
Town or city· Postcode DE55
Alfreton
Derbyshire, East Midlands · population 8,794 · Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Alfreton
Alfreton is a town and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The town was formerly a Norman Manor and later an Urban District. The population of the Alfreton parish was 8,799 at the 2021 census. The villages of Ironville, Riddings, Somercotes and Swanwick were historically part of the Manor and Urban District, and the population including these was 24,476 in 2001.
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CouncilRochdale Council to spend £15 million on cost-of-living support
A three-year £15 million package funded by the government’s Crisis and Resilience Fund will provide emergency help, welfare advice and holiday activities for families in Heywood, Middleton, Pennines and Rochdale.
Rochdale1 hour ago
CouncilBirmingham Council's High Court hearing on unauthorised flag attachments – 30 September
Birmingham City Council will return to the High Court on 30 September to seek an interim injunction aimed at stopping unauthorised flag displays on streets and highway fixtures, citing safety and harassment concerns.
Birmingham2 hours ago
CouncilBarnsley supermarket fined £28,675 after labelling breaches
LSJ Supermarket and its owners were convicted for selling pre-packed foods without mandatory ingredient, nutrition and allergen information, breaching the Food Safety Act.
Barnsley2 hours ago
CultureEndangered-species mural unveiled on Brook House in Middleton
A 15-metre-high artwork created by artists from Rochdale and Kenya now decorates Brook House, highlighting threatened wildlife and the town’s cultural ties with East Africa.
Middleton2 hours ago
CultureEndangered wildlife mural unveiled on Oldham Road in Middleton
Artists from Rochdale and Samburu, Kenya have completed a 15-metre high mural on Oldham Road, depicting endangered species and linking Middleton with Kenyan cultural motifs.
Middleton2 hours ago
CouncilRochdale council warns families to meet 31 October secondary school application deadline
With 331 families submitting late applications last year, the council stresses that early submission improves chances of securing a first-choice secondary school and outlines upcoming open evenings.
Rochdale3 hours ago
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What's on in and around Alfreton
Martin McAloon of Prefab Sprout
Thu 8 Oct, 20:00The Flowerpot, Osmaston

Between The Covers Live - Celebrating Agatha Christie
Fri 9 Oct, 19:30Winding Wheel, Chesterfield

Chantel McGregor
Fri 9 Oct, 21:00The Flowerpot, Osmaston

Absolute Bowie
Sat 10 Oct, 20:30The Flowerpot, Osmaston

Tim Peake ASTRONAUTS: The Quest to Explore Space Tour 2026
Sun 11 Oct, 14:00Winding Wheel, Chesterfield

Michael Palin: In the Philippines
Thu 15 Oct, 19:30Winding Wheel, Chesterfield

Days out around Alfreton
View allBarbrook One
Owler Bar · 15 miles
On Ramsley Moor in the Peak District, the stone circle identified as Barbrook One stands as an archaeological feature. The embanked ring measures about thirteen metres in internal diameter and is bounded by a rubble bank roughly three metres wide. Inside the circle a single standing stone reaches approximately one metre in height, accompanied by eleven smaller stones whose heights vary between five and twenty-five centimetres. The nearest settlement recorded is Owler Bar. Barbrook One forms part of a larger cairn field that includes a second ring, Barbrook Two, a rubble-banked cairn about 200 metres north-by-northwest of the circle, and roughly eighty other cairns scattered across the moor. Most of these cairns are under six metres in diameter and are thought to be clearance cairns from a later prehistoric period, while the larger examples are likely Bronze Age funerary monuments. Local tradition records that the early saint William Hale employed the circles in attempts to convert local pagans to Christianity. The entire area is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and a further stone circle, Barbrook Three, lies two kilometres to the north.
Vacuum Cleaner Museum and Repairer
Heanor · 5.6 miles
Museum, Sales and Repairs
Skegby Troughs
Dalestorth · 6.2 miles
Spring-fed animal water troughs and plaque on wall
Kimberley School War Memorial
Swingate · 8.7 miles
A small monument consisting of 3 wooden planks stood upright and a metal outline of a soldier remembering those lost during both world wars.
Hucknall No.2 Colliery 1865-1986
Hucknall · 8.7 miles
Part of Hucknall Mining Memorial
Miners' Statue
Hucknall · 8.7 miles
Bronze sculpture of coal miner standing on a Davy lamp, part of Hucknall Mining Memorial
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Jeżyk Grocery
Institute Lane, Alfreton
British Heart Foundation
Alfreton
Naughty But Nice
3 Institute Lane, Alfreton
Clare Sales School of Dance
Alfreton
Barnardo's
Alfreton
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Institute Lane, Alfreton
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