Newstead, Nottinghamshire

Newstead
Nottinghamshire
Miner's Head Totem Pole
Location
Grid reference:	SK5252
Location:	53°4’12"N, 1°13’19"W
Data
Population:	1,312  (2011)
Post town:	Nottingham
Postcode:	NG15
Dialling code:	01623
Local Government
Council:	Gedling
Parliamentary constituency:	Sherwood

Newstead is a former coal-mining village, originally called Newstead Colliery Village, in Nottinghamshire, and to be found between the city of Nottingham and the towns of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Hucknall. The parish is part of Nottinghamshire's 'Hidden Valleys', a scenic area in the middle of the county largely designated for marketing purposes but still of distinctive interest. The village had a population of 1,312 at the 2011 census.

Lord Byron, the poet, lived at nearby Newstead Abbey.

Thee is a railway station here, Newstead station, on the 'Robin Hood Line', which runs from Nottingham to Worksop.

Newstead Colliery Village

The colliery village was built at Newstead in the late-19th century for miners at Newstead and Annesley Collieries. Newstead Colliery operated between 1874 and 1987.

The former mining location has now been redeveloped into a nature reserve and business park. Hazelford Way Industrial Estate is home to several large companies including Bunches Florapost; Badgemaster; and Leivers and Millership.

Terraced houses in Newstead

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Newstead, Nottinghamshire)

• Newstead Abbey Historic House and Gardens