Bretby

52°48′14″N 1°33′58″W / 52.804°N 1.566°W / 52.804; -1.566

Bretby
St Wystan's Church at Bretby
Bretby parish highlighted within Derbyshire
Population	893 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK293230
District	South Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BURTON-ON-TRENT
Postcode district	DE15
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Derbyshire
List of places UK England Derbyshire

Bretby is a village and civil parish in the south of Derbyshire, England, north of Swadlincote and east of Burton upon Trent, on the border between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 893.^[1] The name means "dwelling place of Britons". On the A511 road (formerly A50), there is a secondary settlement, Stanhope Bretby, which was the site of Bretby Colliery.^[2]