Little Eaton

Little Eaton
Church Hall, Little Eaton
Little Eaton
Location within Derbyshire
Population2,430 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK363415
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDERBY
Postcode districtDE21
Dialling code01332
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Little Eaton is a village and civil parish in the borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,430. The name originated from Anglo Saxon times and means the "little town by the water".

It is on the former route of the old A61 (now B6179), just north of the Derby section of the A38. Since 1974 the village has been part of the Borough of Erewash.

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