Trowell
Trowell is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England.
Trowell is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies a few miles west of Nottingham, in the borough of Broxtowe on the border with Derbyshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,568, falling to 2,378 at the 2011 census, and 2,287 at the 2021 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Trowell
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.
- 01Nottingham Canal
The Nottingham Canal is a canal in the English counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. As built, it comprised a 14.7-mile long main line between the River Trent just downstream of Trent Bridge in Nottingham and Langley Mill in Derbyshire.
300 m · canal in the East Midlands, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Church of All Saints
All Saints’ Church, Kirk Hallam is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire.
2.6 km · Anglican church in Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Giles
St Giles’ Church, Sandiacre is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Sandiacre, Derbyshire.
2.5 km · Grade I listed church in Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church 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.
3.1 km · church in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Catherine's Church, Cossall
St Catherine's Church, Cossall is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Cossall, Nottinghamshire, England.
2.5 km · church in Cossall, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church, Ilkeston is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Built in the 14th century, it is known as the "Mollis Chapel" because of a stained glass window which shows the rising sun above the cross which was fixed to it by the local saint.
2.7 km · church in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Erewash Museum
The Erewash Museum is located in Ilkeston, Erewash, in Derbyshire, England. Housed in Dalby House, a building that once served as a school and private home.
2.7 km · museum in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Ilkeston Town Hall
Ilkeston Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. 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 · town hall in Erewash, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St. Luke's Church, Stapleford
St. Luke's Church Stapleford is a parish church in the Church of England in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire.
1.4 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Church of St Michael and All Angels
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Stanton-by-Dale is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Stanton by Dale, Derbyshire.
2.5 km · historic church in Stanton by Dale, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Trowell
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 14 km · Birmingham (BHX), 64 km · Manchester (MAN), 80 km
- Stations
- Ilkeston railway station, 3.1 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Trowell67 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £7–10
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Trowell87 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £10–14
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Trowell95 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £10–14
- 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 Trowell
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 Trowell. 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 Trowell
Trowell is 9 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Broxtowenon-metropolitan district in Nottinghamshire, UK900 m
- Ilkestontown and unparished area within the Borough of Erewash, in Derbyshire, England2.7 km
- Staplefordtown in Nottinghamshire, England2.7 km
- Stanton-by-Dalevillage and civil parish in Erewash District, Derbyshire, England2.4 km
- Cossallvillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, UK2.6 km
- Strelleyvillage in Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.3 km