Alfreton

Alfreton is a town in Amber Valley in Derbyshire; it is at the junction of the A38 and A61 roads. It has a population of about 22,000. The Alfreton area has 41,000 people in it.

Alfreton
Alfreton House is very old
Population	22,302
OS grid reference	SK414558
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ALFRETON
Postcode district	DE55
Dialling code	01773
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Local economy

The work in Alfreton was coal mining. Since the mines closed in the 1960s, it is now light industry and warehousing. The Thornton's chocolate factory is to the south of Alfreton.

The A38 road was extended north to Alfreton in the early 1970s. Alfreton town centre has six charity shops, which stock a wide variety of clothes, ornaments and jigsaws.

Politics

Alfreton's MP is Linsey Farnsworth.

Notable Residents

• Benjamin Outram, Engineer was born here in 1764^[1]
• James Young (Scottish chemist) got oil from coal here in 1848.
• Norman Whitehead^[2] (1915-1983), was born and painted here during the 1930s.

Education

The local secondary school is Alftreton Grange Arts College^[3] (ages 11–18) on Grange Street. The school was renamed, having been Mortimer Wilson School for many years.