Newstead, Nottinghamshire
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Newstead shown within Nottinghamshire |
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| Population | 1,194 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SK5252 |
| Civil parish | Newstead |
| District | Gedling |
| Shire county | Nottinghamshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode district | NG15 |
| Dialling code | 01623 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Sherwood |
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Coordinates: 53°04′12″N 1°13′19″W / 53.070°N 1.222°W
Newstead is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated between the city of Nottingham and the town of Mansfield in the Borough of Gedling.[1] It is a former coal mining village, and was previously called Newstead Colliery Village. Lord Byron, the poet, lived at nearby Newstead Abbey. The parish is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys. It has a population of 1,194.[2]
Newstead Primary School is a state run primary school for children aged 5 to 11.
Newstead railway station is on the Robin Hood Line, which runs from Nottingham to Worksop.
Newstead Colliery Village[edit]
The colliery village was built at Newstead in the late-19th century for miners at Newstead and Annesley Collieries.[3] Newstead Colliery operated between 1874 and 1987.
The former mining location has now been redeveloped into a nature reserve and business park. Hazelford Way Industrial Estate is home to several large companies including Bunches Florapost; Badgemaster; and Leivers and Millership.
Gallery[edit]
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Terraced houses in Newstead
References[edit]
- ^ OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000):ISBN 0 319 24040 1
- ^ "Parish Headcounts: Gedling". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ Historic England, "Newstead Colliery Village (1038798)", PastScape, retrieved 15 August 2015
External links[edit]
Media related to Newstead, Nottinghamshire at Wikimedia Commons
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