Editing Chesterfield, Derbyshire

{{Short description|Town in Derbyshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Chesterfield
| type = Town
|country = England
|region = East Midlands
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| image2 = Neo-Tudor on Knifesmithgate, Chesterfield - geograph.org.uk - 7417231.jpg
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}}| static_image_caption = Clockwise from top: Market Hall, Knifesmithgate with the Crooked Spire, [[Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield|Crooked Spire Parish Church]] and
[[Chesterfield Town Hall|Town Hall]]
 | population = 76,402
 | population_ref = (2021 Census)<ref name="citypopulation_E63001616">{{cite web |title=Chesterfield (Derbyshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/derbyshire/E63001616__chesterfield/ |website=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref>
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|constituency_westminster = [[Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesterfield]]
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|post_town = Chesterfield
|postcode_area = S
|postcode_district = S40-S45
|dial_code = 01246
|shire_district = [[Borough of Chesterfield|Chesterfield]]
|shire_county = [[Derbyshire]]
|area_total_km2 = 24.32
|website = {{URL|http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/}}
| parts_type              = Areas of the town
 | p1                     = [[Ashgate, Derbyshire|Ashgate]]
 | p2                     = [[Birdholme]]
 | p3                     = [[Boythorpe]]
 | p4                     = [[Brampton, Derbyshire|Brampton]]
 | p5                     = Brockwell
 | p6                    = Brookside
 | p7                    = [[Corbriggs]] (part)
 | p8                    = Dunston
 | p9                    = [[Hady]]
 | p10                   = [[Hasland]]
 | p11                   = [[Loundsley Green]]
 | p12                   = [[Newbold, Derbyshire|Newbold]]
 | p13                   = [[New Whittington]]
 | p14                   = [[Old Whittington]]
 | p15                   = [[Spital, Derbyshire|Spital]]
 | p16                   = [[Tapton, Derbyshire|Tapton]]
 | p17                   = [[Walton, Chesterfield|Walton]]
 | p18                   = [[Winswick]]
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'''Chesterfield''' is a [[market town|market]] and [[industrial town]] in the county of [[Derbyshire]], England.<ref name=EB1911>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Chesterfield |volume=6 |page=111}}</ref> It is {{convert|24 |mi|km}} north of [[Derby]] and {{convert|11 |mi|km}} south of [[Sheffield]] at the confluence of the [[River Rother, South Yorkshire|Rivers Rother]] and [[River Hipper|Hipper]]. In 2011, the built-up-area subdivision had a population of 88,483,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/derbyshire/E35001230__chesterfield/ |title=Chesterfield |publisher=City Population De |access-date=3 November 2020}}</ref> making it the second-largest settlement in Derbyshire, after Derby. The wider [[Borough of Chesterfield]] had a population of 103,569 in the 2021 Census.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chesterfield (District, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/admin/E07000034__chesterfield/ |website=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref> In 2021, the town itself had a population of 76,402.<ref name="citypopulation_E63001616"/>

It has been traced to a transitory [[Ancient Roman architecture|Roman]] [[fort]] dated to approximately AD 80-100.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pastscape.org/hob.aspx?hob_id=314408 |title=Chesterfield Roman Fort |publisher=English Heritage |access-date=5 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105082908/http://www.pastscape.org/hob.aspx?hob_id=314408 |archive-date=5 November 2013}}</ref> The name of the later [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] village comes from the [[Old English]] ''ceaster'' (Roman fort) and ''feld'' (pasture).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.localhistories.org/chesterfield.html |title=Chesterfield History |publisher=Tim Lambert |access-date=5 November 2013}}</ref><ref>The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Victor Watts, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2004.</ref> It has a sizeable street market three days a week.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitchesterfield.info/dms-derbyshire.asp?dms=13&venue=6050253 |title=Visit Chesterfield |publisher=Chesterfield Borough Council |access-date=1 June 2013 |archive-date=5 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105083402/http://www.visitchesterfield.info/dms-derbyshire.asp?dms=13&venue=6050253 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town sits on an old [[coalfield]], but little visual evidence of [[mining]] remains since the closure of the final town centre mine nicknamed “The Green Room”. The main landmark is the crooked spire of the [[Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield|Church of St Mary and All Saints]].

==History==
Chesterfield was in the Hundred of Scarsdale. The town received its market charter in 1204 from [[John of England|King John]], which constituted the town as a [[borough|free borough]], granting the burgesses of Chesterfield the privileges of those of [[Nottingham]] and [[Derby]].<ref name=EB1911/> In 1266, the [[Battle of Chesterfield]] saw a band of rebel barons defeated by a royalist army.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pegge |first=Samuel |year=1769 |title=A succinct and authentic narrative of the Battle of Chesterfield, AD 1266 in the reign of King Henry III |publisher=Archaeologica |volume=XXXVI |pages=276–85}}</ref>

[[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] granted a charter in either 1594 or 1598,<ref name=EB1911/> creating a corporation of a mayor, six aldermen, six brethren, and twelve capital burgesses.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50724 |title=Parishes: Calke – Chesterfield |access-date=3 February 2009 |work=Magna Britannia: volume 5: Derbyshire |publisher=British History Online |year=1817}}</ref> This remained its charter until the borough was reshaped under the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]].<ref name=EB1911/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50871#s8 |title=Chesterfield (All Saints) |access-date=3 February 2009 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online |year=1848}}</ref> It originally consisted only of the [[township (England)|township]] of Chesterfield but absorbed some surrounding townships in 1892. There was a major extension when the borough absorbed [[New Whittington]] and [[Newbold, Derbyshire|Newbold]] urban district in 1920.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Local Administrative Units of England |last=Young |first=Frederic A Jr. |volume=II: Northern England |year=1991 |publisher=Royal Historical Society |location=London |isbn=0-86193-127-0 |pages=70, 660}}</ref> Chesterfield's current boundaries date from 1 April 1974, when the Borough of Chesterfield was formed under the [[Local Government Act 1972]] by amalgamating the [[municipal borough]] of [[Municipal Borough of Chesterfield|Chesterfield]], the [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] of [[Staveley, Derbyshire|Staveley]] and the parish of Brimington from [[Chesterfield Rural District]].<ref name=guide>{{Cite book |title=Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System |year=1974 |publisher=[[HMSO]] |location=London |isbn=0-11-750847-0 |page=40}}</ref>

