Newstead, Nottinghamshire

Newstead
Village and civil parish
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Newstead is located in Nottinghamshire
Newstead
Newstead
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area3.19 sq mi (8.3 km2)
Population1,333 (2021)
• Density418/sq mi (161/km2)
OS grid referenceSK 519528
• London115 mi (185 km) SSE
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNOTTINGHAM
Postcode districtNG15
Dialling code01623
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitewww.newsteadparish​council.org.uk
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UK
England
Nottinghamshire
53°04′12″N 1°13′19″W / 53.070°N 1.222°W / 53.070; -1.222

Newstead is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England in the borough of Gedling.[1] It is situated between the city of Nottingham and the towns of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Hucknall.

A former coal mining village, and previously called Newstead Colliery Village. Lord Byron, the poet, lived at nearby Newstead Abbey. The parish is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys. It had at the 2001 census a population of 1,194,[2] increasing to 1,312 at the 2011 census,[3] and 1,333 at the 2021 census.[4]

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.

  1. ^ OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000):ISBN 0 319 24040 1
  2. ^ "Parish Headcounts: Gedling". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Newstead parish (E04007871)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 February 2024.