Newstead, Nottinghamshire

Newstead
Village and civil parish
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Newstead Location within Nottinghamshire
Area	3.19 sq mi (8.3 km2)
Population	1,333 (2021)
• Density	418/sq mi (161/km2)
OS grid reference	SK 519528
• London	115 mi (185 km) SSE
District	Gedling
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG15
Dialling code	01623
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sherwood
Website	www.newsteadparish​council.org.uk
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 53°04′12″N 1°13′19″W / 53.070°N 1.222°W / 53.070; -1.222

Newstead is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England in the borough of Gedling.^[1] It is situated between the city of Nottingham and the towns of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Hucknall.

A former coal mining village, and previously called Newstead Colliery Village. Lord Byron, the poet, lived at nearby Newstead Abbey. The parish is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys. It had at the 2001 census a population of 1,194,^[2] increasing to 1,312 at the 2011 census,^[3] and 1,333 at the 2021 census.^[4]

Newstead Primary School is a state run primary school for children aged 5 to 11.

Newstead railway station is on the Robin Hood Line, which runs from Nottingham to Worksop.