Elston | |
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Village and civil parish | |
All Saints Church, Elston | |
Parish map | |
Location within Nottinghamshire | |
Area | 2.51 sq mi (6.5 km2) |
Population | 697 (2021) |
• Density | 278/sq mi (107/km2) |
OS grid reference | SK 759481 |
• London | 110 mi (180 km) SSE |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NEWARK |
Postcode district | NG23 |
Dialling code | 01636 |
Police | Nottinghamshire |
Fire | Nottinghamshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Website | elstonparish |
Elston is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, in Nottinghamshire, England, to the south-west of Newark, 0.5 mi (800 m) from the A46 Fosse Way. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 631,[1] increasing to 697 at the 2021 census.[2] It lies between the rivers Trent and Devon, with the village "set amongst trees and farmland less than a mile from the A46.... Newark is five miles to the north, with... Lincoln and Nottingham some 18 miles north and south-west respectively."[3]