Glapwell | |
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Back Lane | |
Location within Derbyshire | |
Population | 1,503 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SK480660 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CHESTERFIELD |
Postcode district | S44 |
Police | Derbyshire |
Fire | Derbyshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
Glapwell is a rural village and civil parish on the A617 road in the Bolsover District of north-east Derbyshire, The village is at the top of a steep hill at an elevation of 176m, on the western edge of the Southern Magnesian Limestone] overlooking the valley of the River Doe Lea (formerly known as the Dorley). It lies between Chesterfield (7 miles to the north-west), Mansfield (5 miles to the south), and Bolsover (3 miles to the north), and had a population of 1,503 at the 2011 Census.[1]