Little Eaton is a Village in the county of Derbyshire.

Retail in Little Eaton

There are great places to visit near Little Eaton including some great towns, cities, hiking areas, ancient sites, historic monuments, caves, old mines, mountains, lakes, hills, ruins, historic buildings, shopping centres, rivers and streams and waterfalls.

Little Eaton has some unmissable towns nearby like Castleton, Buxton, Darley Dale, and Hope.

Derby is one of Little Eaton's best, nearby cities to visit in Little Eaton.

Hope Valley, Kinder Scout, Errwood Hall (ruin), and Three Shires Head are great places to visit near Little Eaton if you like hiking areas.

Arbor Low Henge, Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow, and Carl Wark Hillfort are great places to visit near Little Eaton if you like ancient sites.

The area close to Little Eaton boasts some of the best historic monuments including Arbor Low Henge.

There are a number of caves near Little Eaton including Blue John Cavern, Treak Cliff Cavern, and Odin Mine.

Blue John Cavern, Treak Cliff Cavern, and Odin Mine are great places to visit near Little Eaton if you like old mines.

Kinder Scout is a great place to visit close to Little Eaton if you like mountains.

Don't miss Errwood Reservoir's lakes if visiting the area around Little Eaton.

Don't miss Shining Tor, and Higger Tor's hills if visiting the area around Little Eaton.

There are a several good ruins in the Little Eaton area like Errwood Hall (ruin), and Castedge (ruin).

Historic Buildings to visit near Little Eaton include Solomon's Temple, and St Mary's Church Derby.

There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Little Eaton like Derbion.

River Dane at Three Shires Head, and Panniers Pool are great places to visit near Little Eaton if you like rivers and streams.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Little Eaton area like Panniers Pool Waterfall, and Three Shires Head Waterfall.

Little Eaton History

There are some historic monuments around Little Eaton:

• Mackworth medieval settlement including the castle gatehouse, part of the medieval open field system and a pinfold
• Horsley Castle tower keep castle
• Park Hall moated site, well and enclosure
• Twelfth century tower keep castle, including sites of an eleventh century motte and bailey castle, an Anglian cemetery and a Romano-British settlement
• Medieval iron working remains at Stanley monastic grange
• Butterley Works blast furnaces, canal tunnel and underground wharf
• Rykneld Street section of Roman road S of Ticknall Hill
• Roman bath house at Parker's Piece
• Littlechester Roman site
• Anglo-Scandinavian high cross shaft in the churchyard of St Werburgh's Church, Spondon
• Duffield Bridge
• Windley Moated Manorial Complex
• Motte south-west of Morley House Farm
• St Mary's Bridge
• Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens Farm
• Section of Rykneld Street Roman road and remains of Bronze Age cemetery at Littleover
• Moated site north of Dannah Farm
• Derby Racecourse Roman vicus and cemetery
• Morley Park Works
• Darley Abbey (remains of)