French prisoners from the Napoleonic Wars were set the task of cutting through rock to create roads and this was referred to as La Roche. Stapleford is also home to the Hemlock Stone on Stapleford Hill. It is approximately 200 million years old, dating to the Triassic Period. In 2006, a new NHS Health Centre and Walk-In Centre opened in the town, but has since closed and has been succeeded by a large multi use healthcare centre with a mental health unit and cafe on site. Sainsbury's local was opened on the site of the former Total petrol station in 2007. Stapleford is the home of the Full Mash microbrewery. Nickname The town is often referred to informally as "Stabbo". Notable people Tom Johnston, football manager and player. Arthur Mee, the writer, journalist and educator, was born in Stapleford in 1875. Gallipoli hero Walter Richard Parker, VC, lived in Stapleford and is buried in the town cemetery. Dave Watson, who was a defender in the Sunderland team that won the FA Cup in 1973, was born in Stapleford in 1946. Sir John Borlase Warren, an 18th-century MP for Nottingham and an admiral, lived in Stapleford. The now closed Happy Man and Warren Arms pubs were named after him and his family. A large Wetherspoons named after him is located in the town centre. John Radford, wine and food writer, author and broadcaster, grew up in Stapleford from 1949 to 1965 Frederick Attenborough, academic, principal of University College, Leicester. Frederick Randon, cricketer Sir Robert Salisbury, renowned educationalist, professor and author Alan Charlton, British diplomat Schools and colleges Primary schools Albany Infant and Nursery School Albany Junior School Fairfield Primary Academy Wadsworth Fields Primary School (formerly Fredrick Harrison's Infant school & Stevenson's Junior School) St John's C of E Primary School (The oldest building still in use as a school in Nottinghamshire) William Lilley Infant and Nursery School Secondary schools George Spencer Academy Colleges George Spencer Sixth Form Transport Road transport is the primary method of transport in and out of the area. East Midlands Airport is approximately 10 miles or 16 kilometres away, the airport provides domestic and international routes, focused mainly on EU/EEA/Swiss routes. Bus Bus services operate to Nottingham, Derby, Beeston, Ilkeston and other local towns. Trentbarton i4: Nottingham – QMC – Stapleford – Sandiacre – Risley – Derby. my15: Old Sawley – Stapleford – Ilkeston. 20: Nottingham –