The "Great Fire" of Long Eaton in 1694 destroyed 14 houses and several other buildings in the market place.

[3] The village remained a stable size until the construction of the Midland Counties Railway in 1839 and the Erewash Valley Line in 1844, which brought links that encouraged growth.

Two industries came to employ many people in the growing town: lace-making and railway wagon manufacturing.

By 1900 the town population exceeded 10,000, after construction of housing, offices and factories through the Victorian period.

Local tradition dates parts of it to the 11th century, possibly built under Viking King Cnut.

The other religious buildings of note are: There are several fine examples of industrial architecture in Long Eaton.

By 1907, the town housed almost 1,400 lace machines and the industry employed over 4,000 people (a quarter of the population).

[12] The floors above the shops in High Street and the Market Place show that large parts of the centre were built in Victorian or early 20th-century times.

Numbers 38 and 40 Market Place are particularly notable as being built in the Art Nouveau style by local architects Gorman and Ross.

[15] Gorman and Ross also provided the Carnegie Library on Tamworth Road, again in the Art Nouveau style, in 1906.

It is served by two train operating companies: Bus services in Long Eaton are provided primarily by Trent Barton and CT4N.

Routes connect the town with Nottingham, Beeston, Stapleford, Sandiacre, Derby, East Midlands Airport and Coalville.

Upper and Lower are now in one building again (with sixth Form being slightly apart), which was opened by Gordon Brown as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

[26] It previously had partnership and student exchange relations with Spanish, French, Italian and Chinese schools.

In 2006, its centenary year, the band won the Midland Area Regional Championships, its first contest win since 1966.

However, the speedway stadium closed in 1997 and its site is held by an estate of houses and flats and by a playing field for Grange Primary School.

In a tradition which started in 1931,[40] the town hosts an annual Carnival each year – currently on the third Saturday in June.

The event commences with a parade of floats, decorated vehicles and walkers in fancy dress, which circulates round the town.

It continues in the afternoon and evening with a range of entertainment, stalls and a funfair on the Carnival showground on West Park.