Arkwright Town

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Arkwright Town
New Arkwright Town.
Arkwright Town shown within Derbyshire
Population	1,523 in Sutton-cum-Duckmanton
OS grid reference	SK427713
Parish	Sutton-cum-Duckmanton
District	North East Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESTERFIELD
Postcode district	S44 5
Dialling code	01246
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North East Derbyshire
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

Coordinates: 53°14′14″N 1°21′34″W / 53.2371, -1.3594

For the settlement with a similar name in the USA see Arkwright, New York

Arkwright Town, commonly referred to as Arkwright, is a settlement in North East Derbyshire, England that is notable for having moved its location in the early 1990s. Despite its name, the settlement has no official town status.

Located between Chesterfield and Bolsover on the A632 road it was formerly a coal mining village. Arkwright Colliery closed in 1988 and it was then discovered that the community was threatened by emissions of methane gas that caused some of its houses to be evacuated. The whole settlement was owned by British Coal and a decision was taken, along with Derbyshire County Council, to transfer ownership of the 52 properties to a housing trust, construct a new settlement 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.