[[File:Chesterfield Church 1773 SHGrimm 005ADD000015537U00036000-SVC2-.JPG|thumb|left|'The church in the 18th century as sketched by [[Samuel Hieronymus Grimm]].']]
Chesterfield benefitted much from the building of the Chesterfield Line – part of the [[Derby railway station|Derby]] to [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]] railway (North Midland Line) begun in 1837 by [[George Stephenson]]. <ref> Cite Web:https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore-chesterfield/museum/explore-history-with-us/people-of-the-past/george-stephenson-1781-to-1848/ |George Stephenson - 1781 to 1848|20/08/2024|Chesterfield Borough Council| Access date 8 May 2025</ref> During the work, a sizeable seam of [[coal]] was discovered while the [[Clay Cross Tunnel]] was constructed. George then founded the [[Clay Cross]] company producing coal, iron ore, and limestone. <ref> Cite Web:https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore-chesterfield/museum/explore-history-with-us/people-of-the-past/george-stephenson-1781-to-1848/ |George Stephenson - 1781 to 1848|20/08/2024|Chesterfield Borough Council| Access date 8 May 2025</ref>

During his time in Chesterfield, Stephenson lived at [[Tapton House]], remaining there until his death in 1848. He is interred in Trinity Church. A statue of him was erected outside [[Chesterfield railway station]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Stephenson Statue |url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/george-stephenson-statue-chesterfield |access-date=2021-10-19 |website=Atlas Obscura |language=en}}</ref>

[[image:George Stephenson statue at Chesterfield train station.jpg|thumb|200px|George Stephenson Statue, Chesterfield Train Station]]

==Governance==
Local government in Chesterfield has a two-tier structure. At the upper tier of services such as consumer protection, education, main roads and social services is provided by [[Derbyshire County Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/council/council_works/departments/default.asp |title=Council Departments |access-date=9 February 2009 |publisher=Derbyshire County Council }}</ref> At the lower tier, housing, planning, refuse collection and burial grounds are provided by Chesterfield Borough Council.<ref name=structures>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/default.aspx?CATID=168 |title=Council Structures |access-date=9 February 2009 |publisher=Chesterfield Borough Council |year=2009}}</ref> There are two [[civil parishes]] in the borough, Brimington and Staveley.

[[Derbyshire County Council]] has 64 county councillors<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/County-council-election-results/article-1053166-detail/article.html |title=Derbyshire County Council elections |publisher=thisisderbyshire.co.uk |access-date=5 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608055250/http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/County-council-election-results/article-1053166-detail/article.html |archive-date=8 June 2009}}</ref> and Chesterfield Borough Council 40 local councillors,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chesterfield.moderngov.co.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=136 |title=Council and Democracy |publisher=Chesterfield Borough Council |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref> both elected every four years.

=== Coat of arms ===
The borough council uses [[coat of arms|armorial bearings]] originally granted to the previous borough corporation by [[letters patent]] dated 10 November 1955.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/derbys.html |title=Derbyshire |access-date=9 February 2009 |work=Civic Heraldry of England and Wales |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016063051/http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/derbys.html |archive-date=16 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[blazon]] of the arms is as follows:

<blockquote>Gules a Device representing a Pomegranate Tree as depicted on the ancient Common Seal of the Borough the tree leaved and eradicated proper flowered and fructed Or ''and for the Crest on a Wreath of the Colours'' Issuant from a Mural Crown Gules Masoned Or a Mount Vert thereon a Derby Ram passant guardant proper.
''Supporters'': On the dexter side a Cock and on the sinister side a Pynot or Magpie proper each Ducally gorged Or<ref name=history>{{Cite web |url=http://youandyesterday.com/articles/Chesterfield_Borough_Council_-_Its_Coat_of_Arms_Explained |title=Chesterfield Borough Council – Its Coat of Arms Explained – Bygone Derbyshire |publisher=Bygone Derbyshire |last=Seddon |first=Peter |date=November 2010 |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref></blockquote>

The shield is based on the borough's ancient common seal, believed to date from the earlier 16th century. The seal depicts a stylised [[pomegranate]] tree. When the arms were formally granted, the [[College of Arms]] expressed the view that the plant had been adopted by the town as a symbol of loyalty to the crown, as it had been a royal badge used by [[Katherine of Aragon]], [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and [[Mary I of England|Mary Tudor]].<ref name=history/> The crest depicts a [[The Derby Ram (song)|Derby Ram]], representing the county of Derbyshire, and a [[mural crown]], suggestive of a town wall and thus borough status.<ref name=history/> The [[supporters]] represent the ''Cock and Pynot Inn'', [[Old Whittington]]. The now ''Cock and Magpie Inn'' (53°16'13.1"N 1°25'34.3"W) is next to ''Revolution House'', which was the site of a meeting between conspirators against [[James II of England|James II]] in 1688. Among those meeting there were the [[Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds|Earl of Danby]] and [[William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire|Devonshire]], marked by ducal crowns round the supporters' necks. The two birds stand on a [[compartment (heraldry)|compartment]] of rocks and moorland.<ref name=history/> The motto is "Aspire", a punning reference to the crooked spire of the parish church.<ref name=history/>

===Combined authority===
In March 2016 the borough council began a bid to join the [[Sheffield City Region Combined Authority]], which was due to receive devolved powers. Derbyshire County Council opposed this and sought legal advice.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/grassroots/county-council-takes-legal-advice-over-chesterfield-devolution-deal-1-7792475 |title=County council takes legal advice over Chesterfield devolution deal |newspaper=Derbyshire Times |access-date=1 June 2013 |archive-date=19 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519113312/http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/county-council-takes-legal-advice-over-chesterfield-devolution-deal-1-7792475 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In June 2017 Chesterfield Council withdrew its application, but is now a non-constituent partner.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/eastmidlands/news/2003126-chesterfield-snubs-chance-join-sheffield-city-region |title=Chesterfield snubs chance to join Sheffield City Region |date=2017-06-14 |website=TheBusinessDesk.com (East Midlands) |language=en |access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref>

==Geography==
Chesterfield lies at the confluence of the [[River Rother, South Yorkshire|River Rother]] and [[River Hipper]] at the [[South Yorkshire Coalfield|Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield]], in the eastern foothills of the [[Pennines]]. It is sometimes described as the "Gateway to the [[Peak District|Peak]]", with the Peak District National Park to the west of the town.<ref name="Story of Chesterfield">{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.co.uk/about-chesterfield/story-of-chesterfield/ |title=Story of Chesterfield |access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref>

