Heanor
Sign in to saveHeanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It lies north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administered area of Heanor and Loscoe, which had a population of 17,251 in the 2011 census.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Heanor
- UK place.type
- town
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.population
- 17,251
- UK place.population_ref
- Whole administrative parish (2011 census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK 43334 46528
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Heanor Gate
- UK place.p2
- Langley
- UK place.p3
- Loscoe (Village)
- UK place.p4
- Marlpool (Village)
- UK place.p5
- Shipley (Village)
- UK place.p6
- Town Centre
- UK place.post_town
- HEANOR
- UK place.postcode_area
- DE
- UK place.postcode_district
- DE75
- UK place.dial_code
- 01773
via Wikipedia infobox
~13 min read
Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Civic history
- Current
- Geography
- Economy
- Demography
- Education
- Sport and leisure
- Transport
- Notable buildings
- Media
- Heanorites
- Sport
- Notes and references
- External links
Heanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It lies north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administered area of Heanor and Loscoe, which had a population of 17,251 in the 2011 census.
==History== The name Heanor derives from the Old English hēan (the dative form of hēah) and ofer, and means "[place at] the high ridge". In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hainoure, with its entry stating:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heanor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (10)
On the map
3 mapped locations