Unstone (/ˈʌnstən/ UN-stən) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire, situated in the North East Derbyshire administrative district approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south east of Dronfield. It is also close to the town of Chesterfield. The River Drone and the Midland Main Line railway run through the village, which has a population of over 1,000, increasing to 1,876 and including Apperknowle at the time of the 2011 Census.[1]

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Unstone
Unstone St Mary's Infant School
Unstone Location within Derbyshire
Population	1,876 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK3777
Civil parish	Unstone
District	North East Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DRONFIELD
Postcode district	S18
Dialling code	01246
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North East Derbyshire
List of places UK England Derbyshire 53.28°N 1.44°W / 53.28; -1.44

Originally, Unstone Main Colliery was the primary employment for the village it was the largest colliery of the group around Unstone. It was served by a Midland Railway branch line which connected it to the main line in Dronfield and Sheepbridge, although it ceased working around 1900 there are significant remains in the woodland area of both the railway and mine coal mines.[2][3]

Unstone community centre is built on the former track bed of the midland branch next to the former over bridge on crow lane.[4]

The village has more than doubled in size over the past century. A modern housing estate, Unstone Green, was built at the other side of the railway line from the original village. The majority of the estate, which was built in the 1940s, was initially intended to be temporary housing for the many coal miners in the area, but it is still intact today. Originally on the A61 trunk road, the village is now bypassed by the Unstone-Dronfield Bypass dual carriageway.

The village has two schools: Unstone St Mary's Infant School on Crow Lane and Unstone Junior School on Main Road.[5]

There is a parish council and the Grange.

There are bus services to Chesterfield, Sheffield and Holmesfield.

The village used to be served by the now-closed Unstone railway station.

Landmarks are a TV transmitter and a railway viaduct. There is one public house, the Horse and Jockey. The village Post Office closed in 2019.

See also

• List of places in Derbyshire

References

External links

Unstone in the Domesday Book

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