Arkwright Town

Arkwright Town
New Arkwright Town
Arkwright Town is located in Derbyshire
Arkwright Town
Arkwright Town
Location within Derbyshire
Population1,582 (In Sutton cum Duckmanton, 2011)
OS grid referenceSK427713
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHESTERFIELD
Postcode districtS44
Dialling code01246
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Derbyshire
53°14′14″N 1°21′34″W / 53.2371°N 1.3594°W / 53.2371; -1.3594

Arkwright Town, usually referred to as Arkwright, is a village in Sutton cum Duckmanton, North East Derbyshire, England that is notable for being moved to a nearby location in the early 1990s.[1] The village is between Chesterfield and Bolsover on the A632 road, and was formerly a coal mining village.

  1. ^ Metropolitan Housing Trust stakeholders' newsletter, October 2005