IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Chesterfield Road, CHESTERFIELD, S44 5DA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Chesterfield Road, S44 5DA by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (22 Images Found)
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Post Office and General stores, Arkwright Town
And takeaway.
Arkwright Town, commonly referred to as Arkwright, is a settlement in North East Derbyshire, England that is notable for having moved its location in the early 1990s. Despite its name, the settlement has no official town status.
Located between Chesterfield and Bolsover on the A632 road it was formerly a coal mining village. Arkwright Colliery closed in 1988 and it was then discovered that the community was threatened by emissions of methane gas that caused some of its houses to be evacuated. The whole settlement was owned by British Coal and a decision was taken, along with Derbyshire County Council, to transfer ownership of the 52 properties to a housing trust, construct a new settlement of 56 properties to the north of the site affected by methane, and move all the residents. Construction was completed by 1995 when the old Arkwright Town was demolished. (notes from Wikipedia)
Image: © Peter Barr
Taken: 24 Feb 2011
0.07 miles
4
Rosling Way in Arkwright Town
Residential street, close to the A632 road which separates the new village from the site of the original settlement.
Image: © Jonathan Clitheroe
Taken: 1 Dec 2012
0.09 miles
5
Plaque to commemorate the site of former Arkwright Town
Arkwright Town, commonly referred to as Arkwright, is a settlement in North East Derbyshire, England that is notable for having moved its location in the early 1990s. Despite its name, the settlement has no official town status.
Located between Chesterfield and Bolsover on the A632 road it was formerly a coal mining village. Arkwright Colliery closed in 1988 and it was then discovered that the community was threatened by emissions of methane gas that caused some of its houses to be evacuated. The whole settlement was owned by British Coal and a decision was taken, along with Derbyshire County Council, to transfer ownership of the 52 properties to a housing trust, construct a new settlement of 56 properties to the north of the site affected by methane, and move all the residents. Construction was completed by 1995 when the old Arkwright Town was demolished. (notes from Wikipedia)
Image: © Peter Barr
Taken: 24 Feb 2011
0.09 miles
6
Approaching Chesterfield Road (A632) from Sutton Lane
Image: © Alan Heardman
Taken: 15 Oct 2007
0.10 miles
7
Old Arkwright Town
The monument between the lampposts records the fact that the village of Arkwright Town was formerly located here. The village was moved in its entirety a number of years ago to remove villagers from the threat posed by methane gas which was seeping into their homes from old coal workings. See the new village in Image
Image: © Michael Patterson
Taken: 21 Feb 2006
0.10 miles
10
The Arkwright Centre, Arkwright Town
Community Centre.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 24 Feb 2023
0.13 miles