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The village lies in a valley, between the River Trent and the Trent and Mersey canal. It is approximately 6 miles from the centre of Derby and has good communications with the motorway network; Junction 3 of the A50 is 2.5 miles away and Junction 24a of the M1 approximately 5 miles. Nottingham East Midlands Airport is 8 miles to the east.
Barrow is a village of 227 households with approximately 430 electors. There is a popular village hall with car park, Community Park for general village use, a school, Sale and Davy's Primary School and the church of Saint Wilfrid's. There is no shop or public house, but the "Brookfield", a Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers Club, welcomes visitors. The Methodist Chapel on Chapel Lane was built in 1839 and is now a private residence. The Walnuts, an attractive former farmhouse on Church Lane, was the home of George Turner, the landscape artist, and this part of the Trent valley is the location for many of his paintings.
In the centre of the village on Twyford Road is an attractive row of ten Grade II listed cottages, known as "The Row". These are owned by the Parish Council and let to people with village connections. The Parish Council also owns the Pinfold, originally used for impounding stray cattle.A History of Barrow's Conservation Area has been published by South Derbyshire District Council (SDDC). A copy of this document in paper form can be obtained from Philip Heath, Heritage Officer, South Derbyshire District Council for £1.50 or you can view it here, page by page: Page 1; Page 2; Page 3; Page 4; Page 5; Page 6; Page 7. Please note that you will need the Adobe Reader software to view these files, which have been created in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The software can be downloaded now, free of charge, from this link to the Adobe internet site. Please allow a little while for each file to download as they are quite memory intensive.
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This website, which was uploaded on 11 October 2005, has been produced by the Parish Council of Barrow upon Trent. If you would like to raise a question at a Parish Council meeting, or wish to communicate with the Council, please email Mrs Gayle Campling, Clerk to Barrow upon Trent Parish Council or telephone 07894 804318.
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