Shelton Lock is a small suburb in the south of the city of

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, located between

Chellaston Chellaston is a suburban village on the southern outskirts of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. History An early mention of Chellaston is thought to be a reference to Ceolarde's hill. This is mentioned in a 1009 charter when nearby lan ...

and Allenton. The area gets its name from the

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on the

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that once ran through the area. The only traces of the canal's existence are seen in the form of a road bridge, the lock stones, and a cycle path which covers it. The canal was shut in the 1960s but there are plans to re-excavate it. The site of Fullen's Lock is located just a few hundred yards along the present-day cycle path from Shelton Lock bridge, and a children's playground close to the site still bears the name. Merrill College is the local secondary school. It was located on Jubilee Road but was demolished – the new Merrill College is in Allenton (the old Thomas Moore school). The area also has an infant and

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. Chellaston Road is the main road through the area, where a lot of inter-war private housing can be found. The George V Jubilee Estate was built in 1935 to commemorate King George V's silver jubilee and this lies to the west of Jubilee Road. St Edmund’s Church on Sinfin Avenue by the Derby architect

Arthur Eaton Arthur Eaton (1857 - 29 June 1924) was an architect based in Derby. Background He was born in Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire, the son of Charles Eaton (1819-1893) farmer of Etwall and Jane Morley (1822-1886). He was baptised on 30 December 1857 i ...

was opened in 1939. The Sinfin Avenue estate was built in the 1970s, and includes a number of council and private houses. To the rear of the estate are fields and woodland, which are part of

Sinfin Moor Sinfin is a suburb of Derby, England, southwest of the city centre on its southern outskirts. The ward, which includes Osmaston as well as Sinfin itself, had a population of 15,128 in 2011. Historically, Sinfin and Osmaston were separate vill ...

– as well as the disused railway which goes towards Chellaston. Significant areas of these fields and woodland have now been built on forming the Bonnie Prince housing estate. A spur of the

M64 motorway The United Kingdom's M64 motorway was planned during the 1970s to link the M6 at Stoke-on-Trent with the M1 near Castle Donington, by way of Uttoxeter and Derby. Its purpose would have been to allow traffic travelling from the south-east to t ...

was planned to pass through this area towards the

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works. This was never built and the route was instead used for the

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; Shelton Lock is connected to this by the A514.

Gallery

Image:Newbridgeinn.JPG, The New Bridge Inn public house Image:Sheltonlockshops.JPG, The shops, Chellaston Road Image:Sheltonlockgp.JPG, The Golden Pheasant public house Image:Derbybus.JPG, Number 60 bus travelling from

, on Shelton Lock bridge

References

External links

Photos of Shelton LockDerby CanalGeotagged photo album of Chellaston & Shelton Lock
{{Suburbs of Derby Areas of Derby Transport in Derby Canals in Derbyshire Locks of England