Nearby areas of the [[South and West Yorkshire Green Belt]] can serve to block [[urban sprawl]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chesterfield Borough Council – Current Local Plan |url=https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy-and-the-local-plan/current-local-plan.aspx |website=www.chesterfield.gov.uk |date=9 March 2018}}</ref> Other local greenfield frameworks include "strategic gaps" to maintain the openness and landscape qualities of large open areas, and "green wedges" penetrating urban areas with recreational facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chesterfield Borough Council – Green wedges and strategic gaps |url=https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy-and-the-local-plan/evidence-base/green-wedges-and-strategic-gaps.aspx |website=www.chesterfield.gov.uk |date=2 January 2017}}</ref>

===Urban area===
The wider Chesterfield Urban Area had a population of 112,664 at the 2021 Census, this included the town of Chesterfield along with its surrounding suburbs and the outlying villages and towns of [[Wingerworth]], [[Staveley, Derbyshire|Staveley]], [[Cutthorpe]] and [[Holymoorside]].<ref>{{cite web |title=United Kingdom: Countries and Major Urban Areas - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/cities/ua/?cityid=7130 |website=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref>

{{wide image|Panorama from top of the crooked spire chesterfield - panoramio.jpg|800px|align-cap=center|Panorama of Chesterfield taken from the [[Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield|Crooked Spire]]}}

==Politics==
Chesterfield is part of the [[Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesterfield constituency]]; the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) is [[Toby Perkins]] (Labour). The local council for Chesterfield 
is Chesterfield Borough Council.

==Economy==
Since the cessation of coal mining, the economy around Chesterfield has undergone major change. The employment base has moved from the primary and secondary sectors towards the tertiary. The area sits on an old, large coalfield which had many collieries,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ichesterfield.co.uk/chesterfield-photographs-old/old-collieries.html |title=iChesterfield – A Website for Chesterfield, Derbyshire |publisher=ichesterfield.co.uk |access-date=31 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006154355/http://www.ichesterfield.co.uk/chesterfield-photographs-old/old-collieries.html |archive-date=6 October 2011}}</ref> including those in outlying areas which were historically part of [[Chesterfield Rural District]]<!-- linked above under History, but quite distanced -->: [[Clay Cross]], [[Arkwright Town]], [[Bolsover Colliery Company|Bolsover]], [[Grassmoor]], [[North Wingfield]] and [[Holmewood]].

Between 1981 and 2002, 15,000 jobs in the coal industry were lost<ref name="bid">{{Cite web 
|url=http://www.culture.gov.uk/cap/proposals/Chesterfield.pdf#search=%22chesterfield%20industrial%20decline%22 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100407221628/http://www.culture.gov.uk/cap/proposals/Chesterfield.pdf#search=%22chesterfield%20industrial%20decline%22 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 April 2010 |title=CASINO ADVISORY PANEL Formal Proposal Cover Sheet |last=Wrightson |first=John |publisher=culture.gov.uk |access-date=27 June 2007}}</ref> and all collieries closed, although [[open cast mining]] took place at Arkwright Town for a few years from November 1993.<ref>Simon Beckett [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/why-will-the-village-cross-the-road-school-chipshop-postoffice-pub-arkwright-town-is-a-small-derbyshire-mining-community-typical-of-those-that-once-dotted-the-coal-regions-now-british-coal-wants-to-start-opencast-mining-which-means-destroying-the-old-village-and-building-a-new-one-right-next-door-1370668.html "Why will the village cross the road?"], ''The Independent on Sunday'', 17 April 1994.</ref> Many mine sites were restored by a contractor for Derbyshire County Council. Little evidence of mining remains. A cyclists' and walkers' route, the "Five Pits Trail", links some former mines; most are now indistinguishable from the surrounding countryside.<ref>{{Cite web |url=
https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/countryside/access/walking/walks-and-trails/five-pits-trail.aspx |title=Derbyshire County Council – Five Pits Trail|publisher=Derbyshire County Council |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref>

In the town, large factories and major employers have disappeared or relocated. [[Markham & Co.]] manufactured [[tunnel boring machine]]s such as the one used for the [[Channel Tunnel]]. It was bought out by Norway's [[Kvaerner]] and later merged with Sheffield-based Davy. Its factory on Hollis Lane is now a [[housing estate]]; the former offices were turned into flats and serviced office suites.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Wort |first1=Ken G. |last2=Bennett |first2=Mike G. |title=Markham and Company of Chesterfield, 1889–1998: An Illustrated History |year=2005 |publisher=Merton Priory Press Ltd |isbn=1-898937-64-8}}</ref> Dema Glass's factory near Lockoford Lane closed; the site is now host to a [[Tesco]] supermarket and the [[Proact Stadium]], the home of [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield Football Club]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/default.aspx?CATID=660&CID=5013 |title=Dema Glass Site |publisher=Chesterfield Borough Council |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> [[GKN]] closed its factory and the site is being turned into a business park.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/meltdown_in_manufacturing_1_463835 |title=Meltdown in manufacturing – News – Derbyshire Times |last=Cooper |first=Jon |date=5 February 2007 |publisher=[[Derbyshire Times]] |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref>

Other companies have downsized sharply. Robinson's, makers of paper-based packaging,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.robinsonpackaging.com/Group/history.html |title=Robinson – History of Robinson |publisher=Robinson |access-date=31 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715192535/http://www.robinsonpackaging.com/Group/history.html |archive-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> divested its health-care interests, which led to a marked fall in the workforce and facilities in Chesterfield. [[Cadbury Trebor Bassett|Trebor]], once based on Brimington Road near [[Chesterfield railway station]], merged with [[Bassetts]] sweets of Sheffield, was later taken over by [[Cadbury plc|Cadbury]] and relocated to a modern unit at [[Holmewood]] business park. The earlier factory site is now developed as part of a mixed residential and commercial site.<ref name=Waterside/>

Manufacturing employment has fallen by a third since 1991, though the proportion of employees in manufacturing is still above the national average.<ref name="bid"/> Today, smaller firms are found on several industrial estates, the largest being at Sheepbridge. Business located on the estate includes [[SIG plc]] subsidiary Warren Insulations, [[Franke (company)|Franke Sisons Ltd]] (founded in 1784 in Sheffield and among the first to manufacture stainless steel kitchen sinks in the 1930s), Rhodes Group and Chesterfield Felt.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Between the A61 and Brimington Road, there is a {{convert|40|acre|m2|adj=on}} development site resulting from [[Arnold Laver]] relocating to a modern sawmill at [[Mosborough|Halfway]], near Sheffield. The former sawmill has been demolished, and is now a mixed residential and commercial development called Chesterfield Waterside.<ref name=Waterside>{{Cite web |title=2022: The year of development for Chesterfield and North Derbyshire |url=https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/business/2022-the-year-of-development-for-chesterfield-and-north-derbyshire-3522519 |publisher=derbyshiretimes.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124055839/https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/business/2022-the-year-of-development-for-chesterfield-and-north-derbyshire-3522519 |archive-date=24 January 2022}}</ref>

There is a [[Morrisons]] on the junction of Chatsworth Road (A619) and Walton Road (A632), a [[J Sainsbury|Sainsburys]] on Rother Way (A619 for Staveley), and a [[Tesco]] Extra on the junction of the A619 and [[A61 road|A61]] (known locally as ''Tesco Roundabout''). The Institute of Business Advisers<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hotfrog.co.uk/Companies/The-Institute-Of-Business-Advisers |title=The Institute of Business Advisers |publisher=Hot Frog |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> is based on Queen Street North. Chesterfield Royal Hospital<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ |title=Chesterfield Royal Hospital |publisher=Chesterfield Royal Hospital |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> is on the A632 towards [[Calow]] and [[Bolsover]]. It has the only accident and emergency department in Derbyshire outside Derby.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/ServiceResults.aspx?Place=derbyshire&Coords=3605,4258&ServiceType=AandE&JScript=1 |title=Service results |work=NHS Choices |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref>

The Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Branch of the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|RSPCA]] is located in the town,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield-rspca.org.uk |title=RSPCA Chesterfield & North Derbyshire – Home page |publisher=RSPCA |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> and serves the North East Derbyshire area.

The [[Royal Mail]]'s Pensions Service Centre is near the town in Boythorpe Road, in Rowland Hill House, which also serves other administrative functions. There is a Post Office Ltd building in the town at West Bars called Future Walk. Formerly this was Chetwynd House, now demolished and replaced by the new building.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

===Shopping, entertainment and leisure===
[[File:Market Hall , Chesterfield (3658417102).jpg|thumb|Part of Chesterfield's market and the Market Hall]]
The town centre of Chesterfield has retained much of its pre-war plan. [[Chesterfield Market]] is one of the largest open-air markets in Britain, the stalls sitting either side of the Market Hall. In the middle of town, a collection of narrow medieval streets makes up The Shambles, which houses the ''Royal Oak'', one of Britain's oldest pubs.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Near Holywell Cross is what was (until 2013) Chesterfield's largest department store, the Co-operative or Co-op. The main building opened in 1938,<ref>[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;DCCC003361&pos=2&action=zoom "Elder Way – Knifesmith Gate"], Picture the Past</ref> and now occupies the majority of Elder Way,<ref>[http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/Site/1/Documents/Economy/Documents/Chesterfield%20Report%20-%2001%20Chesterfield%20Today.pdf ''Chesterfield Town Centre Masterplan, October 2009'', Chesterfield Borough Council website, p. 13.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004220701/http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/Site/1/Documents/Economy/Documents/Chesterfield%20Report%20-%2001%20Chesterfield%20Today.pdf |date=4 October 2013}}</ref> including an enclosed bridge, and part of [[Knifesmithgate]]. Here the façade is in the mock-Tudor style fashionable in the 1930s, which still dominates the north side of Knifesmithgate. In 2001, the Chesterfield and District Co-operative Society was incorporated into a larger regional [[Midlands Co-operative Society]] Limited, now the biggest independent retail society in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.midlands.coop/index.php?/about/ |title=About Midlands Co-op |publisher=[[Midlands Co-operative Society]] |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> Owing to a decline in retail sales, the large home and fashion Co-op department store closed at the end of July 2013,<ref name="DT0402">[http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/business/chesterfield-co-op-hopes-doomed-store-will-attract-developers-1-5380544 "Chesterfield: Co-op hopes doomed store will attract developers"], ''Derbyshire Times'', 4 February 2013.</ref> The area has had some redevelopment with a [[Premier Inn]] and retail stores now open.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.co.uk/developments/chesterfield-elder-way-former-co-op-store/ |title=Chesterfield Elder Way (Former Co-op Store) |publisher=[[Chesterfield Borough Council]] |access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref>

====The Pavements====
[[File:Chesterfield - shops along middle section of Low Pavement - geograph.org.uk - 3605407.jpg|thumb|Low Pavement, Chesterfield]]In the late 1970s the area between [[Low Pavement, Chesterfield|Low Pavement]] (in the Market Square) and New Beetwell Street was redeveloped to build "The Pavements" Shopping Centre, known by some as The Precinct. The existing buildings were demolished except for the façades on Lower Pavement. The shopping centre was opened in November 1981 by the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince]] and [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess of Wales]]. It has entrances opposite Chesterfield Market and escalators leading down to New Beetwell St and the bus station. An enclosed bridge links the site to a [[multi-storey car park]] built at the same time, adjacent to the town's coach station.

Chesterfield's multi-storey library stands just outside The Pavements in New Beetwell St. The building was opened in 1985. In annual figures compiled by the [[Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy]] it ranked fifth in the UK for number of loans in 2008, rising one place on the previous year.<ref name="Norfolk Boasts Busiest Library in England, survey shows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cipfa.org.uk/Press/press_show.cfm?news_id=32026 |publisher=Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |title=Norfolk Boasts Busiest Library in England, survey shows |access-date=30 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410225011/http://www.cipfa.org.uk/press/press_show.cfm?news_id=32026 |archive-date=10 April 2010}}</ref><ref name="Norfolk library is most popular in UK">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cipfa.org.uk/Press/press_show.cfm?news_id=59847 |publisher=Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |title=Norfolk library is most popular in UK |access-date=30 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928005000/http://www.cipfa.org.uk/Press/press_show.cfm?news_id=59847 |archive-date=28 September 2011}}</ref> The area beside the library was redeveloped, but retains the old narrow passageways while accommodating small shop units and offices.

