Trowell is a village and
civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies a few miles west of
Nottingham, in the borough of
Broxtowe on the border with
Derbyshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,568, falling to 2,378 at the 2011 census.
The village is believed to have Saxon origins. The parish had a population of around 50, with four manors and a church, by 1066. Coal was extracted nearby from the 13th century until 1928.
The main road through the village is the
A609 between Nottingham and
Ilkeston and A6007 from nearby
Stapleford. The
M1 motorway also passes through the village, and the
Trowell Motorway Services
Trowell services is a motorway service station off the M1 motorway in Trowell, Nottinghamshire, England, situated north of Junction 25. Opened in 1967 by Mecca Leisure, it is currently owned by Moto. The services are situated near Nottingham. ...
lie just to the north. Most of the village lies between the
River Erewash
The River Erewash is a river in England, a tributary of the River Trent that flows roughly southwards through Derbyshire, close to its eastern border with Nottinghamshire.
Etymology
The approximate meaning of the name is not in doubt, but t ...
(
Derbyshire boundary) and
Nottingham Canal.
Herbert Morrison selected Trowell as the "Festival Village" for the 1951
Festival of Britain
The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition and fair that reached millions of visitors throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951. Historian Kenneth O. Morgan says the Festival was a "triumphant success" during which people:
...
, as a typical example of British rural life. Conveniently close to the
geographical centre of England, the village was found to be far from the a
chocolate box idyll: there was no
village green, and its three
public houses had closed. The belching chimneys and slag heaps of an ironworks to the west dominated the village. Morrison responded to hostile questions in the House of Commons that Trowell was "the type of English village where the old rural life is passing away and where an industrial community has been superimposed", "
was chosen merely as an example of modern social problems in a village", and its selection would "encourage places which are not conventionally beautiful ... to have a go at improving their amenities". Trowell celebrated its selection with several events: a cricket match played in Victorian dress, awards for the best back and front gardens, a performance of Sir
Edward German's
comic opera ''
Merrie England'', and cleaning the church clock.
Trowell village's main attraction and largest employer is Trowell Garden Centre & Coffee Shop which is located on the
Nottingham Canal, Erewash Valley Trail and Broxtowe Nature Reserve where you can still see the original lock keepers cottages and grade 2 listed Swansea Bridge built in 1794–96
The parish church is
St Helen. The village pub is The Festival Inn on Ilkeston Road (A609).
Trowell Parish Council
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References
External links
Trowell Parish Council
St Helen's church
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Villages in Nottinghamshire
Places in the Borough of Broxtowe
Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire
