Stenson, Derby

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Stenson is a hamlet (grid reference SK325298) south of Derby on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Stenson canal lock is claimed to be the deepest on the canal, and there is also a marina, a narrow-boat builders, and a waterside pub. The 'Stenson Bubble', after which the pub is named, is a small spring on the downstream side of the lock.

A railway line follows the line of the canal, part of a loop for freight bypassing Derby. This runs from the nearby Stenson Junction on the Derby-Birmingham line to Sawley Junction on the Midland Main Line. (See article on Trent railway station for detail).

Between Stenson and Derby itself lies the busy A50 dual-carriageway, and Stenson Fields, a large 1970s housing estate. Stenson Fields is constituted as a separate parish of South Derbyshire District, but it is essentially contiguous with the Sunny Hill and Sinfin suburbs of Derby City.

Stenson itself is parished with Twyford, (grid reference SK327285). a similar hamlet about 1.5km to the south, on the north bank of the Trent. The river crossing there has not been used in recent times; there was a chain ferry there until 1963. (See [1] for a picture of the ferry in 1899)

There is a plan for a development which could jeoperdise the currenty peaceful environment of Stenson Fields.