Why visit Etwall
Townapedia lists 3 parks and trails, 12 places to eat and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Monks Bridge and Hilton Gravel Pits Nature Reserve.
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About Etwall
Etwall is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, southwest of Derby on the A50. The population at the 2011 Census was 2,906.
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Things to do1
Monks Bridge
Bridge · 3.0 mi
Bridge across the River Dove between Stretton (Staffordshire) and Egginton (Derbyshire), in the United Kingdom
Parks, trails and playgrounds3
Restaurants and cafes12
Hilton Fish Bar
Fast food · Fish And Chips · 1.5 mi
4 Witham Close, Derby
Mo-Sa 12:00-14:00,17:00-22:00
Churches and places of worship11
Church of St Helen
Church
Church in Etwall, South Derbyshire, England, UK
Church of St Mary, Rolleston-on-Dove
Church · 3.3 mi
Church in Staffordshire, England, UK
St Andrew's Church, Radbourne
Church · 2.8 mi
Grade I listed church in South Derbyshire, England, UK
St Mary's Church, Marston on Dove
Church · 2.7 mi
Grade I listed church in Marston on Dove, South Derbyshire, England, UK
All Saints' Church, Dalbury
Church · 1.6 mi
Church in Dalbury Lees, South Derbyshire, England, UK
St Michael's Church, Sutton-on-the-Hill
Church · 2.5 mi
Church in Sutton on the Hill, England
St Wilfrid's Church, Egginton
Church · 2.5 mi
Grade I listed parish church in South Derbyshire, England, UK
History
The village name comes from Etewelle, meaning "Eatta’s water", Eatta being a 7th-century Saxon leader. Etwall is famous for its well dressing festival every May.
The John Port Grammar School opened in 1956, with the Etwall Secondary School on the same site. They combined as the comprehensive John Port School in 1965.
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Geography
Etwall is located between the A516 bypass and the A50 in south Derbyshire. The A516 draws heavy traffic heading for the M1 north.
The village has its own public library, several schools including a state pre-school, state primary, an independent day school and the large secondary school, John Port Spencer Academy. The parish church is St Helen's. A war memorial is located in the shadow of a memorial tree which was planted in the 1800s.
There is also a Buddhist centre at Ashe Hall established by Kelsang Gyatso. Some of the inhabitants work at the Toyota car factory which is located east of the village. The part of the village that is closely adjacent to the A50, and the Toyota Car factory, is separately named as Etwall Common.
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Getting there and nearby towns
East Midlands Airport (EMA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 12 miles away.
- Findern 3 mi east, about 4 min by car
- Repton 4 mi southeast, about 6 min by car
- Sinfin 5 mi east, about 8 min by car
- Burton upon Trent 6 mi south, about 9 min by car
- Derby 6 mi northeast, about 9 min by car
- Swadlincote 8 mi south, about 13 min by car
- Chaddesden 8 mi northeast, about 12 min by car
- Little Eaton 8 mi northeast, about 13 min by car
- Aston-on-Trent 9 mi east, about 15 min by car
- Belper 11 mi northeast, about 17 min by car
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Photo credits
- St Helen's Church, Etwall, Richard Vince, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rolleston on Dove in 2006, Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0
- St Andrew, Radbourne, John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Marston on Dove, St Mary, histman, CC BY 2.0
- Etwall, St Helen, histman, CC BY 2.0
- John port school lake Etwall, Victuallers, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 20180310-Harpurs-X912LUT, User:Alex Noble, CC0
- Street-level photo, jamestait, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, adam2, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, adam2, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, jamestait, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, jamestait, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
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