Nailstone

{{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

| 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.{{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}} According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 521,{{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}} reducing slightly to 514 at the 2011 census.{{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}} The village has a primary school: Dove Bank Primary School{{Cite web|url=https://www.dovebankprimary.co.uk/|title=Dove Bank Primary School Putting Children First|website=DoveBank Primary School}} 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.{{cite web |title=Nailstone Conservation Area |url=https://www.nailstoneparishcouncil.org.uk/uploads/nailstone-ca-adopted-sept-2015-reduced.pdf |website=Nailstone Parish Council }} 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.{{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}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/253784|title=Elmside Farm, Nailstone.|website=Geograph}}

Nailstone has had mining links since 1862 when the first Nailstone Colliery mineshaft was sunk.{{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}} The colliery was closed in 1991 and the land was purchased to provide a logistics centre and country park{{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}}

Nailstone became a conservation village in 2015.{{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}}