Glapwell

Glapwell
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Glapwell is located in Derbyshire
Glapwell
Glapwell
Location within Derbyshire
Population1,503 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK480660
Civil parish
  • Glapwell
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHESTERFIELD
Postcode districtS44
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
53°11′20″N 1°16′55″W / 53.189°N 1.282°W / 53.189; -1.282

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]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 March 2016.