Borrowash
| Borrowash | |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | SK4234 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | DE72 |
| Dialling code | 01332 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Borrowash is a village in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, situated immediately east of the Derby city boundary.
Amenities
At the centre of Borrowash village is Somerfield supermarket, which is surrounded by a number of shops including a butchers, a newsagents, a branch of the Derbyshire Building Society (where an armed robbery took place during 2007), two estate agents, a pet shop, four hairdressers/barbers, a post office, a library, a hardware shop, a tackle shop and florists.
There are also four public houses, an Indian restaurant, two Chinese takeaways, a cafe and a small kebab shop[1].
The village has a football team (Borrowash Victoria A.F.C.), although their ground is in the neighbouring Derby suburb of Spondon.
The village's only school is Ashbrook Infant and Junior School.
The Borrowash web site is the Borrowash Community InterNetwork.
The local charity is the Ockash Trust.
Transportation
There are buses to Derby, Ockbrook, Spondon, Ilkeston, Draycott, Risley and Nottingham.
To the south of the village there was once a railway station (Borrowash railway station opened by the Midland Railway) and the Derby Canal with two locks. The station was built in 1839 and closed to passengers in 1966. The canal is currently being restored, with the work on one of the locks nearing completion[2]. The area which the canal used to run through is currently a public footpath linking Borrowash and Spondon.
Clubs, associations and community groups
- Borrowbrook Home Link for Borrowash & Ockbrook Senior Citizens
- Boys Club of Borrowash & Ockbrook
- Girls Club of Borrowash & Ockbrook
- Ockash Trust
- Borrowash & Ockbrook Archaeological & Historical Society
- Borrowash & Ockbrook Community Centre
- Ockbrook & Borrowash Cricket Club
- Ockbrook Football Club
- Borrowash Community Web Site
- Borrowash & Ockbrook Labour Party
- Borrowash & Ockbrook Neighbourhood Watch
- Borrowash & Ockbrook Women's Institute
- Borrowash & Ockbrook Methodist Church
- [http://www.ockbrook.com Ockbrook Community Network
References
- ^ Information correct as of January 2008.
- ^ The Derby and Sandiacre Canal Society website.
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