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{{Short description|Town in Erewash district in Derbyshire, on the Nottinghamshire border, England}}
{{Short description|Town in Derbyshire, England}}
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'''Long Eaton''' is a town in the [[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]] district of [[Derbyshire]], England, just north of the [[River Trent]], about {{convert|6|mi|km}} south-west of [[Nottingham]] and {{convert|9|mi|km}} south-east of [[Derby]]. The town population was 37,760 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-eastmidlands.php?cityid=E35000992 |title=Town population 2011 |access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref> It has been part of [[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]] borough since 1 April 1974, when [[Long Eaton Urban District]] was disbanded.
'''Long Eaton''' is a town in the [[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]] district of [[Derbyshire]], England. It lies just north of the [[River Trent]], about {{convert|6|mi|km}} south-west of [[Nottingham]] and {{convert|9|mi|km}} south-east of [[Derby]]. The town population was 37,760 at the [[United Kingdom 2011 census|2011 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-eastmidlands.php?cityid=E35000992 |title=Town population 2011 |access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref> It has been part of the Erewash borough since 1 April 1974, when [[Long Eaton Urban District]] was disbanded.
 
==Geography==
Long Eaton lies in Derbyshire, adjoining the border with [[Nottinghamshire]] and close to [[Leicestershire]]. It is covered by the Nottingham [[post town]], and has a Nottingham telephone area code (0115). Long Eaton sits on the banks of the [[River Trent]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://contactnumbers.buzz/nottingham/ |title=Nottingham |publisher=Contact numbers |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> Long Eaton is part of the [[Greater Nottingham]] urban area.


==History==
==History==
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The "Great Fire" of Long Eaton in 1694 destroyed 14 houses and several other buildings in the market place.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.long-eaton.com/timeline.asp |title=The Long Eaton & Sawley Archive |publisher=Long-eaton.com}}</ref>
The "Great Fire" of Long Eaton in 1694 destroyed 14 houses and several other buildings in the market place.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.long-eaton.com/timeline.asp |title=The Long Eaton & Sawley Archive |publisher=Long-eaton.com}}</ref>


The village remained a stable size until the construction of the [[Midland Counties Railway]] in 1839 and the [[Erewash Valley Line]] in 1844, which brought links that encouraged growth. Two industries came to employ many people in the growing town: [[lace|lace-making]] and [[Goods wagon|railway wagon]] manufacturing. A large railway yard at [[Toton TMD|Toton Sidings]] grew up just north of the town.
The village remained a stable size until the construction of the [[Midland Counties Railway]] in 1839 and the [[Erewash Valley Line]] in 1844, which brought links that encouraged growth. Two industries came to employ many people in the growing town: [[lace-making]] and [[Goods wagon|railway wagon]] manufacturing. A large railway yard at [[Toton Sidings]] grew up just north of the town.


By 1900 the town population exceeded 10,000, after construction of housing, offices and factories through the Victorian period. In 1921 its extent was broadened to include Wilsthorpe and parts of [[Sandiacre]] and Sawley.
By 1900, the town population exceeded 10,000, after construction of housing, offices and factories through the Victorian period. In 1921, its extent was broadened to include Wilsthorpe and parts of [[Sandiacre]] and Sawley.


==Notable architecture==
==Geography==
[[File:Long Eaton Hall, Long Eaton, Derbyshire.jpg|thumb|left|[[Long Eaton Town Hall]] (built c.1778) attributed to [[Joseph Pickford]]]]
Long Eaton is located in Derbyshire, adjoining the border with [[Nottinghamshire]] and close to [[Leicestershire]]. It lies on the banks of the [[River Trent]] and is part of the [[Greater Nottingham]] urban area.
One notable building is the [[Palladian architecture|Palladian]] [[Long Eaton Town Hall]]. Originally a private house, it is now owned by the borough council and forms part of the expanded offices of Erewash Borough Council, which opened in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.archive.long-eaton.com/longeaton.asp |title=Long Eaton |publisher=The Long Eaton & Sawley Archive |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>


The [[St. Laurence's Church, Long Eaton|Parish Church of St Laurence]] stands to the east of the Market Place. Local tradition dates parts of it to the 11th century, possibly built under Viking King [[King Cnut|Cnut]]. However, some place the oldest parts of the church after the [[Norman Conquest]], possibly in the 12th century. It was originally a daughter church of [[All Saints' Church, Sawley]], but gained separate status in the 19th century.
==Architecture==
[[File:Long Eaton Hall, Long Eaton, Derbyshire.jpg|thumb|left|Long Eaton Town Hall (built c.1778) attributed to [[Joseph Pickford]]]]
 
One notable building is the [[Palladian]] [[Long Eaton Town Hall]]. Originally a private house, it is now owned by the borough council and forms part of the expanded offices of Erewash Borough Council, which opened in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.archive.long-eaton.com/longeaton.asp |title=Long Eaton |publisher=The Long Eaton & Sawley Archive |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>
 
The [[St. Laurence's Church, Long Eaton|Parish Church of St Laurence]] stands to the east of the Market Place. Local tradition dates parts of it to the 11th century, possibly built under Viking King [[Cnut]]. However, some place the oldest parts of the church after the [[Norman Conquest]], possibly in the 12th century. It was originally a daughter church of [[All Saints' Church, Sawley]], but gained separate status in the 19th century.


The other religious buildings of note are:  
The other religious buildings of note are:  
*St John the Evangelist (Church of England), College Street (1916–22) by [[Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet|Sir Charles Nicholson]]
* St John the Evangelist (Church of England), College Street (1916–22) by [[Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet|Sir Charles Nicholson]]
*[[St James' Church, Long Eaton|St James’ Church, Tamworth Road]], (1886)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Mission Church for Long Eaton |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000176/18860716/014/0005 |newspaper=Nottinghamshire Guardian |location=England |date=16 July 1886 |access-date=28 December 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive }}</ref> by John Sheldon
* [[St James' Church, Long Eaton|St James’ Church, Tamworth Road]], (1886)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Mission Church for Long Eaton |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000176/18860716/014/0005 |newspaper=Nottinghamshire Guardian |location=England |date=16 July 1886 |access-date=28 December 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive }}</ref> by John Sheldon
*St Francis of Assisi Church (Roman Catholic), Tamworth Road (1929–30) by Foden, Hemm and Williams of Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Church for Derbyshire |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/18900912/079/0006 |newspaper=Nottingham and Midland Catholic News |location=England |date=22 June 1929 |access-date=30 December 2023 }}</ref>
* St Francis of Assisi Church (Roman Catholic), Tamworth Road (1929–30) by Foden, Hemm and Williams of Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Church for Derbyshire |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/18900912/079/0006 |newspaper=Nottingham and Midland Catholic News |location=England |date=22 June 1929 |access-date=30 December 2023 }}</ref>
*[[Christ Church Methodist Church|Christ Church (Methodist), Derby Road]], (1903–04)<ref>{{NHLE|num= 1087970 |desc=Christ Church Methodist Church |accessdate=30 July 2023}}</ref> by [[Arthur Brewill]] and [[Basil Baily]]
* [[Christ Church Methodist Church|Christ Church (Methodist), Derby Road]], (1903–04)<ref>{{NHLE|num= 1087970 |desc=Christ Church Methodist Church |accessdate=30 July 2023}}</ref> by [[Arthur Brewill]] and [[Basil Baily]]
*[[Oasis Christian Centre, Long Eaton|Oasis Christian Centre]], Derby Road (1904)<ref>{{NHLE|num= 1087971 |desc=Elim Pentecostal Church and Railings |accessdate=30 July 2023}}</ref> by [[George Baines (architect d.1934)|George Baines]]  
* [[Oasis Christian Centre, Long Eaton|Oasis Christian Centre]], Derby Road (1904)<ref>{{NHLE|num= 1087971 |desc=Elim Pentecostal Church and Railings |accessdate=30 July 2023}}</ref> by [[George Baines (architect d.1934)|George Baines]]  
*[[Station Street Baptist Church, Long Eaton|Baptist Church, Station Road]] (1880) by Mr Keating of Nottingham.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Long Eaton |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/18801021/048/0004 |newspaper=Nottingham Evening Post |location=England |date=21 October 1880 |access-date=5 August 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive }}</ref>
* [[Station Street Baptist Church, Long Eaton|Baptist Church, Station Road]] (1880) by Mr Keating of Nottingham.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Long Eaton |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/18801021/048/0004 |newspaper=Nottingham Evening Post |location=England |date=21 October 1880 |access-date=5 August 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive }}</ref>