On 27 June 2007, the [[Somerfield (UK retailer)|Somerfield]] store in the Precinct was gutted in a fire in which the roof collapsed, a few shoppers suffering minor injuries.<ref name="DTSomerfield">{{Cite web |url=http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/local/town_centre_store_fire_1_466856|title=Town centre store fire – Local – Derbyshire Times|publisher=Derbyshire Times |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> The fire reportedly started after a welding torch being used to repair flood damage had been left ignited. It started at 13:10 on 27 June and was not extinguished until 23:30 that day.<ref name="DTSomerfield" /> After the fire, Somerfield decided to cease trading in Chesterfield. The unit re-opened in September 2008 as a [[Tesco]] Metro store.

====Vicar Lane====
{{Main article|Vicar Lane Shopping Centre}}
Vicar Lane was redeveloped in 2000 as a pedestrianised open-air shopping centre creating two new shopping streets. This meant demolishing almost all of the existing buildings, including a [[Woolworths (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]] branch and a small bus station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vicarlaneshoppingcentre.co.uk/index.htm |title=Vicar Lane Shopping Centre |publisher=vicarlaneshoppingcentre.co.uk |access-date=31 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202222540/http://www.vicarlaneshoppingcentre.co.uk/index.htm |archive-date=2 February 2011}}</ref> It now includes major chains such as H&M and Iceland.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vicarlaneshoppingcentre.co.uk/stores/ |title=Vicar Lane Shopping Centre – Store Guide |publisher=vicarlaneshoppingcentre.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217051047/http://www.vicarlaneshoppingcentre.co.uk/storeguide.htm |archive-date=17 December 2010}}</ref> The development had been planned in the 1980s but delayed for economic reasons. A multi-storey car park on Beetwell St was added under the revised plan. The area lies between the Pavements Centre and markets and the crooked spire.

====Food and drink====
Nightlife is centred mainly in the Church Way, Holywell Street and Corporation Street areas. The Brampton Mile, west of the town centre is known for the number of public houses on a {{convert|1|mi|km}} stretch of Chatsworth Road.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bramley |first=Phil |date=24 November 2023 |orig-date=1 December 2022 |title=The lost pubs of Chesterfield's famous Brampton Mile |url=https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/the-lost-pubs-of-chesterfields-famous-brampton-mile-3938608 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=Derbyshire Times}}</ref>

In February 2006, the first international [[gluten free beer]] festival was held in Chesterfield.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Carolyn |last=Smagalski |year=2006 |url=http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art39558.asp |title=CAMRA & The First International Gluten Free Beer Festival |publisher=BellaOnline}}</ref> The [[Campaign for Real Ale]] (CAMRA) hosted the event as part of its regular beer festival in the town.

====The arts====
The Winding Wheel, hitherto an [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon Cinema]], is a venue for concerts, exhibitions, conferences, dinners, family parties, dances, banquets, wedding receptions, meetings, product launches and lectures.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/default.aspx?CATID=328&TType=Summary&CID=1723 |title=Winding Wheel – Chesterfield Borough Council |publisher=Chesterfield Borough Council |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> Past notable performers include [[Bob Geldof]], [[The Proclaimers]] and [[Paddy McGuinness (comedian)|Paddy McGuinness]]. It also hosts performances of the Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfieldsymphonyorchestra.co.uk/|title=Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra |publisher=Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref>

The "Pomegranate Theatre", formerly the Chesterfield Civic Theatre and previously the Stephenson Memorial Theatre, is a listed Victorian building in what is now known as the [[Stephenson Memorial Hall]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/346754 |title=SK3871: Stephenson Memorial Hall |publisher=[[Geograph]] |access-date=13 May 2011}}</ref> It has an auditorium that seats about 500 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pomegranatetheatre.co.uk/ |title=Pomegranate Theatre |publisher=Pomegranate Theatre |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> Shows are given throughout the year. Also in the Stephenson Memorial Hall is the [[Chesterfield Museum]], opened in 1994. Until 1984 it was used as the town's main library. The museum is owned by Chesterfield Borough Council, as are the Winding Wheel and the Pomegranate Theatre. The box office for both venues is located in the entrance area of the theatre.

The Royal Mail building, Future Walk, in West Bars, was once the site of Chetwynd House, referred to locally as the AGD. Here a work by sculptor [[Barbara Hepworth]] ''Curved Reclining Form'' or ''Rosewall'' was prominently displayed for many years and nicknamed ''Isaiah'' by local critics, as it resembled a crude human face with one eye higher than the other ("eye's 'igher"). The work was due to be sold in 2005, but reprieved as a work of national significance.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/4363152.stm |title=BBC NEWS – Sculpture sell-off plans scrapped|date=21 October 2005 |work=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> Other artworks of note include ''A System of Support and Balance'' by [[Paul Lewthwaite]], outside Chesterfield Magistrates' Court.

==Transport==
===Roads===
The town is bisected north-south by the [[A61 road|A61]], with a dual carriageway from the town centre right into Sheffield. The [[A617 road|A617]] links to [[Mansfield]], the [[A619 road|A619]] provides an entry point to the [[Peak District]] (eventually joining the [[A6 road (Great Britain)|A6]] near [[Bakewell]]) and the [[A632 road|A632]] connects [[Bolsover]] with [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]].

The [[M1 motorway]] passes Chesterfield to the east, at a distance of {{convert|6|mi|km}} to junction 29a.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=53.249296,-1.329346&daddr=Unknown+road+to:Chesterfield,+Derbyshire,+UK&hl=en&geocode=%3BFfJRLAMdyMTr_w%3BFZ5OLAMd7kTq_w&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=13&via=1&sll=53.241078,-1.348743&sspn=0.053625,0.154324&ie=UTF8&ll=53.262133,-1.356125&spn=0.107198,0.308647&z=12 |title=Exit 29a to Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK – Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> Three junctions provide access to the town:

* Junction 29 at [[Heath, Derbyshire|Heath]] to the south, via the A617 dual carriageway.
* Junction 29a at Markham Vale in [[Duckmanton]], via the A632
* Junction 30 to the north, via the A619.

