Poolsbrook

Poolsbrook
Poolsbrook.
Poolsbrook
Poolsbrook shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK442736
District	Chesterfield
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Chesterfield
Postcode district	S43
Dialling code	01246

Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands

EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Chesterfield

Poolsbrook (grid reference SK442736) is a former mining village near Staveley in North East Derbyshire, England. The village was built by Staveley Coal and Iron Company towards the end of the 19th century to provide housing for workers employed at the nearby Speedwell and the later Ireland Collieries. Since then new houses have been built (dubbed the "new village" by locals) and the old houses have been knocked down.

Broadcasting

The local radio stations that cover the village are Peak FM, Radio Derby, Radio Sheffield and Mansfield 103.2 FM.

Early on for television many residents have the aerial facing Emley Moor to receive Yorkshire Television but other regional channels can be received easily in the village such as for the Central Television with a correctly aligned aerial.

Now in modern times, many of Poolsbrooks residents use television providers such as Sky, Freeview, Virgin media etc. Subsequently, they can now receive all the channels that these providers make available.

Local power

A large number of residents signed up to have their heating and electricity supplied by landfill gas powered CHP.^[1] However, due to a lack of council support the scheme did not go ahead.^[2] Poolsbrook is part of Staveley Town council, which is part of Chesterfield borough council. They have local elections to elect councillors on both of these councils. Many residents vote for the Labour Party and labour has been in power over Poolsbrook for many years.

References

↑ Paul Brown Rubbish tip methane to cut village heating bills in half Guardian Unlimited March 2007
↑ Energy Saving Trust case study

External links

Media related to Poolsbrook at Wikimedia Commons

Ceremonial county of Derbyshire
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