[[File:Long Eaton - Harrington Mill.jpg|thumb|top|right|Harrington Mill by John Sheldon from 1887]]
[[File:Long Eaton - Harrington Mill.jpg|thumb|top|right|Harrington Mill by John Sheldon, from 1887]]
There are several fine examples of industrial architecture in Long Eaton. Most have to do with its development as a lace-making centre. By 1907, the town housed almost 1,400 lace machines and the industry employed over 4,000 people (a quarter of the population). High Street Mill dates from 1857. West End Mill of 1882 was built alongside the Erewash Canal on Leopold Street. The adjacent Whiteley’s Mill was erected in 1883. Bridge Mill on Derby Road was built between 1902-06 by John Sheldon.<ref name=Pevsner/> One of the largest lace-making mills, Harrington Mill, was built in 1885. It took one and a quarter million bricks to build the 167-metre long factory and it has 224 cast-iron windows down one side.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bussey |first=Linda |title=Photographers Britain - Derbyshire |year=1993 |publisher=Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd |isbn=0-7509-0157-8}}</ref> Harrington Mill is a traditional, four-storey, red lace mill, built by a consortium of manufacturers. The turrets on the sides house the original staircases.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/SPIRIT-ENTERPRISE-LIVES/article-413184-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914112148/http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/SPIRIT-ENTERPRISE-LIVES/article-413184-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 September 2012 |title=Spirit of Enterprise Lives on at Mill |publisher=This is Derbyshire |date=21 October 2008}}</ref>
 
There are several fine examples of industrial architecture in Long Eaton; most have to do with its development as a lace-making centre. By 1907, the town housed almost 1,400 lace machines and the industry employed over 4,000 people (a quarter of the population). High Street Mill dates from 1857; West End Mill of 1882 was built alongside the Erewash Canal on Leopold Street. The adjacent Whiteley’s Mill was erected in 1883. Bridge Mill on Derby Road was built between 1902-06 by John Sheldon.<ref name=Pevsner/> One of the largest lace-making mills, Harrington Mill, was built in 1885. It took one and a quarter million bricks to build the 167-metre long factory and it has 224 cast-iron windows down one side.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bussey |first=Linda |title=Photographers Britain - Derbyshire |year=1993 |publisher=Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd |isbn=0-7509-0157-8}}</ref> Harrington Mill is a traditional, four-storey red lace mill, built by a consortium of manufacturers. The turrets on the sides house the original staircases.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/SPIRIT-ENTERPRISE-LIVES/article-413184-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914112148/http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/SPIRIT-ENTERPRISE-LIVES/article-413184-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 September 2012 |title=Spirit of Enterprise Lives on at Mill |publisher=This is Derbyshire |date=21 October 2008}}</ref>


[[File:Iconic building revealed again - geograph.org.uk - 2081855.jpg|thumb|left|30 and 40 Market Place by [[James Gorman (architect)|Gorman]] and [[Clarence Rose Ross|Ross]] 1901 and 1903]]
[[File:Iconic building revealed again - geograph.org.uk - 2081855.jpg|thumb|left|30 and 40 Market Place by [[James Gorman (architect)|Gorman]] and [[Clarence Rose Ross|Ross]] 1901 and 1903]]
The floors above the shops in High Street and the Market Place show that large parts of the centre were built in Victorian or early 20th-century times. The New Central Building is an example of late Victorian architecture.
The floors above the shops in High Street and the Market Place show that large parts of the centre were built in Victorian or early 20th-century times. The New Central Building is an example of late Victorian architecture.


Near the Market Place, the significant buildings are 1 Derby Road, Barclays Bank (1898) by [[Ernest Reginald Ridgway]], 24 Market Place, Halifax Building Society, built as [[Smith's Bank]], (1889) by [[Fothergill Watson]] ([[Grade II listed]]),<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num= 1281305 |desc=Halifax Building Society |access-date=28 December 2023 |mode=cs2}}</ref> Therm House (1838–39) by [[John Frederick Dodd|Dodd]] & Wilcox, 41 Market Place, HSBC bank, built as the Nottingham Joint Stock Bank and later the Midland Bank, (1892) by [[Albert Nelson Bromley]] ([[Grade II listed]])<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num= 1334839 |desc=Former Midland Bank |access-date=28 December 2023 |mode=cs2}}</ref> and the NatWest Bank, (1903) by John Sheldon.
Near the Market Place, the significant buildings are 1 Derby Road, Barclays Bank (1898) by [[Ernest Reginald Ridgway]], 24 Market Place, Halifax Building Society, built as [[Smith's Bank]], (1889) by [[Fothergill Watson]] ([[Grade II listed]]),<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num= 1281305 |desc=Halifax Building Society |access-date=28 December 2023 |mode=cs2}}</ref> Therm House (1838–39) by [[John Frederick Dodd|Dodd]] & Wilcox, 41 Market Place, HSBC bank, built as the Nottingham Joint Stock Bank and later the Midland Bank, (1892) by [[Albert Nelson Bromley]] ([[Grade II listed]])<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num= 1334839 |desc=Former Midland Bank |access-date=28 December 2023 |mode=cs2}}</ref> and the NatWest Bank, (1903) by John Sheldon.


