Stanley Common
Stanley Common is a village in the south-east of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England.
It is situated on the A609 main road between Ilkeston and Derby and is in the Erewash Borough, although in the new (2010) UK parliamentary constituency of Mid Derbyshire.
Stanley Common is part of the same Civil Parish as the village of Stanley which is situated a mile or so to the South. It has the larger population of the two villages and incorporates Smalley Common, once part of the neighbouring village of Smalley, but which is located much nearer to Stanley Common.
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