The Borough of Chesterfield is a non-metropolitan district with borough status in Derbyshire, England. It is named after its main settlement of Chesterfield.
Borough of Chesterfield | |
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Non-metropolitan district & borough | |
![]() Chesterfield skyline and the Crooked Spire church of Chesterfield Parish Church. | |
![]() Shown within Derbyshire | |
Coordinates: 53°14′N 1°25′W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | East Midlands |
County | Derbyshire |
Founded | 70–100 AD |
Market Charter | 1204 |
Borough status | 1204/1594 |
Government | |
• Type | Non-metropolitan district |
• Local Authority | Chesterfield Borough Council |
• Mayor | Tony Rogers (LD) |
• Council Leader | Tricia Gilby (L) |
• MPs | Toby Perkins (L) Lee Rowley (C) |
Population (mid-2019 est.) | |
• Total | 104,900 (Ranked 227th) |
• Ethnicity | 94.9% White British |
Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
Postcode | |
Post town | chesterfield |
Dialling code | 01246 |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-DBY |
ONS code | 17UD (ONS) E07000034 (GSS) |
OS grid reference | SK382711 |
Demonym | Cestrefeldian |
Website | www.chesterfield.gov.uk |
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Chesterfield, Staveley Urban District and the Brimington part of Chesterfield Rural District.[1]
The borough's main two towns are Chesterfield and Staveley. With its geographical position, the borough offers convenient commuter links to the cities of Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby, Bradford, Wakefield, Manchester, Salford, Leeds and Lincoln, and via its mainline railway station at Chesterfield and the connections to the M1 motorway.
The borough is situated around the town of Chesterfield and includes the villages of Old Whittington, Brimington (which also has a parish council),[2] Sheepbridge and New Whittington, and the town of Staveley which maintains a town council.[3]
The borough is bordered by North East Derbyshire district to the north, west and south and Bolsover district to the east.[4] These districts include towns and villages such as Clay Cross, Wingerworth, Calow, Holymoorside, Dronfield, Mastin Moor, Barlborough, Bolsover and Grassmoor. Mansfield in Nottinghamshire is 12 miles southeast, Worksop is 20 miles northeast and Buxton is 25 miles west.
Chesterfield and its surrounding borough are situated around multiple travel to work areas which span from the counties of Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire as well as Derbyshire. The cities of Nottingham, Manchester, Derby, Wakefield and Sheffield are the closest cities to Chesterfield and its surrounding borough.[5] [6]
Suburbs of Chesterfield include:
Chesterfield is currently overall controlled by the Labour Party. The borough is along with Bolsover District, North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire Dales and Bassetlaw District, a non-constituent member of the South Yorkshire Combined Authority.
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