Numbers 38 and 40 Market Place are particularly notable as being built in the Art Nouveau style by local architects ''Gorman and Ross''.<ref name=Pevsner>{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |last2=Harwell |first2=Clive |last3=Williamson |first3=Elizabeth |author-link= |date=2016 |title=The Buildings of England, Derbyshire |url= |location= |publisher=Yale University Press |pages=489–93 |isbn=9780300215595}}</ref> Number 38 is York Chambers built in 1901, and number 40 was built for the Midland Counties District Bank in 1903. Both are now [[Grade II listed]].<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1334838 |desc=38 and 40 Market Place |access-date=28 December 2023 |mode=cs2}}</ref>
Numbers 38 and 40 Market Place are particularly notable as being built in the [[Art Nouveau]] style by local architects ''Gorman and Ross''.<ref name=Pevsner>{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |last2=Harwell |first2=Clive |last3=Williamson |first3=Elizabeth |author-link= |date=2016 |title=The Buildings of England, Derbyshire |url= |location= |publisher=Yale University Press |pages=489–93 |isbn=9780300215595}}</ref> Number 38 is York Chambers, built in 1901, and number 40 was built for the Midland Counties District Bank in 1903. Both are now [[Grade II listed]].<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1334838 |desc=38 and 40 Market Place |access-date=28 December 2023 |mode=cs2}}</ref>


''Gorman and Ross'' also provided the Carnegie Library on Tamworth Road, again in the Art Nouveau style, in 1906.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num= 1087976 |desc=Carnegie Public Library and adjacent gates |access-date=28 December 2023 |mode=cs2}}</ref> The [[Long Eaton War Memorial Cross]] was erected in the Market Place in 1921.
''Gorman and Ross'' also provided the Carnegie Library on Tamworth Road, again in the Art Nouveau style, in 1906.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num= 1087976 |desc=Carnegie Public Library and adjacent gates |access-date=28 December 2023 |mode=cs2}}</ref> The [[Long Eaton War Memorial Cross]] was erected in the Market Place in 1921.


The High Street and Market Place were pedestrianised in the 1990s. The work to enhance the layout and paving of the town centre was completed in 2010.
The High Street and Market Place were pedestrianised in the 1990s. The work to enhance the layout and paving of the town centre was completed in 2010.
[[File:Co-Operative Building, Long Eaton, Derbyshire.jpg|thumb|right|New Central Building, Station Street by [[Ernest Reginald Ridgway]] 1900]]
 
[[File:Co-Operative Building, Long Eaton, Derbyshire.jpg|thumb|right|New Central Building, Station Street, by [[Ernest Reginald Ridgway]] 1900]]


==Transport==
==Transport==
[[Long Eaton railway station]] is a stop on the [[Midland Main Line]]. It is served by two [[train operating companies]]:


[[Long Eaton railway station]] is sited on the [[Midland Main Line]]. It is served by two [[train operating companies]]:
* [[East Midlands Railway]] operates [[inter-city rail|inter-city]] services between {{rws|Sheffield}} and {{rws|London St Pancras}}, via {{rws|Chesterfield}}, {{rws|Derby}} and {{rws|Leicester}}; these services call hourly. There are also hourly services between {{rws|Newark Castle}}, Derby and {{rws|Crewe}}; trains between Nottingham and {{rws|Matlock}} also call hourly.<ref>{{Cite web |work=East Midlands Railway |title=Timetables |date=May 2023 |access-date=21 June 2023 |url=https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables}}</ref>
* [[CrossCountry]] provides hourly services in each direction between Nottingham, {{rws|Birmingham New Street}} and {{rws|Cardiff Central}}.<ref>{{Cite web |work=CrossCountry |title=Timetables |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=21 June 2023 |url=https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates-information/train-timetables}}</ref>


* [[East Midlands Railway]] provide inter-city services between [[Sheffield station|Sheffield]] and [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras]], via [[Chesterfield railway station|Chesterfield]], [[Derby railway station|Derby]] and [[Leicester railway station|Leicester]]; these services call hourly. There are also hourly services between [[Newark Castle railway station|Newark Castle]], Derby and [[Crewe railway station|Crewe]]; trains between Nottingham and [[Matlock railway station|Matlock]] also call hourly.<ref>{{Cite web |work=East Midlands Railway |title=Timetables |date=May 2023 |access-date=21 June 2023 |url= https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables |quote=}}</ref>
Bus services in Long Eaton are provided primarily by [[Trent Barton]] and [[CT4N]]; routes connect the town with [[Nottingham]], [[Beeston, Nottinghamshire|Beeston]], [[Stapleford, Nottinghamshire|Stapleford]], [[Sandiacre]], [[Derby]], [[East Midlands Airport]] and [[Coalville]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stops in Long Eaton |work=Bus Times |access-date=21 June 2023 |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/long-eaton}}</ref>
* [[CrossCountry]] provide hourly services in each direction between Nottingham, [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham]] and [[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff]].<ref>{{Cite web |work=CrossCountry |title=Timetables |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=21 June 2023 |url= https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates-information/train-timetables |quote=}}</ref>


Bus services in Long Eaton are provided primarily by [[Trent Barton]] and [[CT4N]]. Routes connect the town with [[Nottingham]], [[Beeston, Nottinghamshire|Beeston]], [[Stapleford, Nottinghamshire|Stapleford]], [[Sandiacre]], [[Derby]], [[East Midlands Airport]] and [[Coalville]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stops in Long Eaton |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=21 June 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/long-eaton |quote=}}</ref>
The main road through the town forms part of the A6005. Junction 25 of the [[M1 motorway]] is on its north-western border.


The main road through the town forms part of the A6005.<ref>http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A6005. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226155053/http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A6005 |date=26 December 2014 }}</ref> Junction 25 of the [[M1 motorway]] is on its north-western border.
The broad [[Erewash Canal]] passes through the town.


The broad [[Erewash Canal]] passes through the town.
==Education==
The town has two state [[secondary schools]]: [[The Long Eaton School]] and [[Wilsthorpe School]], with several [[primary schools]], including Brooklands, St Lawrence, Dovedale, Sawley, Harrington, English Martyrs, Longmoor and Grange. It also contains the [[Trent College]] [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]] (founded in 1868), the private [[The Elms School, Long Eaton|Elms School]] for ages 3–11 and two special needs schools: Stanton Vale and Brackenfield SEND.


