Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
Eastwood is a former coal mining town and civil parish in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Nottingham and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Derby on the border between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Mentioned in Domesday Book, it expanded rapidly during the Industrial Revolution. The Midland Railway was formed here and it is the birthplace of D. H. Lawrence.
The Sun Inn, Eastwood town centre.
Eastwood Hall
D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum, Eastwood
Coat of arms of the former Eastwood urban District Council. The black diamonds represent coal mining, the annulet is from the heraldry of the Plumtree family and the red roundels are from the arms of the Grey family of Codnor.
Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately west of the city of Nottingham, and most of the built-up areas of the borough form part of the Nottingham Urban Area. The council is based in Beeston and the borough also includes the towns of Eastwood, Kimberley and Stapleford and surrounding villages and rural areas.
Beeston, the largest settlement and administrative centre of the borough
Borough of Broxtowe
Beeston Town Hall was the council's headquarters until 1991
Eastwood, the second largest settlement in the borough
