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Sutton-in-Ashfield is a market town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 48,527 in 2019. It is the largest town in the district of Ashfield,[1] [2] four miles west of Mansfield, two miles from the Derbyshire border and 12 miles north of Nottingham.
Sutton-in-Ashfield is home to what was the largest sundial in Europe. It is located in the middle of Portland Square, adjacent to the Idlewells Shopping Centre and Sutton Community Academy. The sundial was unveiled on 29 April 1995.[3]
The former site of Silverhill Colliery, close to the scenic village of Teversal on the north-west edge of Ashfield, has been transformed from the colliery to a woodland, which features several walks for all abilities and also features the highest point in Nottinghamshire.[4] At the highest point stands a monument to all the miners who have worked in the area's coalfields.
King's Mill Hospital is between Sutton-in-Ashfield and Mansfield, next to the A38.
The town has an Asda that in April 1999 held the first blessing ceremony and reception to take place in a UK supermarket.[5] It had been unable to get a wedding ceremony licence.
The Sherwood Observatory is located on the B6139 and is run by the Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society.
The town is located about two miles from Junction 28 of the M1 motorway and accessed via the A38. The A38 Bypass, which opened in 2005, is a wide single-carriageway that passes through much of the eastern part of the town, meeting the A619 Mansfield Bypass at Kings Mill. The former main road through the town centre is now identified as the B6023 and includes Alfreton Road, Lammas Road, Priestsic Road and Mansfield Road. Other main roads include Kirkby Road, Station Road, Huthwaite Road and Outram Street.
Sutton-in-Ashfield is served by Trentbarton which provides regular bus services from Nottingham, Mansfield and Derby[23] and Stagecoach East Midlands with its Mansfield Miller 1 route between Mansfield and Alfreton, with service to the East Midlands Designer Outlet.[24] The bus station is located next to the Idlewells Shopping Centre.
Recreation facilities[edit]
Sutton-in-Ashfield has had a public swimming pool since 1926. The first one was built on Brook Street and was paid for by the local Miners Welfare fund. Initially, the pool was only open during the summer months, with the pool being covered and used as a dancehall in the winter. In 1969, a new 25m-long pool (with high diving board and 4m deep end) was opened next door to the original pool (which was from then on used as a teaching pool).[25] In the 1970s, as part of the construction of the Sutton Centre School, a public ice rink was provided.[26] In 2008, the Brook Street swimming pools and the Sutton Centre ice rink were closed and the Lammas Leisure Centre on Lammas Road opened. The formal opening was performed by Dame Kelly Holmes. The Lammas Leisure Centre has 2 swimming pools (main and teaching), an ice rink (home to Sutton Sting Ice Hockey Academy), a gym, a multi-purpose sports hall and an indoor bowling green.[27]
Sports clubs[edit]
There is a local athletics club, the Sutton-in-Ashfield Harriers,[28] and swimming club associated with both local schools and the Lammas Leisure Centre itself. There is also the Coxmoor Golf Club on Coxmoor Road (B6139), next to the A611. As a result of local council grant applications for sport development, Sebastian Coe opened a new athletics track for the town at the nearby Ashfield School in February 2007.
