Castle Gresley

Human settlement in England
  • Castle Gresley
District
  • South Derbyshire
Shire county
  • Derbyshire
Region
  • East Midlands
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  • South Derbyshire
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England
Derbyshire
52°45′32″N 1°35′17″W / 52.759°N 1.588°W / 52.759; -1.588

Castle Gresley is a village and civil parish about 1.75 miles (2.82 km) southwest of the centre of Swadlincote in South Derbyshire, England. The population was 1,566 at the 2001 Census increasing to 1,799 at the 2011 Census.[2] The village is about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the village of Church Gresley.

Castle Gresley has the remains of a motte and bailey castle known locally as Castle Knob.[3]

Transport

In 1849 the Midland Railway opened the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line through the parish and Gresley railway station at Castle Gresley. The station closed in the 20th century but the line remains open for freight traffic. The station building has been converted to a furniture store.

The village is on the A444 between Overseal (southeast) and Stanton (northwest). It is also connected by unclassified roads to Church Gresley to the east and Linton to the south.

The village has several bus routes available, operated by Diamond East Midlands.

References

  1. ^ "Area selected: South Derbyshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Castle Gresley motte and bailey castle, Castle Gresley (1011209)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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