Main Road, Heath, Derbyshire, S44 5RX, (3 miles, 6kms), Tel: 01246 345777/8, Email, www.visitchesterfield.info
A pretty, almost 'quaint' village which looks out over the Vale of Scarsdale and is close to Hardwick Hall, Heath deserves its official designation as a Conservation Area. Despite the M1 that's nearby, Heath stil has a sleepy atmosphere.
Wharf Road, Pinxton, NOTTINGHAM, NG16 6PB, (4 miles, 7kms), Tel: 01246 345777/8, Email, www.visitchesterfield.info
Situated on the eastern side of the county, with a few acres still in Nottinghamshire, Pinxton was in Anglo Saxon times, a tiny and purely agricultural settlement which it remained for centuries.
Main Street, Scarcliffe, CHESTERFIELD, Derbyshire, S44 6SZ, (5 miles, 7kms), Tel: 01246 345777/8, Email, www.scarcliffeweb.co.uk
A tiny hamlet near Bolsover with a church, dedicated to St Leonard, which holds the alabaster tomb of Lady Constantia de Frecheville and her child. According to legend, Lady Constantia and her daughter still wander the surrounding woods.
High Street, South Normanton, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 2BP, (3 miles, 6kms), Tel: 01246 345777/8, Email, www.visitchesterfield.info
South Normanton is a medium-sized, ex-mining village, two miles east of Alfreton, Derbyshire. The historic industries of the village were agriculture, stocking spinning and mining.
Heath, CHESTERFIELD, Derbyshire, S44 5RN, (3 miles, 4kms), Tel: 01246 345777/8, Email, www.visitchesterfield.info
A picturesque hamlet close to Heath Village with stunning views across the valley to Hardwick Hall. Stainsby is the site of an annual, well established folk festival in July that draws large crowds.
High Street, Stonebroom, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 6LA, (4 miles, 6kms), Tel: 01246 345777/8, Email, www.visitchesterfield.info
This linear village was formed from two hamlets - Upper and Lower Stone. The School playing field is located on the site of the former quarry and the street is still called Quarry Lane.
Sutton Lane, Sutton Scarsdale, CHESTERFIELD, Derbyshire, S44 5UP, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01246 345777/8, Email, www.visitchesterfield.info
A tiny hamlet surrounded by beautiful countryside yet just a few minutes from the busy M1 motorway. The village is home to the ruin of Sutton Scarsdale Hall, once one of Derbyshire's finest stately homes.
Mansfield Road, Temple Normanton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S42 5DR, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01246 345777/8, Email, www.visitchesterfield.info
Temple Normanton - a township in the parish of Chesterfield, hundred of Scarsdale, county Derby, 2½ miles S.E. of Chesterfield, its post town, and is 3 miles north east of the Clay Cross railway station.