Sutton Town AFC[edit]
Sutton Town was a football club founded in 1923. Known as the Snipes, the team was a member of the Midland League from 1923 to 1927. The club was reborn in 1958 and was a member of the Midland League until 1982 when the club became a founding member of the Northern Counties East League.[29] In 1992, the team name was changed to Ashfield United, but the team folded after the 1996–97 season.[30] North Notts Football Club began operations in 2000 as a member of the Central Midlands League, changing its name to Sutton Town AFC for the 2001–03 season.[31] The team finished runner up in 2002–03, winning promotion to the Northern Counties East League. In 2004-05 the club won promotion to the NCEL Premier Division. However, in 2007–08, the club resigned from the NCEL and moved down the football pyramid to the Central Midlands League.[32] The club was promoted to the East Midlands Counties League in 2013 but in June 2014 the club resigned from the league after they were unable to come to a suitable agreement over a lease at home ground "The Fieldings" that would enable them to get promoted in the future, which was a league requirement.[33]
Greyhound racing[edit]
A greyhound racing track was opened around the Avenue Ground situated on the Mansfield Road behind the Pot Makers Arms, a venue used by Sutton Town AFC. The first meeting took place on 14 May 1932. The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the National Greyhound Racing Club) and was known as a flapping track, which was the nickname given to independent tracks.[34] Racing came to an end there on 13 May 1972.[35]
Kings Mill reservoir[edit]
The reservoir, which lies within Sutton in Ashfield itself and not in the neighbouring town of Mansfield, is home to the Mill Adventure Base[36] with sailing activities. This is one of three Nottinghamshire adventure bases, with the other two at Holme Pierrepont (Lakeside) and Worksop (Sandhill), all of which are available for people aged 11–19. The sailing club has used the reservoir since 1959.[37] Kings Mill received its name from a mill on the north-east of the reservoir, once owned by John Cockle and his wife, who gave Henry II of England a night's lodgings and breakfast during his reign.[38]
Once famed for its hydro and spa treatments, Matlock's central location, scenic surroundings and public transport links make it a popular base for exploring the best of the Peak District and Derbyshire.
Pioneering industrialist John Smedley developed the attractive market town as a fashionable spa in the 19th century, and his legacy lives on in buildings such as Smedley's Hydro (now the offices of Derbyshire County Council) and Gothic-style Riber Castle.
His name is also familiar to customers of world-renowned knitwear manufacturers John Smedley at Lea Bridge, who export high quality menswear and womenswear across the globe.
Crown Square and the river Derwent lie at the heart of Matlock, and the gateway to award-winning Hall Leys Park with its boating lake, riverside walks, tennis courts and skateboard park. Hall Leys is the first of five beautifully-restored public parks stretching along the Derwent to Matlock Bath - a scenic option for a leisurely stroll.
Small, independent shops, cafés, pubs and restaurants cluster around Crown Square and along the A6, while a rail link to Derby and bus services to Derby, Manchester and other towns and villages in the area are a boon for visitors wanting to explore further afield.
For a trip back in time, hop on a steam or diesel train operated by Peak Rail from Matlock to Rowsley, or head for nearby Crich Tramway Village and pay an old penny to ride on a vintage tram.
Enjoy a relaxing swim or fitness workout at state-of-the-art Arc Leisure, or head for the Heights of Abraham and take a cable car ride between spectacular limestone cliffs and wooded slopes for panoramic views of the Derwent Valley.
Experience the magic of Matlock Bath Illuminations, admired by Princess (later Queen) Victoria along the Derwent in September and October, or discover more about the world's first factory system at Cromford Mills, part of the Derwent Valley World Heritage Site.
Ripley is another Derbyshire town whose past is steeped in industry. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Ripelie, and is situated about 9 miles outside the city of Derby.
The town had always had close associations with the coal and iron mining industries for many centuries, but it was to be brought greater prosperity in the 18th century through Benjamin Outram and his Butterley Ironworks, supplying cast iron rails to replace wooden tramways throughout the area. The company also supplied St Pancras station with its cast iron roof. Many of the older buildings in Ripley have been pulled down and replaced with new ones, though there are still some fine 19th century examples standing today, including Butterley Hall. The Hall is now in the hands of the Derbyshire Police Force in the form of their main HQ. Close by the market place stands the Church of All Saints, erected in 1820-21, and distinctive by its aisles interior and tower. There is a railway museum close to the town, the Midland Railway Centre, which has working steam trains and various displays that include model railways.
Clay Cross is situated in attractive undulating countryside, between Alfreton to the south and Chesterfield to the north. It straddles what was formerly a Roman Road, known as Ryknield Street that later became part of the Derby to Sheffield turnpike road of 1756, and is now the A61. It is one of those places that many people consider of little interest, but if they would only stop and take the time to look around and delve into the town’s fascinating history, they would assuredly change their minds.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Clay Cross was little more than a scattered collection of stone houses, at the crossroads on the present A61, where it is joined by Thanet Street and Clay Lane. At this intersection, stood a cross from which the town is said to derive its name. The George and Dragon on the corner of Clay Lane pre-dates the railway era.
