The parish is roughly bounded by land features such as the A610 Nottingham to Ripley road to the north, Bailey Brook and the Erewash Valley railway line to the east, Shipley Park to the south, and the Sough Wood to the west.

It is encircled by the adjoining parishes of Codnor and Smalley They are primarily residential or dormitory areas, with some small retail and industrial units amongst.

This location is 2⁄3 mile (1.1 km) to the south east of Heanor, here also coalesces into the town, bounded by rural area of Shipley parish, the main thoroughfare is from Ilkeston.

2⁄3 mile (1.1 km) to the east of Heanor, this merges into the town and Marlpool and is surrounded by the rural portion of the adjacent Shipley parish.

The parish is primarily urbanised, but has some sporadic greenfield land throughout, particularly recreation areas, along with some farmland on its fringes, this more pronounced surrounding Loscoe.

Substantial areas of trees are few, with a small coppice to the north of Bailey Brook, and scattered clusters at Loscoe and Marlpool.

Along the Bailey Brook are clay, silt, sand and gravel alluvium superficial deposits dating from 11.8 thousand years ago to the present during the Quaternary period.

Other lakes include Osbourne's Pond to the very south of the parish at Marlpool, along with Red River Local Nature Reserve in Loscoe.

Nearby areas with a similar height include Derby Road to the west of Common Side at Tag Hill, along with Marlpool.

[12] Marlpool was a much later addition in the early 19th century,[13][6] with suggestions marl was shallow mined alongside the Heanor-Ilkeston road and the resulting hole filling with rainwater.

[16][17][18][19][20] The location formed part of the southern boundary of Sherwood Forest, and the high ground offered good vantage points for defence from approaches and attacks.

It is thought the earliest settlements, built of wattle and daub were located around the area of the present day Heanor Market Place.

Heanor in particular because of its strategic location became a centre for the area and became more developed than its surroundings, certainly by the time of the Norman Conquest, with it being recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a church.

Descendant Charles Legh Hoskins Masters was Lord of the manor by the 1850s, however the parish was described in trade directories as being freehold and in the hands of several landowners,[23] especially after enclosure activities in 1792.

The estate was bought by the Mundy family of Shipley Hall and split up by the 1880s, the parkland donated to the town to become the Market Place in 1894 and the then economic centre at Tag Hill on Derby Road losing custom as a result.

With the Local Government Act 1894, Codnor Park and Shipley were made independent civil parishes,[37] and the board's area became an urban district in 1895.

[38] Industry during medieval times included the establishment of Loscoe Dam by the Greys, first noted at the start of the 14th century in county records and used to run a corn mill and to provide a supply of fish to the family.

[40][41] It was developed from the later 18th century to serve as a water powered source for Shelton's Mill,[42] used to refine corn and was inherited in that period by the Wooley family.

[46] Butterley also owned New Winnings colliery which was opened in 1859 and renamed New Langley after a pause in operations for four years due to a lack of demand until 1891.

[54] Loscoe was separated from Heanor in 1844 and merged with Codnor, the parish church, St James being based at Cross Hill between the two villages.

[2] Data from the 2011 census shows a substantial number of 18 years old locals and above are in some way performing regular work, with 69.7% classed as economically active.

The majority of housing stock is of the semi-detached type (38%), then detached (28%) or terraced (27%) and the remainder comprising flats, maisonettes or apartments or caravans (7%).

Heanor and Loscoe council arrange various events such as annual May Day celebrations,[76] band concert,[77] pantomime[78] and Christmas lights festivities.

[80] The town hosts a number of recreation grounds and playing fields as well as the Red River Nature Reserve at Loscoe and a memorial park at Heanor.

lt briefly encroaches the parish south of Marlpool, reusing the redundant Great Northern railway line before exiting and ending at Heanor Gate.

[81] There are ten items of national architectural merit throughout the parish, St Lawrence's Church at Heanor holds a statutory designation of Grade II*, the rest have Grade II listed status, and comprises varied features such a number of houses, former bank, town hall, former college, and a cemetery monument.

[3] The area of broadleaved wet woodland alongside Bailey Brook Marsh and north of Heanor is designated as a Local Wildlife Site.

which is a non-statutory categorisation used to identify high quality sites in counties, it does not confer any legal restrictions; however, it is a core consideration in planning matters.

It is a scheduled route, with buses on half hour intervals on weekdays and Saturdays, with some longer periods between services on Sundays and bank holidays.

Charles Hill Recreation Ground in Loscoe is an all-weather multi-use games facility for a range of sports, including football, cricket, basketball and wheelchair friendly activities.