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Long Eaton

Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England.

Long Eaton
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Christ Church, Chilwell

    Christ Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire.

    4 km · church in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church 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
  3. 03
    St. 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
  4. 04
    Cavendish 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
  5. 05
    St 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
  6. 06
    Church 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
  7. 07
    St. 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
  8. 08
    Church 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
  9. 09
    Holy 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
  10. 10
    Beeston 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Bennerley Viaduct

    1,452 ft (443 m) long, 60 ft (18 m) high disused railway viaduct constructed in 1877.

  2. 02
    Dale Abbey

    Remains of Augustinian abbey.

From Wikivoyage: Long Eaton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    MFA

    Ten pin bowling Ilkeston Charter fair: October annually.

From Wikivoyage: Long Eaton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    The Royal Oak

    55 Green Lane, Ockbrook (7km, Bus 9 every 2 hours not evenings or Sundays),.

From Wikivoyage: Long Eaton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

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 Eaton
    63 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £7–9
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Long Eaton
    91 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £13–17
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Long Eaton
    102 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £11–15
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Not yet researched

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.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Castle Donington, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    246 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    301 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    390 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    419 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    425 km

If you know how people move in Long Eaton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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