Heanor Guide
Heanor is a small hill-top market town in the southern, rolling foot-hills of the Pennine range of Mountains. Heanor lies between the cities of Derby and Nottingham in the region of England called the East-midlands.
Heanor is set on a hill rising out of the gentle valley formed by the Erewash River which feeds into the river Trent.
The centre of the town is a market square. Market day is on Fridays and Saturdays. The market has been in decline for quite some time and the Saturday market much smaller and closes earlier. The market square is overlooked by a 12th century church. Heanor is administered by Amber Valley Borough Council
The town had been involved in the coal mining industry for generations. (This region is where the industrial revolution began and textile industry was also an important to this area.) The mining industrial collapsed in the 1980's and the textile industry collapsed in the 1990's which caused a blow to the local economy.
Despite this the town has grown over the last 20 years and has now fused with small communities of Langley Mill, Marpool, Codnor, Loscoe and Aldercar around the sides of Heanor Hill.
Touristy Stuff
The nearby town of Eastwood (3km away) is where DH Lawrence was born and so this area is often described in his novels.
- Codnor Castle
- Codnor Castle from castleuk.net
- Shipley Park
- American Adventure Wild West theme park!
Travel: Transport
Air
- East Midlands Airport is just 30km from Heanor
Rail
- The closest railway station (Bus shelter style) is just 2km down the hill at Langley Mill on the line between Nottingham and Alfreton (then though to Sheffield) London Midland
- Network Rail own the track and also provide train timetables
- See the information being displayed live on the departure screen on the platform of Langley Mill train station NEW
- Virgin Trains / TheTrainLine allow you to buy train tickets on-line and also provide timetable information
- Qjump also allow you to buy train tickets on-line
- Sometimes the UK rail timetables pages produce 'odd' results. This German site has Europe wide railway timetables that can be to compared to the UK version.
Coach / Bus
- National Express & Eurolines Bus Timetables
- Trent & Barton Buses RIPLEY, Waingroves, Loscoe, HEANOR, Langley, ALDERCAR Timetable
- Trent & Barton Buses 20: Ilkeston - Beeston - Nottingham Timetable
- Trent & Barton Buses 23: HEANOR - Marlpool Farm - ILKESTON - KIRK HALLAM Timetable
- Trent & Barton Buses Amberline HUCKNALL, Kimberley, Giltbrook, Eastwood, Aldercar, Langley Mill, HEANOR, Smalley, Horsley WoodHouse, Kilburn, Coxbench, Little Eaton, DERBY
- Trent & Barton Buses Black Cat: DERBY - Chaddesden - Stanley - West Hallam - ILKESTON Heanor - Eastwood - Kirkby - Sutton - MANSFIELD Timetable
- Trent & Barton Buses H1: ALFRETON - Heanor - DERBY Timetable
- Trent & Barton Buses Rainbow 1: Nottingham - Kimberley - Eastwood - Heanor - Ripley Timetable
- On MONDAYS ONLY the Veolia D1: Nottingham, Kimberley, Eastwood, Heanor, Loscoe, Codnor, Ripley, Ambergate, Matlock, Darley Dale, Bakewell
- Travel Line provides a journey planner that includes Bus, Coach, Train, Ferry & Airplane
- Transport Direct journey planner from the Department of Transport
Car
- The Electronic Yellow Pages list of Heanor Taxies
- RAC Current traffic conditions in the Midlands
- The AA Route Planner. Type in two UK towns and this service will find a good route, and provide a detailed list of roads and turning junctions for the journey
- Via Michelin road route planning for Europe including the UK
- Mappy provide a road route planning for Europe including the UK
- Freewheelers Heanor liftshare
Travel: Weather & Climate
- Detailed 48 hour Weather Forecast for Derbyshire from Metcheck NEW
- 5 day Weather Forecast from Yahoo
- 5 day Weather Forecast from the UK Met Office
- 5 day weather forecast for Heanor from the BBC.
