{{Short description|Village in Leicestershire, England}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Nailstone | country = England | region = East Midlands | shire_district = [[Hinckley and Bosworth]] | shire_county = [[Leicestershire]] | postcode_area = CV | postcode_district = CV13 | post_town = NUNEATON | dial_code = 01530 | constituency_westminster = [[Hinckley and Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Hinckley and Bosworth]] | coordinates = {{coord|52.661|N|1.384|W}} | population = 514 | population_ref = (2011 Census) | static_image_name = All Saints Church, Nailstone - geograph.org.uk - 542662.jpg | static_image_caption = A view of All Saints Church, Nailstone }}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} '''Nailstone''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Hinckley and Bosworth]] district of [[Leicestershire]], England, situated to the west of [[Leicester]] and {{convert|3|mi|0}} north-east of [[Market Bosworth]].<ref>{{Cite web | url= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=11162&st=Nailstone | title=Nailstone Leicestershire through time {{!}} Local history overview for the place | work=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]] | publisher=[[University of Portsmouth]] | year=2009 | access-date=2009-11-09}}</ref> According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]] the parish had a population of 521,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790451 | title=Parish Headcounts: Hinckley and Bosworth (Non-Metropolitan District) | work=Neighbourhood Statistics | publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] | access-date=2009-11-09}}</ref> reducing slightly to 514 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126778&c=Nailstone&d=16&e=62&g=6444784&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1466168609758&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=17 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> The village has a primary school: Dove Bank Primary School<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dovebankprimary.co.uk/|title=Dove Bank Primary School Putting Children First|website=DoveBank Primary School}}</ref> the catchment area for which also includes the neighbouring village of [[Bagworth]].
Nailstone is a former Gopsall Estate village with several buildings of special interest and unique characteristics which are particular to the Gopsall Estate villages.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nailstone Conservation Area |url=https://www.nailstoneparishcouncil.org.uk/uploads/nailstone-ca-adopted-sept-2015-reduced.pdf |website=Nailstone Parish Council }}</ref> The village also has historical links to the [[Jacobite rising of 1745]] when, after his retreat from Derby, Charles Edward Stuart "Bonnie Prince Charlie" visited his friends the Knowles family in Nailstone. A great elm tree was planted in the village to commemorate this event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/interesting-tales-area-stretching-across-13783046|title=Interesting tales from our area stretching across the centuries|date=24 October 2017|work=The Hinckley Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/253784|title=Elmside Farm, Nailstone.|website=Geograph}}</ref>
Nailstone has had mining links since 1862 when the first Nailstone Colliery mineshaft was sunk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/leicestershire/nailstone-colliery/|title=NAILSTONE COLLIERY (SK 428085)|website=Northern Mining Research Society}}</ref> The colliery was closed in 1991 and the land was purchased to provide a logistics centre and country park<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/new-logistics-centre-nailstone-could-11280467|title=New logistics centre in Nailstone could offer 1,000 jobs|publisher=The Hinckley Times}}</ref>
Nailstone became a conservation village in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/info/511/conservation_areas/1170/nailstone_conservation_area|title=Nailstone Conservation Area|website=Hinckley & Bosworth BC}}</ref>
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[[Category:Civil parishes in Leicestershire]] [[Category:Villages in Leicestershire]] [[Category:Hinckley and Bosworth]]
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