Alfreton

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Alfreton

Land area4.57 km²

Coordinates53.10°, -1.39°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

John Flamsteed

English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal

Ellen MacArthur

long-distance yachtswoman

Henry Garnet

English Jesuit, executed because of his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605

William Howitt

British writer (1792–1879)

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William Nightingale

British Unitarian (1794–1874)

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Gary Haslam

British motorcycle racer

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Dale Holmes

English bicycle motocross rider

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Albert Steeples

English cricketer (1870-1945)

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Andrew Brown

English cricketer, born 1964

A

Archibald Ackroyd

cricketer (1897-1968)

A

Arthur Hogg

English cricketer (1877-1956)

Billy Bestwick

English cricketer (1875-1938)

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Charlie Calladine

British footballer (1911-1983)

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Denis Smith

English cricketer (1907-1979)

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Dick Steeples

English cricketer (1873-1946)

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Eddie Barks

English footballer (1921-1989)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Alfreton

[Report 1964]

Alfreton (England). Urban District Council

[Report 1956]

Alfreton (England). Urban District Council

[Report 1963]

Alfreton (England). Urban District Council

[Report 1969]

Alfreton (England). Urban District Council

[Report 1946]

Alfreton (England). Urban District Council

[Report 1950]

Alfreton (England). Urban District Council

[Report 1967]

Alfreton (England). Urban District Council

[Report 1944]

Alfreton (England). Urban District Council

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers