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Swadlincote is a historic mining town in the district of South Derbyshire, in the county of Derbyshire, England.It lies within The National Forest area. It borders the counties of Leicestershire and Staffordshire, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Burton upon Trent and north-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Derby.
Nearby settlements are the town of Swadlincote and the villages of Castle Gresley, Overseal, Rosliston, Cauldwell (pronounced "Cordal") and Botany Bay. Many former fields to the south of the village are now wooded areas, forming part of the National Forest.
The National Forest is an environmental project in central England run by The National Forest Company.From the 1990s, 200 square miles (520 km 2) of north Leicestershire, south Derbyshire and southeast Staffordshire have been planted in an attempt to blend ancient woodland with newly planted areas to create a new national forest.
Foremark Reservoir (OS grid reference ) is a reservoir in South Derbyshire owned by Severn Trent which is also a 230-acre (0.93 km 2) nature reserve open to the public for walking, fishing, bird watching and horse riding.
The district covers the towns of Melbourne and Swadlincote as well as numerous villages and hamlets such as Hilton, Hatton, Etwall, Aston-on-Trent, Repton, Weston-on-Trent and Willington. About a third of the National Forest lies within the district.
Woodville is a large suburban village and civil parish that crosses two districts - South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Swadlincote.
Overseal is in the heart of the National Forest. To the southeast is the former mining village of Donisthorpe in Leicestershire . Halfway between the village and Moira , less than a mile to the east, is the Conkers activity park , the National Forest youth hostel and a Camping and Caravanning Club site all in Leicestershire, close by also to ...
The village is situated between Castle Gresley and the town of Swadlincote, with which it is contiguous. By the time of the 2011 Census the village was a ward of Swadlincote, of which it is now effectively a suburb, and the population of Church Gresley ward was 6,881. [1] The village forms part of the border with Leicestershire to the southeast.