Tapton, Derbyshire
Tapton is a suburb of Chesterfield, in the county of Derbyshire, England.
Tapton is a suburb of Chesterfield, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located along the Brimington Road B6543, between Chesterfield town centre, and Brimington. It became a suburb of Chesterfield in the 1920s. The buildings along Brimington road, which runs through the centre of Tapton, are testament to this fact. Consisting of semi-detached houses in a style typical of the 20s and 30s.
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Worth seeing in and around Tapton, Derbyshire
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Chesterfield
Chesterfield is a market and industrial town in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is 24 miles north of Derby and 11 miles south of Sheffield at the confluence of the Rivers Rother and Hipper.
1.7 km · market town and unparished area in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 02Proact Stadium
SMH Group Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on the site of the former Dema Glassworks. It is the home of Chesterfield Football Club, replacing Saltergate as the club's stadium from the start of the 2010–11 season.
1.2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield
Chesterfield Parish Church is an Anglican church dedicated to Saint Mary and All Saints, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Building of the church began in 1234 AD, though the present church dates predominantly from the 14th century.
1.5 km · church with crooked spire in Chesterfield · Wikipedia - 04Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield
Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
1.4 km · grade II listed church in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a narrow canal in the East Midlands of England and it is known locally as 'Cuckoo Dyke'. It was one of the last of the canals designed by James Brindley, who died while it was being constructed.
1 km · Canal in the East Midlands of England · Wikipedia - 06Tapton House
Tapton House, in Tapton, Derbyshire, England, was once the home of engineer George Stephenson, who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives. Tapton has been a gentleman's residence, a ladies' boarding school and a co-educational school.
300 m · country house in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Annunciation Church
Annunciation Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1854.
1.6 km · grade II listed catholic church in Chesterfield, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Chesterfield Town Hall
Chesterfield Town Hall is a municipal building on Rose Hill, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
1.8 km · building in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Chesterfield College
Chesterfield College is a further and higher education college in the town of Chesterfield in North East Derbyshire, England. The main college campus is based at Infirmary Road Chesterfield.
1.2 km · college in Derbyshire, UK · Wikipedia - 10Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery
Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery is a local museum and art gallery in the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. The hall was named in honour of the British railway pioneer George Stephenson and the museum has a collection of objects relating to the history of the town and its people.
1.4 km · local museum in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tapton, Derbyshire
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 47 km · Manchester (MAN), 59 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 71 km
- Stations
- Chesterfield railway station, 1.2 km · Chesterfield coach station, 1.9 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Tapton, Derbyshire37 km · quickest by road, 57 min · £4–5
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Tapton, Derbyshire61 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · £7–9
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Tapton, Derbyshire62 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £7–9
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tapton, Derbyshire
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tapton, Derbyshire. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextFor a day trip by public transport, the most accessible is along the Hope Valley railway line through Grindleford, Hathersage, Hope and Edale.
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Next door to Tapton, Derbyshire
Tapton, Derbyshire is 15 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Bramptonarea of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England3.8 km
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- Newboldvillage in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom2.3 km