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Forest Drive, CHESTERFIELD, S45 8EA

This photograph shows Forest Drive from its junction with Bridge Street Image In the centre of the picture the road turns to the left where it junctions with Slack’s Lane Image The houses date from the 1970’s. Behind the viewpoint is the entrance to Grange Farm Image and also the site of the "Town's Pump" or the "Rother Spring Pump."

Before more modern housing was built the left-hand side of this photograph was a field and the path ran down its edge. This path was one of those that the miners would have used on their way to the colliery entrance. Today the path runs to Image via Rother Street and a children’s playing field. To see a more southerly (ahead) view of this footpath at its junction with Rother Street, click here: Image Click here Image for a view of Slack's Lane taken from the same viewpoint.

This road is part of a small estate built by Barratt Homes in the late 1970's, early 1980's. See also image Image Approximately 50metres behind the viewpoint The Paddocks has junctions with Image and Image

A short residential street off the main road through the village. No doubt named with regard to the source of the River Rother being in fields close by.

Looking down from near the northern end of Bridge Street, Pilsley from a viewpoint near Image and the junction with Image Click here Image for a more southerly view of Bridge Street. Click here Image for a more northerly view of Bridge Street.

The photograph shows the cul-de-sac, Rother Street. The houses on either side of the street were all social housing although a number have been, subsequently, purchased by their tenants. The houses at the end of Rother Street are in Warren Close where there is a short footpath joining the two Image The photograph was taken from Bridge Street Image * * * See also this photograph by Andrew Hill: Image

Slack's Lane looking towards its junction Image with Forest Drive Image Behind the viewpoint the lane curves right to join Bridge Street Image Also behind the viewpoint, but to the left, is Image

The photograph shows part of Pilsley, which is on a bearing of 030° and 2.2kilometres distant from the viewpoint (both measurements are approximations). The viewpoint is near this Image on the site of the old Morton Colliery. Coming out of the trees, in the middle distance, and following the line of the hedgerow to the left is Image The darker area of trees that form the horizon on the left of the picture are part of Image The pylon, in the far field on the right, can be seen on the left of this photograph of the Image The three houses, just below the horizon, on the far left of the picture are shown in this photograph of Image

Bridge Street near its junction with Image Click here Image for a more northerly view of Bridge Street. Click here Image for a more southerly view of Bridge Street.

This photograph was taken from the most southerly end of Bridge Street by the corner of the Image On the right can be seen the Image and the Image For a photograph looking back to this viewpoint from about 75 metres north, click here Image