Sawley, Derbyshire
Sawley is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Erewash, in southeast Derbyshire, England.
Sawley is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Erewash, in southeast Derbyshire, England. With a slightly higher than average number of people over 65, the population of just the civil parish was measured at 6,629 as at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Sawley, Derbyshire
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.
- 01Church of St Michael
St Michael's Church, Breaston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Breaston, Derbyshire.
2.1 km · Grade I listed church in Breaston, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Holy 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.
3.7 km · Grade I listed church in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St James Church, Shardlow
St James’ Church, Shardlow is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Shardlow, Derbyshire.
3.8 km · grade II listed building in Shardlow and Great Wilne, South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, 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.
3.2 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Long Eaton Baptist Church
Station Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
2.7 km · church in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 06The 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.
2.7 km · municipal building in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07War 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.
2.6 km · war memorial in Erewash, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Oasis Christian Centre
Oasis Christian Centre is a Grade II listed Pentecostal church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
2.5 km · church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Christ Church Methodist Church
Christ Church Methodist Church is a Grade II listed English church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England.
2.5 km · church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10St John's Baptist Chapel, Long Eaton
St John's Baptist Chapel, Long Eaton is a former Baptist Church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
2 km · church in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sawley, Derbyshire
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 6 km · Birmingham (BHX), 56 km · Manchester (MAN), 84 km
- Stations
- Long Eaton railway station, 900 m · Trent railway station, 2.3 km · East Midlands Parkway railway station, 3.2 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Sawley, Derbyshire60 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £6–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Sawley, Derbyshire91 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £13–17
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Sawley, Derbyshire103 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £11–15
- 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 Sawley, Derbyshire
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 Sawley, Derbyshire. 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 Sawley, Derbyshire
Sawley, Derbyshire 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, UK2.7 km
- Sawleyvillage and civil parish in Erewash District, Derbyshire, England700 m
- Breastonvillage and civil parish in Erewash District, Derbyshire, England2 km
- Shardlowvillage in Derbyshire, England, UK3.9 km
- Ratcliffe-on-Soarvillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Draycott and Church Wilnecivil parish in Erewash, Derbyshire, England3.6 km