===Buses and coaches===
[[File:Chesterfield's new Coach Station 2013.jpg|thumb|Chesterfield coach station]]
[[Stagecoach East Midlands]] and [[Stagecoach Yorkshire]] are the predominant bus operators in Chesterfield; others include [[Trent Barton]] and [[TM Travel]].<ref name="BC">{{Cite web|title=Bus and coach services |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/chesterfield-derbys |website=Bustimes.org |access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref>

Buses stop in several areas around the town centre, rather than at a central bus station. The Stagecoach depot at Stonegravels is notable for its size and many vehicles stored there are not in regular use; it was Chesterfield Corporation's bus depot.

[[Chesterfield coach station]] opened in 2005, on the site of the old bus station; it is served by Stagecoach and [[National Express Coaches|National Express]] [[Coach (vehicle)|coaches]]. Routes connect the town with Bradford, Leeds, Leicester, London and Sheffield.<ref name="BC" />

===Railways===
[[image:Cfieldrailwayfront.jpg|thumb|Chesterfield railway station]]
[[Chesterfield railway station]] lies on the [[Midland Main Line]]. It is served by three [[train operating companies]]:
* [[East Midlands Railway]] operates [[inter-city rail|inter-city]] routes to [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras]], [[Derby railway station|Derby]], [[Sheffield railway station|Sheffield]], {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}}, [[Nottingham railway station|Nottingham]] and [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Timetables |url=https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables |date=2 June 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024 |website=East Midlands Railway}}</ref>
* [[CrossCountry]] runs long-distance inter-city services  to Sheffield, {{rws|York}}, [[Newcastle railway station|Newcastle]], {{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}}, Derby, [[Reading railway station|Reading]], [[Bournemouth railway station|Bournemouth]], {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}}, [[Plymouth railway station|Plymouth]] and [[Penzance railway station|Penzance]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Train Timetables |work=CrossCountry |date=2 June 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024 |url= https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates-information/train-timetables |quote=}}</ref>
* [[Northern Trains]] operates a services between [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]] and Nottingham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=2 June 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

Chesterfield once had two other railway stations:
* [[Chesterfield Market Place railway station|Chesterfield Market Place]] had been the terminus of the Chesterfield–Lincoln line. It was built in 1897 by the [[Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway]] (LD&ECR); it closed in 1951, due to the prohibitive cost of maintaining [[Bolsover Tunnel]] and the nearby [[Doe Lea Viaduct]], which were both affected by mining subsidence. No original buildings remain. The site is now owned by the Post Office.
* [[Chesterfield Central railway station|Chesterfield Central]] closed in 1963, in conjunction with a general wind-down of passenger train activity on the [[Great Central Railway]] (GCR). Chesterfield's inner relief road, part of the A61, now runs along some of the disused track bed. The station was demolished in 1973. Part of the railway tunnel under the town still exists off Dixon's Road, the northern entrance has been sealed off.

The railways crossed each other at [[Horns Bridge]], the Midland Main Line passing over the GCR loop into Chesterfield and the LD&ECR passing both on a {{convert|700|ft|m}} viaduct. Horns Bridge has been redeveloped since the last two railways closed. Horns Bridge roundabout on the A61 Derby Road and A617 Lordsmill Street now occupies the site. The viaduct was demolished in the 1970s.

[[Chesterfield tramway]] system was built in 1882 and closed in 1927.

===Taxis===
The main taxi ranks are in Elder Way, Knifesmithgate and outside the railway station. Chesterfield taxis are recognisably black with distinctive white bonnets and boots.

===Air===
The nearest licensed airfield is [[Netherthorpe Airfield|Netherthorpe Aerodrome]], near [[Worksop]] in [[Nottinghamshire]], but has only 553 metres of grass runway. Air passengers may use [[East Midlands Airport|East Midlands]], [[Leeds Bradford Airport|Leeds Bradford]], [[Manchester Airport|Manchester]] and [[Birmingham Airport|Birmingham]] airports, all within two hours by road.

===Canal===
The [[Chesterfield Canal]] linked the town to a national network of waterways through the 19th century. Overtaken by rail and then road for freight transport, it fell into disuse, but has been partially restored since the mid-20th century for leisure use. However, the section through Chesterfield remains isolated from the rest of the waterway network.

==Media==
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC Yorkshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]]. Television signals are received from the [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]] TV transmitter and local TV transmitter situated north of the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Chesterfield|title=Full Freeview on the Chesterfield (Derbyshire, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=5 January 2024}}</ref>

Radio stations are [[BBC Radio Sheffield]], [[Peak FM (North Derbyshire)|Greatest Hits Radio North Derbyshire]] (formerly Peak FM), [[Hits Radio South Yorkshire]] and the local internet radio stations: S41 Radio, Elastic FM, Chesterfield Radio and Spire Radio.

Also in the town are the headquarters of the ''[[Derbyshire Times]]'', the local newspaper, which does not cover all of the county.

==Education==
===Primary schools===
* Abercrombie Primary School
* Brockwell Junior School
* Cavendish Junior School
* Christ Church CofE Primary School
* Hady Primary School
* Spire Junior School
* St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School
* St Mary's Catholic Primary 
* William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School

===Secondary schools===
* [[Brookfield Community School, Chesterfield|Brookfield Community School]], Brookside
* [[Outwood Academy Hasland Hall]], [[Hasland]]
* [[Outwood Academy Newbold]], [[Newbold, Derbyshire|Newbold]]
* [[Parkside Community School]], [[Boythorpe]]
* [[St Mary's Catholic High School, Chesterfield|St Mary's Catholic High School]], Newbold

===Colleges===
* [[Chesterfield College]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.ac.uk/chesterfield-college/index.html |title=Chesterfield College Homepage |publisher=Chesterfield College |access-date=31 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303054501/http://www.chesterfield.ac.uk/chesterfield-college/index.html |archive-date=3 March 2011}}</ref>

==Religious sites==
[[File:The crooked spire at Chesterfield - geograph.org.uk - 96728.jpg|thumb|200px|The crooked spire today]]
[[File:Crooked spire2.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The twist in the Spire]]
Chesterfield is perhaps best known for the crooked [[spire]] of its [[Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield|Church of Saint Mary and All Saints]] and is why the local football team is known as ''The Spireites''.