==Media==
Long Eaton School was split into two sites: Lower for years 7, 8 and 9, and Upper for years 10, 11 and sixth form. The Lower School building, opened in 1965, was demolished in 2006, when new school premises were built next door on the same grounds. It was opened by [[Gordon Brown]] as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 2006 |title=Brown officially opens PFI school |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/derbyshire/6135298.stm |access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> It has become an ''eco school'', with an eco club and joined the Archway Trust. There is a research-grade telescope built on school grounds,<ref>{{Cite news |title=New observatory to inspire pupils |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-derbyshire-16610026 |access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> where stargazing sessions have been open to the public in the past.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 Oct 2011 |title=Forthcoming Events |url=https://mpole2011.wordpress.com/forthcoming-events/ |access-date=29 March 2021 |website=The Malcolm Parry Observatory}}</ref> It previously had partnership and student exchange relations with Spanish, French, Italian and Chinese schools.
Local news and television programmes are [[BBC East Midlands]] and [[ITV Central]]. Television signals are received from the [[Waltham transmitting station|Waltham]] TV
transmitter,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Waltham | title=Waltham (Leicestershire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | date=May 2004 }}</ref> and the Nottingham relay transmitter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Nottingham | title=Nottingham (Nottinghamshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | date=May 2004 }}</ref>


Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Nottingham]], [[BBC Radio Derby]], [[Smooth East Midlands]], [[Hits Radio East Midlands]], [[Capital East Midlands]], [[Greatest Hits Radio Midlands]] and [[Erewash Sound]], a community based radio station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.erewashsound.com/|title= Erewash Sound|access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
In 2005, Wilsthorpe School gained specialist status in business and enterprise; the school was rebuilt in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Build {{!}} Wilsthorpe Community School |url=https://www.wilsthorpe.derbyshire.sch.uk/new-build |access-date=29 March 2021 |website=Wilsthorpe School}}</ref> Both Wilsthorpe and Long Eaton schools have an [[Ofsted]] rating of ''Good''.


The town is served by the local newspapers, [[Nottingham Post]] and [[Nottingham Journal]].
==Culture==
==Theatre==
===Theatre===
Long Eaton is home to [https://www.duchess-theatre.com/ The Duchess Theatre], which hosts amateur productions from groups based in Long Eaton and the surrounding areas. The Duchess Theatre was rebuilt in 2010 following a tragic fire in 2003 that destroyed much of the original building.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-09-04 |title=Fire-damaged theatre in Long Eaton reopens |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-11189282 |access-date=2025-05-27 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>  
Long Eaton is home to [https://www.duchess-theatre.com/ The Duchess Theatre], which hosts amateur productions from groups based in Long Eaton and the surrounding areas. It was rebuilt in 2010, following a fire in 2003 that destroyed much of the original building.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 September 2010 |title=Fire-damaged theatre in Long Eaton reopens |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-11189282 |access-date=27 May 2025 |work=BBC News}}</ref>  


Notable amateur theatre groups in the Long Eaton area include;
Notable amateur theatre groups in the Long Eaton area include:
* [https://www.arcadeplayers.co.uk/ Arcade Players]
* [https://erewashmusicalsociety.co.uk Erewash Musical Society]
* [https://www.leosmtc.co.uk/ LEOS Musical Theatre Group].


[https://www.arcadeplayers.co.uk/ Arcade Players]
Both Erewash Musical Society and LEOS Musical Theatre Group also run youth societies,<ref>{{Cite web |title=LEOS Youth Group, musical theatre for 10-18 year olds |url=https://www.leosmtc.co.uk/youth-group |access-date=27 May 2025 |website=Leosmtc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Erewash Musical Youth Group {{!}} Musical Theatre for Under 18s |url=https://www.erewashmusicalsociety.co.uk/emus/ |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> which enable young people to perform in musical theatre productions.


[Https://erewashmusicalsociety.co.uk Erewash Musical Society]
===Brass band===
Long Eaton Silver Prize [[brass band]] is one of only two still functioning in Erewash. It was formed in 1906 after severing from a local temperance society. At its height, it reached the Brass Band Second Section. The original club building in Sailsbury Street closed in early 2015, but the band itself plays on.


[https://www.leosmtc.co.uk/ LEOS Musical Theatre Group]
In 2006, its centenary year, the band won the Midland Area Regional Championships, its first contest win since 1966. This secured promotion back to the Second Section and an invitation to the National Championships of Great Britain. The band also won this contest, in what were its best contest results since 1927.


Both Erewash Musical Society and LEOS Musical Theatre Group also run youth societies<ref>{{Cite web |title=LEOS Youth Group, musical theatre for 10-18 year olds. |url=https://www.leosmtc.co.uk/youth-group |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=leos |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Erewash Musical Youth Group {{!}} Musical Theatre for Under 18s |url=https://www.erewashmusicalsociety.co.uk/emus/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |language=en-GB}}</ref> which enable young people to perform in musical theatre productions.  
==Sport and recreation==
===Sport===
[[Long Eaton United F.C.]] plays in the [[Midland Football League]], as founder members in 2014. The club was formed in 1956, but records show football prominent in the town for many years before. The football club has many junior sides and gained FA Charter Standard Community Club status in 2013. It also has a ladies' team, competing in the East Midlands Women's Football League.


==Schools==
[[Long Eaton RFC]] is a [[rugby union]] club, established in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.longeatonrfc.co.uk/ |title=LERFC - History, Past and Present |publisher=Long Eaton Rugby Football Club |date= |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>
Long Eaton has two state [[secondary schools]], [[The Long Eaton School]] and [[Wilsthorpe School]], and several [[primary schools]], including Brooklands, St Lawrence, Dovedale, Sawley, Harrington, English Martyrs, Longmoor and Grange. It also contains the [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]] [[Trent College]] (founded 1868), the private [[The Elms School, Long Eaton|Elms School]] for ages 3–11, and two special needs schools: Stanton Vale and Brackenfield SEND School.


Long Eaton School was split into two sites: Lower for years 7, 8 and 9, and Upper for years 10, 11 and sixth form. The Lower School building, opened in 1965, was demolished in 2006, when new school premises were built next door on the same grounds. Upper and Lower are now in one building again (with sixth Form being slightly apart), which was opened by [[Gordon Brown]] as Chancellor of the Exchequer.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-11-10 |title=Brown officially opens PFI school |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/derbyshire/6135298.stm |access-date=2021-03-29}}</ref> It has become an eco school with an eco club, and recently joined the Archway Trust. There is a research-grade telescope built on school grounds.,<ref>{{Cite news |title=New observatory to inspire pupils |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-derbyshire-16610026 |access-date=2021-03-29}}</ref> where stargazing sessions have been open to the public in the past.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-26 |title=Forthcoming Events |url=https://mpole2011.wordpress.com/forthcoming-events/ |access-date=2021-03-29 |website=The Malcolm Parry Observatory |language=en}}</ref> It previously had partnership and student exchange relations with Spanish, French, Italian and Chinese schools.
Long Eaton Swimming Club, one of Derbyshire's largest, formed in 2007, when the Trident and Treonte swimming clubs merged. It covers all levels, from learners to competitive senior and master swimmers. Its home pool is at West Park Leisure Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://uk.teamunify.com/team/lesc/page/home |title=Long Eaton Swimming Club |access-date=2 November 2021 |publisher=guest}}</ref>


