Eastwood, Nottinghamshire

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Template:GBdot Image:Arms-eastwood.jpg Eastwood is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, six miles west of Nottingham. Its main industry was formerly coal mining, but the mines have now all shut down.

The town is known as the birthplace of D. H. Lawrence, and many of his novels were inspired by the local area. His former home has been converted to a museum dedicated to the author.

It is also known for the meetings of the Nottinghamshire coal miners, at the Sun Inn, in the early nineteenth century. It was there that the decision to build the Midland Counties Railway was made, which later became part of the fledgling Midland Railway.Template:Nottinghamshire-geo-stub