Tapton, Derbyshire

Tapton
Tapton Innovation Centre
Tapton is located in Derbyshire
Tapton
Tapton
Location within Derbyshire
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHESTERFIELD
Postcode districtS41
Dialling code01246
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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53°14′51″N 1°24′44″W / 53.247636°N 1.412128°W / 53.247636; -1.412128

Tapton is a suburb of Chesterfield, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located along the Brimington Road B6543, between Chesterfield town centre, and Brimington (where the population is included in the Brimington South Ward). It became a suburb of Chesterfield in the 1920s. The buildings along Brimington road, which runs through the centre of Tapton, are testament to this fact. Consisting of semi-detached houses in a style typical of the 20s and 30s.

The district is also home to Tapton House, in Tapton Woods, the woods being the former grounds of the house, now a Municipal park.

Tapton Lock Visitor Centre is located on the Chesterfield Canal to the north of Tapton Park.[1]