In 2005 Wilsthorpe School gained specialist status in business and enterprise. In 2018, the school was rebuilt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Build {{!}} Wilsthorpe Community School |url=https://www.wilsthorpe.derbyshire.sch.uk/new-build |access-date=2021-03-29 |website=Wilsthorpe School |language=en}}</ref> Both Wilsthorpe and Long Eaton schools have an OFSTED rating of "good".
[[Long Eaton Cricket Club]], established in 1972, currently has three senior teams competing in the [[South Nottinghamshire Cricket League]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gmsouthnottsleague.play-cricket.com/ |title=South Nottinghamshire Cricket League |accessdate=19 February 2021 |publisher=gmsouthnottsleague.play-cricket.com}}</ref> two Sunday league teams in the [[Newark Club Cricket Alliance]] league<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://newarkalliance.play-cricket.com/ |title=Newark Club Cricket Alliance |accessdate=19 February 2021 |publisher=newarkalliance.play-cricket.com }}</ref> and a junior training section that plays competitive cricket in the Erewash Young Cricketers League.<ref name="Erewash Young Cricketers League">{{Cite web |url=https://eycl.play-cricket.com/ |title=Erewash Young Cricketers League |accessdate=19 February 2021 |publisher=eycl.play-cricket.com}}</ref>


==Brass band==
[[Sawley Cricket Club]] moved onto [[West Park, Long Eaton|West Park]] from nearby Sawley park in 1977.<ref name="Breakwell 1994">The History of Cricket in Long Eaton, Sandiacre & Sawley, 1994, Keith Breakwell. {{ISBN|978-0-9521-4371-0}}</ref> It has four senior teams competing in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket League]] and a junior training section that plays competitively in the Erewash Young Cricketers League.<ref name="Erewash Young Cricketers League"/>
Long Eaton Silver Prize [[brass band]] is one of only two still functioning in Erewash. It was formed in 1906 after severing from a local temperance society. At its height, it reached the Brass Band Second Section. The original club building in Sailsbury Street closed in early 2015, but the band itself plays on.


In 2006, its centenary year, the band won the Midland Area Regional Championships, its first contest win since 1966. This secured promotion back to the Second Section and an invitation to the National Championships of Great Britain. The band also won this contest, in what were its best contest results since 1927.
Long Eaton Park Croquet Club (LEPCC) was founded in 1980 and is located behind the West Park Leisure Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://longeatonparkcroquetclub.weebly.com/about-the-club--location.html |title=About Long Eaton Park Croquet Club |publisher=Long Eaton Park Croquet Club |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> The club is a full member of the Croquet Association<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.croquet.org.uk/ |title=The Croquet Association |publisher=The Croquet Association |date= |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> and is an active member of the Federation of East Midlands Croquet Clubs (FEMCC).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eastmidlandscroquet.org.uk/ |title=Welcome to the FEMCC |publisher=Federation of East Midlands Croquet Clubs |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>


==Sport==
[[Long Eaton Speedway]] raced at the Long Eaton Stadium in Station Road. The first meet was held on 18 May 1929.<ref>Nottingham & Long Eaton Speedway. Philip Dalling. {{ISBN|978-0-7524-4163-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bygonederbyshire.co.uk/stories/8203-Speedway-Derbyshire/article-1809721-detail/article.html |title=Speedway in Derbyshire |publisher=Bygonederbyshire.co.uk |date=5 September 2012}}</ref> The Long Eaton Invaders became National Speedway Champions in 1984. However, the speedway stadium closed in 1997 and its site is held by an estate of houses and flats, and by a playing field for Grange Primary School.
[[Long Eaton United F.C.]] plays in the [[Midland Football League (2014)|Midland Football League]], as founder members in 2014. The club was formed in 1956 but records show football prominent in the town for many years before. The Football Club has many junior sides and gained FA Charter Standard Community Club status in 2013. It also has a ladies' team competing in the East Midlands Women's Football League.


[[Long Eaton RFC]] is a [[Rugby Union]] club, established in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.longeatonrfc.co.uk/ |title=LERFC - History, Past and Present |publisher=Long Eaton Rugby Football Club |date= |accessdate=2021-11-01}}</ref>
[[Long Eaton Rangers F.C.]] was founded in 1889, but left the Midland League in 1899.<ref>[https://www.fchd.info/LG-EAT-R.HTM Football Club History Database. Retrieved 7 January 2021.]</ref>


Long Eaton Swimming Club, one of Derbyshire's largest, arose in 2007, when the Trident and Treonte swimming clubs merged. It covers all levels, from learners to competitive senior and master swimmers. Its home pool is at West Park Leisure Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://uk.teamunify.com/team/lesc/page/home |title=Long Eaton Swimming Club |accessdate=2 November 2021 |publisher=guest}}</ref>
===Recreation===
The main park is [[West Park, Long Eaton|West Park]] which has a café and neighbours West Park Leisure Centre.  
Long Eaton holds an annual ''Chestnut Fair'' in November.


[[Long Eaton Cricket Club]], established in 1972, currently has three senior teams competing in the [[South Nottinghamshire Cricket League]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gmsouthnottsleague.play-cricket.com/ |title=South Nottinghamshire Cricket League |accessdate=19 February 2021 |publisher=gmsouthnottsleague.play-cricket.com}}</ref> two Sunday league teams in the [[Newark Club Cricket Alliance]] league<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://newarkalliance.play-cricket.com/ |title=Newark Club Cricket Alliance |accessdate=19 February 2021 |publisher=newarkalliance.play-cricket.com }}</ref> and a junior training section that plays competitive cricket in the [[Erewash Young Cricketers League]].<ref name="Erewash Young Cricketers League">{{Cite web |url=https://eycl.play-cricket.com/ |title=Erewash Young Cricketers League |accessdate=19 February 2021 |publisher=eycl.play-cricket.com}}</ref>
In a tradition which started in 1931,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.long-eaton.com/carnival.asp |title=The Long Eaton & Sawley Archive}}</ref> the town hosts an annual Carnival each year – currently on the third Saturday in June. The event commences with a parade of floats, decorated vehicles and walkers in fancy dress, which circulates round the town. It continues in the afternoon and evening with a range of entertainment, stalls and a funfair on the Carnival showground on West Park.


[[Sawley Cricket Club]] moved onto [[West Park, Long Eaton|West Park]] from nearby Sawley park in 1977.<ref name="Breakwell 1994">The History of Cricket in Long Eaton, Sandiacre & Sawley, 1994, Keith Breakwell. {{ISBN|978-0-9521-4371-0}}</ref> It has four senior teams competing in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket League]] and a junior training section that plays competitively in the [[Erewash Young Cricketers League]].<ref name="Erewash Young Cricketers League"/>
==Media==
Local news and television programmes are [[BBC East Midlands]] and [[ITV Central]]. Television signals are received from the [[Waltham transmitting station|Waltham]] TV transmitter<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Waltham | title=Waltham (Leicestershire, England) Full Freeview transmitter |date=May 2004}}</ref> and the Nottingham relay transmitter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Nottingham |title=Nottingham (Nottinghamshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter |date=May 2004}}</ref>


