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Watnall & Awsworth local guide — history, things to do & what's on

A guide to Watnall & Awsworth and its nearest market town, Eastwood — plus fixed-price airport taxis from Watnall & Awsworth.

Watnall & Awsworth history

Watnall & Awsworth sits in Nottinghamshire (NG16), and shares its history and day-to-day life with nearby Eastwood. Eastwood is D. H. Lawrence's birthplace and the town where the Midland Railway was famously planned in the Sun Inn in 1832. Kimberley built its name on brewing at Hardys & Hansons. Both sit on the Erewash coalfield that shaped Lawrence's novels.

Places to visit in Eastwood

  • D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum, Victoria Street — The miner's cottage where Lawrence was born in 1885.
  • Colliers Wood and Brinsley Headstocks — Restored pit headstocks and woodland walks.
  • Bennerley Viaduct — Victorian wrought-iron viaduct over the Erewash, now walkable.

Eastwood market days

  • Eastwood Market, Nottingham Road — Usually Fridays
  • Kimberley farmers' and craft markets — Selected Saturdays

Fairs & events near Watnall & Awsworth

  • Eastwood Lawrence Festival events — Usually September, around Lawrence's birthday
  • Kimberley Carnival and funfair — Usually summer
  • Christmas lights switch-on — Late November

Getting to the airport from Watnall & Awsworth

  • M1 J26 puts you about 25 minutes from East Midlands Airport.
  • Market days, fair weeks and festival weekends change the traffic around town centres — tell us your flight time and we'll plan the pick-up around it.

Market days and event months follow the long-standing local pattern and can change year to year — please confirm dates with the organiser before travelling.

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