The spire is twisted 45 degrees and leans {{convert|9|ft|6|in|m}} from its true centre. Folklore recounts that a [[Bolsover]] blacksmith mis-shod the [[Devil]], who leapt over the spire in pain, knocking it out of shape. Realistically, the lean has been ascribed to an absence of skilled craftsmen just 12 years after the [[Black Death]], the use of unseasoned timber or insufficient cross-bracing.<ref name="chesterfieldparishchurch">{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfieldparishchurch.org.uk/spire_about.php |title=The Chesterfield Parish Church, Church of St Mary's and All Saints, Church of the Crooked Spire, Church of England, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England |work=chesterfieldparishchurch.org.uk |access-date=22 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101203744/http://www.chesterfieldparishchurch.org.uk/spire_about.php |archive-date=1 November 2010}}</ref> Another explanation is that it was caused by heat expansion after the 17th-century addition of 33 tons of lead sheeting to the spire, resting on 14th-century bracing not designed to carry such weight.

The tower on which the spire sits contains ten bells cast in 1947 by the [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]] in London, replacing a previous ring. The heaviest weighs {{convert|25|long cwt}}.<ref name="chesterfieldparishchurch"/>

Also in Chesterfield is the [[Annunciation Church, Chesterfield|Annunciation Church]], founded by the [[Jesuits]] in 1854 and designed by [[Joseph Hansom]].

==Sport and leisure==
===Football===
[[Chesterfield F.C.]] is nicknamed the Spireites, after the crooked spire of St Mary's Church. The club formerly played at the [[Saltergate|Recreation Ground]] (usually referred to as Saltergate after the road on which it was located), but moved to a new [[SMH Group Stadium|stadium]] on the old Dema Glass site north of the town in Whittington Moor at the start of the 2010–11 season. The team has mostly competed in the third and fourth tiers of [[English Football League|English football]] but dropped down to the [[National League (English football)|National League]] for season 2018–19.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Chesterfield relegated from League Two |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43885346 |access-date=2024-04-08 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>

[[Chesterfield F.C. Women|Chesterfield Ladies FC]] have women's and girls' teams and is based at Queen's Park Annexe; it plays in the Sheffield and Hallamshire Girls County League.<ref name="Sheffield and Hallamshire Girls County League">{{cite web|url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/index.html?league=6066158 |title=Sheffield and Hallamshire Girls County League |website=fulltime.thefa.com |publisher=The Football Association |date= |accessdate=2021-12-20 }}</ref>

The town also has an amateur Sunday football league that hosts over 100 teams on a Sunday morning. The Chesterfield and District Sunday Football League consists of nine divisions and three cup competitions.<ref name="Sunday football league">{{Cite web |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/index.html?league=722614028 |title=Chesterfield and District Sunday Football League |website=fulltime.thefa.com |publisher=The Football Association |date= |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>

===Rugby Union===
[[Chesterfield Panthers Rugby Union Football Cub|Chesterfield Panthers Rugby Union Football Club]] was formed in 1919 and played its first game in 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfieldrugby.co.uk |title=CRUFC Sponsors |publisher=CRUFC |access-date=31 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828150904/http://www.chesterfieldrugby.co.uk/ |archive-date=28 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It fields three men's senior squads, a senior ladies squad and numerous junior teams. The club moved for the 2013–14 season from its Stonegravels site to a new purpose-built ground at 2012 Dunston Road. The facilities include three pitches, one floodlit, numerous changing rooms, and a large open-plan bar area. The first XV won the Midlands North 4 championship in 2013–14 and returned to the Midlands North 3 for the first time in 25 years.

Chesterfield Spires RLFC is a [[rugby league]] club formed in the town in 2003 and currently playing in the [[RL Merit League]]. In 2008 it merged with the North Derbyshire Chargers.

===Cricket===
[[Chesterfield Cricket Club]] is an amateur [[cricket]] club based at [[Queen's Park, Chesterfield|Queen's Park]].<ref name="Chesterfield CC Playing Facilities">{{cite web|url=https://chesterfield.play-cricket.com/Aboutus |title= Chesterfield CC About Us: Playing Facilities |website=chesterfield.play-cricket.com |publisher=Chesterfield Cricket Club |date= |accessdate=2021-12-17 }}</ref> The club has a history dating back to the mid-18th century.<ref name="Derbyshire County Cricket League 2019">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Derbyshire Marston's Pedigree County Cricket League Centenary Yearbook |url= |location=Derbyshire |publisher=Derbyshire County Cricket League |page=93 |date=2019 |isbn=}}</ref>  Chesterfield CC compete in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket League]], a designated [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] [[ECB Premier Leagues|Premier League]], at the top level for recreational club cricket in Derbyshire.<ref name="Chesterfield Cricket Club History">{{cite web |url=https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore-chesterfield/parks-and-green-spaces/parks/parks-and-play-areas/queens-park/chesterfield-cricket-club.aspx |title=Chesterfield Cricket Club |website=www.chesterfield.gov.uk |publisher=Chesterfield Borough Council |date=30 April 2021 |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref> Chesterfield were League Champions in 2008 and are one of only three clubs to have remained in the top flight of the League since it was created in 1999.<ref name="Derbyshire County Cricket League 2019"/> The club have three senior teams that compete on Saturdays in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket League]],<ref name="Derbyshire County Cricket League">{{cite web |url=https://derbyscountylge.play-cricket.com |title=Derbyshire County Cricket League |publisher=Derbyshire County Cricket League |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref> a Sunday XI in the [[Mansfield and District Cricket League]]<ref name="Mansfield & District Cricket League">{{cite web |url=https://manssunlge.play-cricket.com |title=Mansfield & District Cricket League |website=manssunlge.play-cricket.com |publisher=Mansfield & District Cricket League |date= |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref> and an established junior training section that play competitive cricket in the North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League.<ref name="North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League">{{cite web |url=https://northderbyshireycl.play-cricket.com/home |title=North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League |website=northderbyshireycl.play-cricket.com |publisher=North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League |date= |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>

===Hockey===
Chesterfield Hockey Club, founded in 1899, competes in the Yorkshire and North East Region Hockey League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chesterfieldhockeyclub.co.uk/ |title=Chesterfield Hockey Club |website=chesterfieldhockeyclub.co.uk |publisher=Chesterfield Hockey Club |date= |accessdate=2021-12-20 }}</ref> The side has typically been mid-table or battled against relegation until its greatest success, when it recruited the Australian import striker Adam Clifford from Tasmania. During his two seasons Clifford scored over 50 goals and Chesterfield narrowly lost the league in the final weeks by a single point.