Long Eaton Park Croquet Club (LEPCC) was founded in 1980 and is located behind the West Park Leisure Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://longeatonparkcroquetclub.weebly.com/about-the-club--location.html |title=About Long Eaton Park Croquet Club |publisher=Long Eaton Park Croquet Club |date= |accessdate=2021-11-01}}</ref> The club is a full member of the Croquet Association<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.croquet.org.uk/ |title=The Croquet Association |publisher=The Croquet Association |date= |accessdate=2021-11-01}}</ref> and is an active member of the Federation of East Midlands Croquet Clubs (FEMCC).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eastmidlandscroquet.org.uk/ |title=Welcome to the FEMCC |publisher=Federation of East Midlands Croquet Clubs |date= |accessdate=2021-11-01}}</ref>
Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Nottingham]], [[BBC Radio Derby]], [[Smooth East Midlands]], [[Hits Radio East Midlands]], [[Capital East Midlands]], [[Greatest Hits Radio Midlands]] and [[Erewash Sound]], a community-based radio station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.erewashsound.com/ |title=Erewash Sound |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>


[[Long Eaton Speedway]] raced at the Long Eaton Stadium in Station Road. The first meet was held on 18 May 1929.<ref>Nottingham & Long Eaton Speedway. Philip Dalling. {{ISBN|978-0-7524-4163-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bygonederbyshire.co.uk/stories/8203-Speedway-Derbyshire/article-1809721-detail/article.html |title=Speedway in Derbyshire |publisher=Bygonederbyshire.co.uk |date=5 September 2012}}</ref> The Long Eaton Invaders became National Speedway Champions in 1984. However, the speedway stadium closed in 1997 and its site is held by an estate of houses and flats and by a playing field for Grange Primary School.
The town is served by the local newspapers, [[Nottingham Post]] and [[Nottingham Journal]].


[[Long Eaton Rangers F.C.]] was founded in 1889 but left the Midland League in 1899.<ref>[https://www.fchd.info/LG-EAT-R.HTM Football Club History Database. Retrieved 7 January 2021.]</ref>
==Notable people==
[[File:Ernest Terah Hooley Vanity Fair 1896-12-17.jpg|thumb|upright|Caricature of Ernest Terah Hooley, 1896]]


==Recreation==
* [[Ernest Terah Hooley]] (1859–1947), business financier, four-times bankrupt, died in reduced circumstances at Long Eaton.<ref name=times>{{Cite news |title=Death of Mr. E. T. Hooley |work=The Times |page=2 |date=13 February 1947}}</ref>
The main park is [[West Park, Long Eaton|West Park]] which has a café and neighbours West Park Leisure Centre.  
* [[Laura Knight]] (1877–1970), impressionist painter, worked in oils, watercolours, etching and engraving.
Long Eaton holds an annual "Chestnut Fair" in November.
* [[Walter Gaze Cooper]] (1895–1981), pianist and composer, founded the [[Nottingham Symphony Orchestra]]
* [[Albert Ball]] (1896–1917), Captain, fighter pilot and [[Victoria Cross]] recipient, attended Trent College.
* [[Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby]] (1898–1996), politician, MP for [[Sowerby (UK Parliament constituency)|Sowerby]], 1949  to 1974, last surviving cabinet member born in the 19th century and serving in the [[First World War]]<ref name="obit5">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-houghton-of-sowerby-1345486.html Obituary], The Independent, retrieved 1 August 2012.</ref>
* [[Eric Malpass]] (1910–1996), novelist, noted for witty descriptions of rural family life, worked locally
* [[John Brecknock]] (1937–2017), operatic tenor
* [[John Walters (broadcaster)|John Walters]] (1939–2001), radio producer, presenter and musician.
* [[Paula Christine Hammond]] (1944–2017), businesswoman
* [[Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough]] (born 1948), sports administrator, chair of [[UK Sport]], 2003 and 2013; attended [[The Long Eaton School]]
* [[Geoff Hoon]] (born 1953), politician, minister, MP for [[Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Ashfield]], 1992–2010, went to Brooklands School.
* [[Tim Marlow]] (born 1962), writer, broadcaster and art historian, is Chief Executive of the [[Design Museum]], was the Artistic Director of the [[Royal Academy of Arts]]
* [[Saira Khan]] (born 1970), TV presenter
* [[Bru-C]] (born 1991), [[rapper|MC]] and rapper, real name ''Josh Bruce''.


In a tradition which started in 1931,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.long-eaton.com/carnival.asp |title=The Long Eaton & Sawley Archive}}</ref> the town hosts an annual Carnival each year – currently on the third Saturday in June. The event commences with a parade of floats, decorated vehicles and walkers in fancy dress, which circulates round the town. It continues in the afternoon and evening with a range of entertainment, stalls and a funfair on the Carnival showground on West Park.
=== Sport ===
[[File:Lewis McGugan watford.jpg|thumb|upright|Lewis McGugan, 2014]]


==Notable people==
* [[Leslie Townsend (cricketer)|Leslie Townsend]] (1903–1993), cricketer who played 4 [[Test cricket]] matches and 493 [[First-class cricket]] matches for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]
*[[Albert Ball]] (1896–1917), fighter pilot and [[Victoria Cross]] recipient, attended Trent College, Long Eaton, in 1911–1913.
* [[Reg Chester]] (1904-1977), footballer who played 134 games
*[[Garry Birtles]] (born 1956), professional footballer, joined [[Nottingham Forest FC]] from Long Eaton United and won two European Cups.
* [[Muriel Lowe]] (1906–1966), cricketer who played in three [[Women's Test cricket]] matches for England
*[[Bonnie Blue (actress)]] (born 1999), pornographic actress and OnlyFans creator
* [[Arnold Townsend]] (1912–1994), cricketer who played 117 [[First-class cricket]] matches for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]
*[[John Brecknock]] (1937–2017), operatic tenor
*[[Jack Lewis (footballer, born 1948)|Jack Lewis]] (born 1948), footballer who played 258 games for [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]
*[[Bru-C]] (born 1991), [[rapper|MC]] and rapper
* [[Garry Birtles]] (born 1956), footballer, played 402 games including 212 games for [[Nottingham Forest FC|Nottingham Forest]] plus 3 games for [[England national football team|England]]
*[[Walter Gaze Cooper]] (1895–1981), pianist and composer
* [[Gary Rees]] (born 1960), rugby player, with 23 caps for [[England national rugby union team|England]]
*[[Shaun Davis]], bodybuilder, Mr Universe 1996.
* [[Shaun Davis]] (1966–2023), bodybuilder, [[Universe Championships|Mr Universe]] 1996.
*[[Mark Draper]] (born 1970), professional footballer<ref>[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=630 Mark Draper at Sporting Heroes]. Retrieved June 2007.</ref>
*[[Mark Draper]] (born 1970), footballer, played 409 games including 222 for [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]<ref>[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=630 Mark Draper at Sporting Heroes]. Retrieved June 2007.</ref>
*[[Georgia Groome]] (born 1992), actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2102872/ Georgia Groome] at the [[Internet Movie Database]].</ref>
* [[Matthew Jasper]] (born 1972), [[Short-track speed skating|short track speed skater]], he competed at the [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] and the [[1998 Winter Olympics]]
*[[Paula Christine Hammond]] (1944–2017), businesswoman
* [[Lewis McGugan]] (born 1988), footballer, played 287 games including 202 for [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]].
*[[Ernest Terah Hooley]] (1859–1947), business financier, four-times bankrupt, died in reduced circumstances at Long Eaton.<ref name=times>{{Cite news |title=Death of Mr. E. T. Hooley |work=The Times |page=2 |date=13 February 1947}}</ref>
*[[Geoff Hoon]] (born 1953), Labour Party politician (Defence Secretary 1999–2006, Leader of House of Commons 2006–2007, Gov't Chief Whip 2008) attended Brooklands School.
*[[Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby]] (1898–1996), Labour politician, last surviving cabinet member born in the 19th century and serving in the [[First World War]]<ref name="obit5">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-houghton-of-sowerby-1345486.html Obituary], The Independent, retrieved 1 August 2012.</ref>
*[[Saira Khan]] (born 1970), TV presenter
*[[Laura Knight]] (1877–1970), impressionist painter
*[[Eric Malpass]] (1910–1996), novelist
*[[Lewis McGugan]] (born 1988), professional footballer
*[[Gary Rees]] (born 1960), rugby player
*[[Dougie Squires]]  (born 1932), choreographer
*[[John Walters (broadcaster)|John Walters]] (1939–2001), radio broadcaster and musician
*[[Dan Wheeldon]] (born 1989), first-class cricketer


