Swarkestone
Swarkestone is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 187. Swarkestone has a very old village church, a full cricket pitch, a canal with a Georgian lock keepers cottage and moorings.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Wilfrid’s Church, Barrow-upon-Trent and St James’ Church, Swarkestone.
St Wilfrid’s Church, Barrow-upon-Trent
Church
Photo: Jerry Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Wilfrid’s Church, Barrow upon Trent is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Barrow upon Trent, Derbyshire.
St James’ Church, Swarkestone
Church
St James’ Church, Swarkestone is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Swarkestone, Derbyshire.
St Mary the Virgin’s Church
Church
Photo: Roger Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Weston-on-Trent is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Weston-on-Trent, Derbyshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melbourne and Shardlow.
Melbourne
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Melbourne is a market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. It was home to Thomas Cook, founder of the eponymous travel agency, and has a street named after him.
Shardlow
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Shardlow is a village in Derbyshire, England about 6 miles southeast of Derby and 11 miles southwest of Nottingham. Part of the civil parish of Shardlow and Great Wilne, and the district of South Derbyshire, it is also very close to the border with Leicestershire, defined by the route of the River Trent which passes close to the south.
Sinfin
Suburb
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Sinfin is a suburb of Derby, in Derbyshire, England, 3 miles southwest of the city centre on its southern outskirts. The ward, which includes Osmaston as well as Sinfin itself, had a population of 15,128 in 2011. Sinfin is situated 2½ miles northwest of Swarkestone.
Swarkestone
- Type: Locality
- Location: South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8553° or 52° 51′ 19″ northLongitude
-1.446° or 1° 26′ 46″ westElevation
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
9C4WVH43+4JGeoNames ID
7293290
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