontown in Nottinghamshire, England4.9 km
- Broxtowenon-metropolitan district in Nottinghamshire, UK5.8 km
- Staplefordtown in Nottinghamshire, England3.5 km
- Erewashlocal government district with borough status in eastern Derbyshire, England3.7 km
- Sandiacretown and civil parish in Erewash District, Derbyshire, England2.3 km
- Gothamvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK5.5 km