Newstead, Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 53°04′12″N 1°13′19″W / 53.070°N 1.222°W / 53.070; -1.222

Newstead
Miner's Head Totem Pole
Newstead  Newstead shown within Nottinghamshire
Population	1,194 (2001)
OS grid reference	SK5252
Parish	Newstead
District	Gedling
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG15
Dialling code	01623
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sherwood
List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire

Newstead is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, situated between Nottingham and Mansfield in the Borough of Gedling. It is a former coal mining village, and was previously called Newstead Colliery Village. Lord Byron, the poet, lived at nearby Newstead Abbey. The parish is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys. It has a population of 1,194.^[1]

Newstead Colliery Village was created as home for workers at the nearby Newstead Colliery, which 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.

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.

Gallery

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  Terraced houses in Newstead

References

1. ^ "Parish Headcounts: Gedling". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790492. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 

External links

Media related to Newstead, Nottinghamshire at Wikimedia Commons

• Headstock Music Festival
• Newstead and Annesley Country Park
• Newstead Abbey Historic House and Gardens