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Bolsover District

Bolsover District is a local government district in , England. It is named after the town of , which is near the geographic centre of the district, but the council is based in the large village of to the north.
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  • Type: Locality with 78,100 residents
  • Description: local government district in Derbyshire, England
  • Also known as: “Bolsover”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pleasley Colliery and St John the Baptist’s Church, Ault Hucknall.

Nature reserve
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is a former coal mine in central England. It is located to the north-west of village, which sits above the north bank of the River Meden on the / border.

Church
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St John the Baptist's Church, Ault Hucknall, is a Grade I listed in the Church of England in , .

Castle
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is an architecturally significant Elizabethan-era country house in , England. A leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, the Renaissance style home was built between 1590 and 1597 for Bess of Hardwick to a design of the architect Robert Smythson. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bolsover District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolsover and Shirebrook.

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is a small market town of about 12,000 people in . The district of contains fourteen small towns.

Town
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is a town and civil parish in the Bolsover District of , England. It had a population of 13,300 at the 2021 Census. The town is on the B6407 road and close to the A632 road which runs between the towns of , and . is situated 2 miles east of Bolsover District.

Village
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is a rural village and civil parish on the A617 road in the Bolsover District of north-east , 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 .

Bolsover District

Latitude
53.1969° or 53° 11′ 49″ north
Longitude
-1.2724° or 1° 16′ 21″ west
Population
78,100
Elevation
551 feet (168 metres)
Open location code
9C5W5PWH+Q3
Geo­Names ID
2655241
Wiki­data ID
Q891608
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Bolsover District” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բոլսովեր”
  • Belarusian: “раён Болсавер”
  • Cebuano: “Bolsover District”
  • Chinese: “Bolsover”
  • Chinese: “博尔索弗”
  • Chinese: “博尔索弗区”
  • Dutch: “Bolsover”
  • French: “Bolsover”
  • German: “Bolsover (District)”
  • German: “Bolsover District”
  • Irish: “Bolsover”
  • Italian: “Bolsover”
  • Japanese: “ボルソヴァー”
  • Korean: “볼소버구”
  • Latvian: “Bolsovera (distrikts)”
  • Latvian: “Bolsovera”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bolsover (koān)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bolsover (distrikt)”
  • Norwegian: “Bolsover”
  • Persian: “منطقه بالسوور”
  • Polish: “Bolsover”
  • Russian: “Болсовер”
  • Slovenian: “Bolsover”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Bolsover”
  • Swedish: “Bolsover District”
  • Tajik: “Болсовер”
  • Urdu: “بولسوور ضلع”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Bolsover”
  • “Bolsover”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Stony Houghton and Palterton.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pleasley A617 and Bolsover Local Hospital.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bolsover District”. Photo: Lynne Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.