- 5 day Weather Forecast from Wunderground
- 5 day Weather Forecast from CNN
- 10 day Weather Forecast from Weather.com
- 15 day weather forecast from AccuWeather also Hourly breakdown and Current Weather Conditions in Heanor
- UK Jet Stream Wind Forecast from the weather.co.uk (Warmer, more stable air to the south. Cooler, more turbulent, cloudy air to the north)
- Details of Nottingham's year-round Climate from WorldClimate
Travel: Maps
- Online local Map from MultiMap
- Online local Aerial Photo from MultiMap (Clump of trees by the centre is the area just behind the church, the centre of this image is the Town Hall and Tesco on the left edge at 10 o'clock)
- Online local Map from the Streetmap
- Online local Map from Open Street Map NEW
- Online local Map from Sustrans (showing National Cycle Network)
- Online Bird's Eye View of Heanor from Microsoft Live
Property
- Elder + Twells Estate Agents
- MortgageLine Services
- Hall and Partners Estate Agents
- Your Property Ladder.com Estate Agents
Genealogy & Local History
- Genuki's genealogy & history of Heanor
- The Taghill web site has lots of information about Heanor's history, genealogy and pubs
- Heanor District Local History
- Robert has set up a Heanor District Local History chat forum
- History of Codnor Castle
- Langley Mill Heritage Group NEW
Clubs Societies and Sports
- Heanor Town Cricket Club
- Langley Mill United Cricket Club
- Derbyshire [little] Dragons (Martial Arts)
- Heanor Ju-Jitsu Club NEW
- Heanor Floral Art Group
- Heanor & District Local History Society
- Heanor Operatic Society
- Heanor Rotary Club
- Heanor Running Club
- Heanor Town FC - The Lions
- Heanor Town Ladies FC
- Heanor Juniour Football Club
- Heanor Clarion Cycling Club
- Loscoe Women's Institute
- Langley Mill Heritage Group
- William Gregg VC Leisure Centre
Health and Emergency Services
- Heanor Police
- Derbyshire Fire Brigade
- Heanor Memorial Hospital
- Heanor Memorial Hospital
- The NHS list of Hospitals serving Heanor
- The NHS list of Accident and Emergency Hospitals serving Heanor
- Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- NHS East Midlands (East Midlands Strategic Health Authority)
- NHS Derbyshire County
- NHS Direct is the National health guide and advice line. Phone 0845 46 47
- The NHS list of Doctors serving Heanor
- Brooklyn Medical Practice
- The NHS list of Pharmacies serving Heanor
- Manor Pharmacy
- The NHS list of Dentists serving Heanor
- BDA Find-A-Dentist: Search Page
- The NHS list of Opticians serving Heanor
- Heanor Physiotherapists
- Ambivet Veterinary Group
- If you saw an accident would you know what to do? Get clued-up at the BBC's interactive first aid course - before the event
- The Citizens Advice Bureau have lots of information about: benefits, civil rights, consumer rights, employment, housing, immigration, etc...
- Official Trading Standards Advice
- Compactlaw provide lots of free legal advice as well as some fee services
- Community Legal Advice provide free legal advice in Bengali, Chinese, English, Gudjarait, Punjabi, Urdu and Welsh!
- Heanor Crime Map
- Independent Police Complaints Commission
- European Court of Human Rights
- The portal to European Union law is the official guide to how EU Law effects you
Care (Environment, Recycling and Charity Shops)
- Age UK Charity Shop
- British Red Cross Charity Shop
- Salcare Charity Shop
- The Environment Agency's Pollution inventory
- Check Heanor for risks from: flood, subsidence, radon, coal mining, landslip, landfill sites, waste sites air quality, pollution risk
- Radon Map of the UK or you can also download the more detailed Radon Atlas of England and Wales
Political structure representing Heanor
- Amber Valley Borough Council
- Aldercar & Langley Mill Parish Council
- Derbyshire County Council
- Find out what our local MP's been up to(!) and if they're voting for you
Local links that don't quite fit in anywhere else
- Cottage Private Day Nursery
- Heanor Library
- wi-fi hotspot
- Local Statistics from the 2001 Census
- Groundwork/The Bridge Centre
- Heanor Baptist Church
- Heanor Festival Week
- List of native plant species that have been recorded in this area
Local Commerce
- Airshelta PLC
- Amber Business Computers Computer Training
- Cakes by Rachael
- Chris Fletcher Timber Merchant
- Chris W Roads LTD Cars
- County Scales Group specialist supplier of weighing scales
- Classic Design
- Gem Vending Ltd
- Heanor Haulage Limited Trucks don't come much Bigger than these!
- Health Care Services Limited
- i-concept LED signs
- IDS Tool & Plant Hire
- Insight Architectural Architectural Glazing
- M.T. Buxton Ltd Gas, Plumbing & Electrical
- Milk and More from DairyCrest, door-to-door milk and gorcery delivery
- Newtone String Handmade Guitar Strings
- Next Stop Productions Wedding & transport videos etc
- Noyon Lace
- Paradise Windows
- Pictorial Limited Sign Maker
- Rs-services Tool hire and sign maker
- Scott Joinery Ltd
- Smiths Flour Mills
- Stylistic Web Design
- Pro-Tune Engine Tuning
- Warburtons bakery
- Weleda (UK) Ltd
Retail Shopping
Amongst the 70 or so shops in Heanor are the following:
- B & J Carpets
- Frosts
- Heanor Antiques Centre
- AA Computers
- Crest of the Wave fish and chips shop
Heanor Gate Industrial Estate
- Heanor Gate Association
- Advanced Composites Group Polymer Based Composite Materials
- Bowers Electricals Ltd Europe's largest stockist of new & refurbished electrical power and distribution equipment.
- bpi.retail has a production facility for recycled plastic products.
- Cullum Detuners Limited design, develop, manufacture and install of jet engine test facilities and gas turbine packaging
- Easi-bind International - Polypropylene Packaging, Presentation and Design
- Isolated Systems Ltd manufacture and installation of equipment to solve Acoustic, Vibration and Thermal Expansion.
- J & A Engineering Ltd
- MCL Unitex Ltd design, construction and installation of fire seals and fireproof enclosures for the oil, gas, petrochemical and refining industries.
- Steve Beer Transport Limited NEW
- Winfiled Construction
National Highstreet Chains that operate in Heanor
- Aldi
- Argos
- Asda
- Barclays
- Boots
- The Co-operative Travel
- Costcutter
- Domino's Pizza
- KFC drive through
- Londis
- Lloyds TSB
- Nationwide Building Society
- Natwast Bank
- Peacocks
- Poundstretcher
- Postoffice
- Select Fashion
- Tesco
- The Derbyshire
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