Sandiacre

Sandiacre
Sandiacre Lock
Sandiacre Location within Derbyshire
Population	8,889 (parish, 2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SK 47660 36446
Civil parish	Sandiacre
District	Erewash
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG10
Dialling code	0115
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Erewash
List of places UK England Derbyshire 52°55′23″N 1°17′20″W / 52.923°N 1.289°W / 52.923; -1.289

Sandiacre /ˈsændieɪkər/ ^ⓘ is a town and civil parish in the borough of Erewash in Derbyshire,England adjoining the border with Nottinghamshire. The population of the parish was 8,889 at the 2011 Census.

The name Sandiacre is usually thought to refer to a sandy acre, though another interpretation, based on Saint Diacre, is sometimes advanced.^[2]