Coordinates: 53°12′17″N 1°13′11″W / 53.2048°N 1.2197°W
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 The Great Northern, Shirebrook |
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  Shirebrook
Shirebrook shown within Derbyshire |
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| Population | 9,291 (civil parish), 10,412 (urban area) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Bolsover |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANSFIELD |
| Postcode district | NG20 |
| Dialling code | 01623 (74) |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Bolsover |
| List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire | |
Shirebrook is a town in the Bolsover district of north-east Derbyshire on the border with Nottinghamshire, England. At the 2001 UK Census it had a population of 9,291 (civil parish), 10,412 (urban area). It is on the B6407, and close to the A632 road, between Mansfield and Bolsover.
The town is served by Shirebrook railway station.
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Local economy
Shirebrook is a small market town with a market square (Market days are Tuesdays,Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays) surrounded by several shops. There is a large Co-op. Much of the growth and prosperity of the town was built around coal mining. Shirebrook Colliery opened in 1896 and closed in 1993. Like many former 'pit towns' in the area this led to high unemployment and other social problems. The former site of the colliery is currently being redeveloped. The Kissingate Leisure Centre is on Park Road. It has no swimming pool, but it does have an indoor five-a-side football area and a skate park. The Kissingate Leisure Centre itself was closed indefinitely after being gutted by fire on Friday 7 November, 2008, but has since reopened almost exactly 12 months later.
The town is the head quarters of Sports World International, the UK's largest sports clothes retailer. They also are the main source of employment for most of the many Polish Immigrants that now reside in Shirebrook.
On 19 May 2008 Shirebrook featured on Tonight on ITV1. It showed various places including Sports World, Shirebrook Market, Empire and Carter Lane and was edited in a very bad light highlighting premises that had been derelict or dis-used for decades.
Education
The local secondary school is Shirebrook School on Common Lane is for pupils aged 11–16 at GCSE level.
Railway
Shirebrook had at one time three stations. The present one was on the Midland Railway (later part of the LMS) route from Nottingham to Worksop via Mansfield, and was originally known as Shirebrook West, despite being on the eastern edge of the town. The route lost its passenger services in October 1964 - the same closure which left Mansfield one of the largest towns in the UK without a station, but remained opened as a freight route. On the site of the goods yard a diesel locomotive fuelling depot was opened when diesels replaced steam in the mid 1960's. The station was re-opened in 1998 on the new Robin Hood Line services from Nottingham to Worksop. A wagon repair and manufacturing business have a connection with the main line.
Shirebrook North station (originally known as "Langwith Junction", renamed in June 1924), was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway[1] (later part of the Great Central Railway and subsequently the LNER) in March 1897 and closed in September 1955. By then only one of the four routes converging on it was left anyway - that to Lincoln: the Great Northern Railway's "Leen Valley Extension" line to Pleasley and Sutton-in-Ashfield had closed in September 1931; the LD&ECR line to Beighton via Clowne in September 1939, and that to Chesterfield via Bolsover in December 1951, due to the unsafe condition of Bolsover Tunnel.
Shirebrook South station was on the Great Northern Railway's "Leen Valley Extension" line mentioned above, opened in November 1901 and closed in September 1931.
Notable Ex-residents
One of the notable famous people from Shirebrook is Ray Wilson, a member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. Additionally, John Hurt, the famous English actor grew up in the town when his father was the vicar of The Holy Trinity Parish Church. Others include the actor Colin Tarrant[2] who played a number of roles including Brian Clough.
Sport
The town's main football club, Shirebrook Town, currently play in the Premier Division of the Northern Counties East Football League, and are based at Langwith Road.
References
- ^ Cupit,T., Taylor, W., (1984 2nd.Ed.) The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway, Trowbridge: The Oakwood Press
- ^ Colin Tarrant biography at IMDb
External links
- Local information
- Colliery
- Fire Station
- Shirebrook Town Council
- Shirebrook Miners Welfare Unison Band
- Photos of Shirebrook
- Photographs of Shirebrook
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