 Swarkestone has a very old village church, a full cricket pitch, a plant nursery/ garden centre and restaurant called "Swarkestone Nursery", the "Crewe and Harpur" pub, a canal with a Georgian lock keepers cottage and moorings.It was mentioned twice in Domesday as "Sorchestun" or "Suerchestune", when it was worth twenty shillings.The ancient bridge at Swarkestone crosses the River Trent about 6 miles south of Derby and was for about 300 years the Midlands' main crossing of the Trent.