Clay Cross built its prosperity mainly on coal mining. There is evidence that coal has been dug in the area for centuries. But it was not until the arrival of the railway that coalmining in Clay Cross and surrounding districts really took off. When in 1837, at the time that the mile long tunnel under Clay Cross was being constructed, as part of the 72 mile stretch of the North Midland Railway link from Derby to Leeds, coal was discovered in commercial quantities together with iron. The railway line runs directly under the town and nine ventilator shafts were constructed from which smoke once wafted with the passing of every train. Now a Grade II listed building, the northern railway portal is of a magnificent Moorish design.
George Stephenson, who built the world's best known railway locomotive, the Rocket, was the consulting engineer. He was well aware of the potential of this find and also that valuable limestone resources were available nearby. In order to exploit the opportunities available, he set up a business, George Stephenson and Company, and moved home to Tapton Hall, near Chesterfield. On his death in 1848, the business was taken over by his son, Robert, who left the company four years later when it became known as the Clay Cross Company.
Houses of good quality were built for Stephenson’s workers, and as the company prospered the population of the town grew, so that by 1857, there were 2,278 inhabitants listed. Apart from over 400 houses for employees, a school, churches, shops and a Mechanics Institute were built. Most of the earliest workers’ houses were demolished in the mid 20th century, but Clay Cross Hall, Eldon House and ‘Gaffers’ Row’, where Stephenson’s foremen used to reside, still remain. The hall was built for Charles Binns, the General Manager of the company. It later became the home of the Jackson family who took over the Clay Cross Company from 1871 until 1974, the company finally closing in 2000. Eldon House was built in 1840 as the offices of George Stephenson and Company.
Kirkby-in-Ashfield is a market town in the Ashfield District of Nottinghamshire, England. With a population of 25,265 (according to the 2001 National Census), it is a part of the wider Mansfield Urban Area. The Head Offices of Ashfield District Council are located on Urban Road in the town centre.
Kirkby-in-Ashfield lies on the eastern edge of the Erewash Valley which separates Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Kirkby, as it is locally known, was originally a Danish settlement (Kirk-by translates as 'Church Town' in Danish)[citation needed] and is a collection of small villages including Old Kirkby, The Folly (East Kirkby), Nuncargate and Kirkby Woodhouse. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book and has two main churches: St Wilfrid's, a Norman church, which was gutted by fire on 6 January 1907 but quickly re-built; and St Thomas', built in the early 1910s in neo-gothic style.
In 2013, plans were introduced to create a new civic square from what was a car park.[4][5] Nearby permanent market stalls were removed in October 2014.[6]
The town centre underwent further upgrading, starting in late 2014 and 2015 to include the demolition of the old Co-Operative foodstore and county library with surrounding pedestrian plaza, to be rebuilt with a Morrisons store.[7]
A new indoor market – named Moor Market – was created in 2021 by internally joining adjacent small retail shops into a larger space.[8][9][10]
In 2021, a new leisure centre was developed including a swimming pool for the first time in Kirkby, partially on land originally purchased in 1935 by Kirkby Urban District Council, to replace the old Festival Hall.[11][12][13
Rainworth is a village in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. It is split between the local government districts of Newark and Sherwood and Mansfield.[1]
To the north of Rainworth is the village of Clipstone and to the east are the villages of Bilsthorpe and Farnsfield. Mansfield lies two miles to the west. The village of Blidworth is a mile to the south. The A617 dual-carriageway bypasses the village. The roundabout at the western terminus was the starting point for the Mansfield and Ashfield Regeneration Route. The former route through the village is the B6020.
In the year 617 AD, a mighty Roman warrior, Readwald, stayed at the site prior to a battle with Ethelfrith, King of Mercia. In the battle, Readwald's son, Regehere, was killed, and from that day, the area was known as Regehere's Wath (Wath being a ford or crossing point over a river). Over the years, many changes in the spelling of the name have been recorded, from the original Regehere's Wath to Reynwath by 1268, then Raynwath, and then further adapted to the present day name of Rainworth.[2]
Locally, some pronounce the modern day spelling as 'Renneth'.[3]
