Hatton & Burnaston

Hatton and Burnaston sit in South Derbyshire just east of Derby city. The area combines small villages, housing clusters and surrounding farmland with lanes and field boundaries that mark parish lines. Burnaston contains the Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK plant, a major employer and local landmark that shapes traffic patterns and the local economy. Community facilities are modest and spread between the two settlements, and many residents commute into Derby and other nearby towns for work and services.

The landscape around Hatton and Burnaston is agricultural, with arable fields, hedgerows and occasional pocket woodlands giving way to the built edge near the factory site. Local road links and short drives to larger centres make the area practical for commuters while retaining a village scale of housing and services. Local events and village groups centre on parish halls and school activities, reflecting a community organised around shared facilities rather than a single town centre.