Alfreton is a town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, adjoining the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire districts. It was formerly a Norman Manor and later an Urban District. The population of the Alfreton parish was 7,971 at the 2011 Census. The villages of Ironville, Riddings, Somercotes and Swanwick were historically part of the Manor and Urban District, and the population including these was 24,476 in 2001.
Population: 22,550
Latitude: 53° 05' 51.58" N
Longitude: -1° 23' 1.54" W
Alport Height is a hill near Wirksworth in Derbyshire. It is a popular picnic site, since it has extensive views to the South, and is the first hill over 1,000 ft (300 m) within easy reach of the Derby area. It is possible to see Derby city centre f…
Aldercar Community Language College is a comprehensive, mixed secondary school for ages 11–19, on Daltons Close in Aldercar, Derbyshire.
The A610 is an A-road in England, which runs from Nottingham to Ambergate, where it joins the A6.
Annunciation Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Wilsthorpe Community School is a secondary comprehensive school, in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
Watnall railway station was a station serving the village of Watnall in Nottinghamshire, England.
Top Valley is a largely residential area in the north west of Nottingham, England. It is located to the south of Rise Park, to the north and west of Bestwood, to the southwest of Bestwood Village and to the east of Bulwell. It is approximately 4 mil…
The Derbyshire Blues were a militia raised in Derby by the Duke of Devonshire in response to the invasion by Charles Edward Stuart ('Bonnie Prince Charlie') in 1745. As Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire, the Duke had responsibility for raising a militia…
Teversal F.C. are a football club based in Teversal, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.
Swanwick Junction railway station (pronounced "Swannick") is a heritage railway station situated on the former Ambergate to Pye Bridge Line which closed in 1968, but has been partially reopened by the Midland Railway - Butterley.
Snitterton Hall is a late medieval manor house at South Darley, near Matlock, Derbyshire, England, and within the Peak District National Park.
Shirland is a parish and former mining village in Derbyshire, England. It is continuous with the villages of Higham, Stretton and Stonebroom. Shirland has existed since at least 1086. Local politics is largely Labour. The River Amber flows through t…
Sherwood Observatory is an amateur astronomical observatory in Nottinghamshire, England, owned and operated by Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society. The main dome is 6.5m in diameter and houses a 0.61 m Newtonian Reflecting telescope. There is …
Osmaston Hall was built in 1696 in extensive grounds of what is now Osmaston, a part of Derby. The house was the home of the Wilmot baronets, and the Fox family before being used for a golf club and railway business.
New Houghton is a small, rural, former coal-mining village in Derbyshire, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) from both Bolsover and Mansfield.
The Moss is a brook in North East Derbyshire, England.
Milford Tunnel in Derbyshire is a twin track railway tunnel on the Midland Main Line which runs under a hill called the Chevin between Duffield and Belper.
The Mansfield and Pinxton Railway was an early 4 ft 4 in (1,321 mm) horse-drawn railway in the United Kingdom, completed in 1819 to transport coal to Mansfield from the head of the Pinxton branch of the Cromford Canal from collieries along the Erewa…