Little Eaton

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Little Eaton
Church Hall, Little Eaton
Little Eaton Location within Derbyshire
Population	2,430 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK363415
District	Erewash
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DERBY
Postcode district	DE21
Dialling code	01332
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Mid Derbyshire
List of places UK England Derbyshire 52°58′12″N 1°27′36″W / 52.970°N 1.460°W / 52.970; -1.460

Little Eaton is a village and civil parish in the borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,430.^[1] The name originated from Anglo Saxon times and means the "little town by the water".

It is on the former route of the old A61 (now B6179), just north of the Derby section of the A38. At the southern exit to the village from the A38, there used to be a Little Chef which closed in early 2012 and re-opened as a Starbucks in 2013. Since 1974 the village has been part of the Borough of Erewash.