==Twin towns==
==Twin towns==
Long Eaton is [[sister city|twinned]] with:
Long Eaton is [[sister city|twinned]] with:
*[[Romorantin-Lanthenay]],  France, since 1961<ref>[https://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns Complete France].</ref>
* [[Romorantin-Lanthenay]],  France, since 1961<ref>[https://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns Complete France]</ref>
*[[Langen, Hesse|Langen]], Germany<ref>{{Cite book |title=Langen im Herzen Europas |last=Bremer |first=Jürgen |publisher=Jürgen Bremer in collaboration with municipal authority of Langen and Langener Stadtinitiative for history and culture |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-00-033328-6 |location=Langen (Hessen) |pages=220–221 |language=de, en, fr, es, tr |trans-title=Langen in the heart of Europe |chapter=Long Eaton}}</ref>
* [[Langen, Hesse|Langen]], Germany.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Langen im Herzen Europas |last=Bremer |first=Jürgen |publisher=Jürgen Bremer in collaboration with municipal authority of Langen and Langener Stadtinitiative for history and culture |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-00-033328-6 |location=Langen (Hessen) |pages=220–221 |language=de, en, fr, es, tr |trans-title=Langen in the heart of Europe |chapter=Long Eaton}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[List of places in Derbyshire]]
*[[Listed buildings in Long Eaton]]
*[[Station Street Baptist Church, Long Eaton]]
*[[Oasis Christian Centre, Long Eaton]]
 
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery mode=packed>
File:LongEatonChurch236.JPG|St. Lawrence church located in the town centre
File:LongEatonChurch236.JPG|St. Lawrence church located in the town centre
File:Market_Place_(North_End),_Long_Eaton,_Derbyshire.jpg|Above the shops is the architecture
File:Market_Place_(North_End),_Long_Eaton,_Derbyshire.jpg|The north end of Market Place
File:Market_Place_(St_Lawrence_Church),_Market_Place,_Long_Eaton,_Derbyshire.jpg|Market Place, looking north
File:Market_Place_(St_Lawrence_Church),_Market_Place,_Long_Eaton,_Derbyshire.jpg|Market Place, looking north
File:LongEatonChimney.jpg|The old factory chimney of Bridge Mills, situated on Derby Road
File:LongEatonChimney.jpg|The old factory chimney of Bridge Mills, on Derby Road
File:Long Eaton School.jpg|The newly built Long Eaton School
File:LongEatonRecGroundCyclists.jpg|A cycle race in 1885 at Long Eaton Recreation Ground
File:LongEatonRecGroundCyclists.jpg|A cycle race in 1885 at Long Eaton Recreation Ground
File:LEArchers.jpg|Long Eaton Speedway
File:LEArchers.jpg|Long Eaton Speedway
File:LongEatonLibrary35.JPG|Long Eaton's distinctive library
File:LongEatonLibrary35.JPG|Long Eaton's distinctive library
File:Long Eaton School.jpg|The newly-built Long Eaton School
</gallery>
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[List of places in Derbyshire]]
* [[Listed buildings in Long Eaton]]
* [[Station Street Baptist Church, Long Eaton]]
* [[Oasis Christian Centre, Long Eaton]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Long Eaton}}
{{Commons category|Long Eaton}}
*[http://www.erewash.gov.uk/ Erewash Borough Council]
* [http://www.erewash.gov.uk/ Erewash Borough Council]


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History

Long Eaton is referred to as Aitone, in the Domesday Book. Several origins have been suggested, for example "farm between streams" and "low-lying land". It was a farming settlement that grew up close to the lowest bridging point of the River Erewash.

The "Great Fire" of Long Eaton in 1694 destroyed 14 houses and several other buildings in the market place.[2]

The village remained a stable size until the construction of the Midland Counties Railway in 1839 and the Erewash Valley Line in 1844, which brought links that encouraged growth. Two industries came to employ many people in the growing town: lace-making and railway wagon manufacturing. A large railway yard at Toton Sidings grew up just north of the town.

By 1900, the town population exceeded 10,000, after construction of housing, offices and factories through the Victorian period. In 1921, its extent was broadened to include Wilsthorpe and parts of Sandiacre and Sawley.

Geography

Long Eaton is located in Derbyshire, adjoining the border with Nottinghamshire and close to Leicestershire. It lies on the banks of the River Trent and is part of the Greater Nottingham urban area.

Architecture

File:Long Eaton Hall, Long Eaton, Derbyshire.jpg
Long Eaton Town Hall (built c.1778) attributed to Joseph Pickford

One notable building is the Palladian Long Eaton Town Hall. Originally a private house, it is now owned by the borough council and forms part of the expanded offices of Erewash Borough Council, which opened in 1991.[3]

The Parish Church of St Laurence stands to the east of the Market Place. Local tradition dates parts of it to the 11th century, possibly built under Viking King Cnut. However, some place the oldest parts of the church after the Norman Conquest, possibly in the 12th century. It was originally a daughter church of All Saints' Church, Sawley, but gained separate status in the 19th century.

The other religious buildings of note are:

File:Long Eaton - Harrington Mill.jpg
Harrington Mill by John Sheldon, from 1887

There are several fine examples of industrial architecture in Long Eaton; most have to do with its development as a lace-making centre. By 1907, the town housed almost 1,400 lace machines and the industry employed over 4,000 people (a quarter of the population). High Street Mill dates from 1857; West End Mill of 1882 was built alongside the Erewash Canal on Leopold Street. The adjacent Whiteley’s Mill was erected in 1883. Bridge Mill on Derby Road was built between 1902-06 by John Sheldon.[9] One of the largest lace-making mills, Harrington Mill, was built in 1885. It took one and a quarter million bricks to build the 167-metre long factory and it has 224 cast-iron windows down one side.[10] Harrington Mill is a traditional, four-storey red lace mill, built by a consortium of manufacturers. The turrets on the sides house the original staircases.[11]

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30 and 40 Market Place by Gorman and Ross 1901 and 1903

The floors above the shops in High Street and the Market Place show that large parts of the centre were built in Victorian or early 20th-century times. The New Central Building is an example of late Victorian architecture.

