Arkwright Town

Arkwright Town, usually referred to as Arkwright, is a village in Sutton cum Duckmanton, North East Derbyshire, England that is notable for being moved to a nearby location in the early 1990s.[1] The village is between Chesterfield and Bolsover on the A632 road, and was formerly a coal mining village.

Arkwright Town
New Arkwright Town
Arkwright Town Location within Derbyshire
Population	1,582 (In Sutton cum Duckmanton, 2011)
OS grid reference	SK427713
Civil parish	Sutton cum Duckmanton
District	North East Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESTERFIELD
Postcode district	S44 5
Dialling code	01246
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North East Derbyshire

When Arkwright Colliery closed in 1988 the community was affected by emissions of methane gas[1] that caused some of its houses to be evacuated.[2] The village was owned by British Coal and a decision was made in cooperation with Derbyshire County Council to transfer ownership of the 52 properties to a housing trust, construct a new village of 56 properties to the north of the site affected by methane, and move all the residents. Construction was completed by 1995 when the old Arkwright Town was demolished. Part of the deal with British Coal included an agreement to open cast a 100-acre site. Work started in November 1993 and continued until about 2005.[2][3]

A nature walk was established in 2010 following routes once used by railway lines.