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Rother Street, CHESTERFIELD, S45 8HG

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."

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

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.

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 short footpath (going forward into the photograph) links Rother Street (behind the viewpoint) Image to Warren Close Image The houses in the distance are in The Paddocks Image There is also a Image crossing the photograph from side to side. On the left the footpath leads to Slack’s Lane Image On the right it leads to a children’s playing field and then on Image towards Station Road.

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

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 footpath runs from Image (behind the viewpoint) to Station Road (the row of houses running left to right in the distance). At this point the footpath crosses the end of Rother Street where a short footpath joins (the left of the photograph) from Image To the south (ahead) the footpath can be seen entering, and running down the side of, a field. The field is Sampsonfield, a children's playing area. To see a photograph of the field, click here Image To see a more northerly (behind the viewpoint) view of this footpath, click here Image To see a view of this junction from Rother Street, click here Image

This road is part of a small estate built by Barratt Homes in the late 1970's, early 1980's. It is a cul-de-sac leading off Image At the end of Warren Close there is a short Image linking the close with Rother Street.