Near the Market Place, the significant buildings are 1 Derby Road, Barclays Bank (1898) by Ernest Reginald Ridgway, 24 Market Place, Halifax Building Society, built as Smith's Bank, (1889) by Fothergill Watson (Grade II listed),[12] Therm House (1838–39) by Dodd & Wilcox, 41 Market Place, HSBC bank, built as the Nottingham Joint Stock Bank and later the Midland Bank, (1892) by Albert Nelson Bromley (Grade II listed)[13] and the NatWest Bank, (1903) by John Sheldon.

Numbers 38 and 40 Market Place are particularly notable as being built in the Art Nouveau style by local architects Gorman and Ross.[9] Number 38 is York Chambers, built in 1901, and number 40 was built for the Midland Counties District Bank in 1903. Both are now Grade II listed.[14]

Gorman and Ross also provided the Carnegie Library on Tamworth Road, again in the Art Nouveau style, in 1906.[15] The Long Eaton War Memorial Cross was erected in the Market Place in 1921.

The High Street and Market Place were pedestrianised in the 1990s. The work to enhance the layout and paving of the town centre was completed in 2010.

File:Co-Operative Building, Long Eaton, Derbyshire.jpg
New Central Building, Station Street, by Ernest Reginald Ridgway 1900

Transport

Long Eaton railway station is a stop on the Midland Main Line. It is served by two train operating companies:

Bus services in Long Eaton are provided primarily by Trent Barton and CT4N; routes connect the town with Nottingham, Beeston, Stapleford, Sandiacre, Derby, East Midlands Airport and Coalville.[18]

The main road through the town forms part of the A6005. Junction 25 of the M1 motorway is on its north-western border.

The broad Erewash Canal passes through the town.

Education

The town has two state secondary schools: The Long Eaton School and Wilsthorpe School, with several primary schools, including Brooklands, St Lawrence, Dovedale, Sawley, Harrington, English Martyrs, Longmoor and Grange. It also contains the Trent College public school (founded in 1868), the private Elms School for ages 3–11 and two special needs schools: Stanton Vale and Brackenfield SEND.

Long Eaton School was split into two sites: Lower for years 7, 8 and 9, and Upper for years 10, 11 and sixth form. The Lower School building, opened in 1965, was demolished in 2006, when new school premises were built next door on the same grounds. It was opened by Gordon Brown as Chancellor of the Exchequer.[19] It has become an eco school, with an eco club and joined the Archway Trust. There is a research-grade telescope built on school grounds,[20] where stargazing sessions have been open to the public in the past.[21] It previously had partnership and student exchange relations with Spanish, French, Italian and Chinese schools.

In 2005, Wilsthorpe School gained specialist status in business and enterprise; the school was rebuilt in 2018.[22] Both Wilsthorpe and Long Eaton schools have an Ofsted rating of Good.

Culture

Theatre

Long Eaton is home to The Duchess Theatre, which hosts amateur productions from groups based in Long Eaton and the surrounding areas. It was rebuilt in 2010, following a fire in 2003 that destroyed much of the original building.[23]

Notable amateur theatre groups in the Long Eaton area include:

Both Erewash Musical Society and LEOS Musical Theatre Group also run youth societies,[24][25] which enable young people to perform in musical theatre productions.

Brass band

Long Eaton Silver Prize brass band is one of only two still functioning in Erewash. It was formed in 1906 after severing from a local temperance society. At its height, it reached the Brass Band Second Section. The original club building in Sailsbury Street closed in early 2015, but the band itself plays on.

In 2006, its centenary year, the band won the Midland Area Regional Championships, its first contest win since 1966. This secured promotion back to the Second Section and an invitation to the National Championships of Great Britain. The band also won this contest, in what were its best contest results since 1927.

Sport and recreation

Sport

Long Eaton United F.C. plays in the Midland Football League, as founder members in 2014. The club was formed in 1956, but records show football prominent in the town for many years before. The football club has many junior sides and gained FA Charter Standard Community Club status in 2013. It also has a ladies' team, competing in the East Midlands Women's Football League.

Long Eaton RFC is a rugby union club, established in 1969.[26]

Long Eaton Swimming Club, one of Derbyshire's largest, formed in 2007, when the Trident and Treonte swimming clubs merged. It covers all levels, from learners to competitive senior and master swimmers. Its home pool is at West Park Leisure Centre.[27]

Long Eaton Cricket Club, established in 1972, currently has three senior teams competing in the South Nottinghamshire Cricket League,[28] two Sunday league teams in the Newark Club Cricket Alliance league[29] and a junior training section that plays competitive cricket in the Erewash Young Cricketers League.[30]

Sawley Cricket Club moved onto West Park from nearby Sawley park in 1977.[31] It has four senior teams competing in the Derbyshire County Cricket League and a junior training section that plays competitively in the Erewash Young Cricketers League.[30]

Long Eaton Park Croquet Club (LEPCC) was founded in 1980 and is located behind the West Park Leisure Centre.[32] The club is a full member of the Croquet Association[33] and is an active member of the Federation of East Midlands Croquet Clubs (FEMCC).[34]

Long Eaton Speedway raced at the Long Eaton Stadium in Station Road. The first meet was held on 18 May 1929.[35][36] The Long Eaton Invaders became National Speedway Champions in 1984. However, the speedway stadium closed in 1997 and its site is held by an estate of houses and flats, and by a playing field for Grange Primary School.

Long Eaton Rangers F.C. was founded in 1889, but left the Midland League in 1899.[37]

Recreation

The main park is West Park which has a café and neighbours West Park Leisure Centre. Long Eaton holds an annual Chestnut Fair in November.

In a tradition which started in 1931,[38] the town hosts an annual Carnival each year – currently on the third Saturday in June. The event commences with a parade of floats, decorated vehicles and walkers in fancy dress, which circulates round the town. It continues in the afternoon and evening with a range of entertainment, stalls and a funfair on the Carnival showground on West Park.

Media

Local news and television programmes are BBC East Midlands and ITV Central. Television signals are received from the Waltham TV transmitter[39] and the Nottingham relay transmitter.[40]

Local radio stations are BBC Radio Nottingham, BBC Radio Derby, Smooth East Midlands, Hits Radio East Midlands, Capital East Midlands, Greatest Hits Radio Midlands and Erewash Sound, a community-based radio station.[41]

The town is served by the local newspapers, Nottingham Post and Nottingham Journal.

Notable people

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Caricature of Ernest Terah Hooley, 1896

Sport

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Lewis McGugan, 2014

Twin towns

Long Eaton is twinned with:

Gallery

See also

References

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