===Athletics===
Chesterfield & District Athletic Club are based at [[Tupton Hall School]], [[Tupton]], Chesterfield, and provides training and events for juniors and seniors.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chesterfieldac.co.uk/ |title=Chesterfield and District Athletics Club |publisher=Chesterfield and District Athletics Club |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>

===Swimming===
[[File:CSCLogo.png|100px|frameless|right]]
Chesterfield Swimming Club, the largest competitive swimming club in North Derbyshire, is based at the [[Queen's Park Sports Centre]] in Boythorpe Road. In October 2011 it began delivering the programme for Derventio eXcel (Performance Swim Squad for Derbyshire) for the North East of the county. In 2012, Chesterfield SC took part in the Arena National Swimming League and achieved promotion to the top division at the first attempt. Further success raised its membership.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfieldsc.co.uk/ |title=Chesterfield Swimming Club |publisher=Chesterfield Swimming Club |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref>

===Tennis===
Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club are members of the Sheffield and District League,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sdlta.org.uk/leagues/ |title=Sheffield and District League LTA |publisher=Sheffield and District League |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref> and is the largest Tennis centre in North Derbyshire with 3 Indoor and 7 Outdoor Courts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chesterfieldtennis.org.uk/ |title=Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club |website=chesterfieldtennis.org.uk |publisher=Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>

===Golf===
Chesterfield Golf Club was founded in 1897, and is an 18-hole golf course situated near [[Walton, Chesterfield|Walton]], Chesterfield.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chesterfieldgolfclub.co.uk/ |title=Chesterfield Golf Club |publisher=Chesterfield Golf Club |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>

===Queen's Park===
Queen's Park, just outside the town centre, recently benefitted from a multimillion-pound programme of investment, allowing it to host county cricket again. Alderman T P Wood, Mayor of Chesterfield in 1886 proposed that local land be acquired by the [[Local Board]] to create a public park for the [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria]] in 1887. It officially opened in 1893. The park includes a [[cricket field]], [[Cricket pavilion|pavilion]], lake, [[Conservatory (greenhouse)|conservatory]], [[bandstand]], and [[miniature railway]]. A further {{convert|13|acre}} of land south of the park was acquired as a memorial to Queen Victoria in 1901 and laid out as a recreation ground known as Queen's Park Annex.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore-chesterfield/parks-and-green-spaces/parks/a-z-of-parks/queens-park/history-of-queens-park.aspx |title=Chesterfield Borough Council – History of Queen's Park |work=Chesterfield Borough Council |access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>

===Queen's Park Sports Centre===
Queens Park Sports Centre was constructed in the mid and late 20th century within Queen's Park, adjacent to its western boundary. It included a swimming pool, gym, several indoor courts (for various sports) and several more outdoor tennis courts, before it was closed in December 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitchesterfield.info/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=6020564 |title=Queen's Park Sports Centre |work=Visit Chesterfield |access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>

A new £11.2 million Queen's Park Sports Centre opened in January 2016 on the Queen's Park Annex south of Queen's Park.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/grassroots/new-queen-s-park-sports-centre-set-to-open-in-first-week-of-january-1-7634176 |title=New Queen's Park Sports Centre set to open in first week of January |last=Broomhead |first=Michael|date=19 December 2015 |work=[[Derbyshire Times]] |access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> It includes an eight-lane swimming pool, a learner pool, a gym, an eight-court sports hall, squash courts, training rooms, an exercise-class studio, a climbing wall and a café.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/1316|title=Queen's Park Sports Centre |work=Chesterfield Borough Council |access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref>

===Skate park===
A {{convert|565|m2|abbr=on}} skate park, built by Freestyle, opened in June 2009 on land behind Ravenside Retail Park and [[B&Q]], near Horns Bridge.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.skateparks.co.uk/derbyshire/chesterfield-skatepark/ |title=Guide to Chesterfield Skatepark |work=skateparks.co.uk |date=20 October 2014 |access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/skate/skate-news/new-park-for-chesterfield/ |title=New park for Chesterfield |date=12 May 2009 |work=Caught in the Crossfire |access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref>

A speedway training track once operated at Glasshouse Farm in the early 1950s.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

==Public services==
Chesterfield is policed by [[Derbyshire Constabulary]]. Chesterfield Police Station in New Beetwell St is the North Division Headquarters.

Chesterfield has two NHS hospitals, [[Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust]] in Calow, with maternity services and accident and emergency department, and the smaller Walton Hospital run by [[Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust]]. In 1984, the entire site of the old Chesterfield Royal Hospital in the town centre was purchased by an orthopaedic surgeon, who converted the lower portion of the hospital, adjoining Infirmary Road and Durrant Road, into the Alexandra Private Hospital.

Chesterfield is covered by the [[East Midlands Ambulance Service]] (EMAS) and the [[Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance]].

Chesterfield is served by [[Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service]]. The fire station at Whittington Moor was demolished in 2012 after the service relocated to a newly built station at Spire Walk Business Park.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.derbyshire-fire-service.co.uk/stations.ihtml?sid=12 |title=Chesterfield Fire Station |access-date=13 September 2009 |publisher=Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service |year=2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001141103/http://www.derbyshire-fire-service.co.uk/stations.ihtml?sid=12 |archive-date=1 October 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blackledge |first=Richard |date=6 May 2020 |title=13 ways that Chesterfield has changed since the year 2000 |url=https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/13-ways-that-chesterfield-has-changed-since-the-year-2000-2845175 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=Derbyshire Times}}</ref>

==Notable people==
Notable people from Chesterfield in alphabetical order. Information not referenced on the person's page must be referenced here.
*[[Olave Baden-Powell]] (1889–1977), wife of [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Robert Baden-Powell]] and [[Girlguiding UK|Chief Guide]] from 1918<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/news_events/news/2010/June/news_items/blue_plaque_honours_announced.asp |title=Blue Plaque honours announced |work=[[Derbyshire County Council]] |date=6 July 2010 |access-date=4 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203162405/http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/news_events/news/2010/June/news_items/blue_plaque_honours_announced.asp|archive-date=3 December 2011}}</ref>
*[[Nick Barker (drummer)|Nick Barker]] (born 1973), British drummer 
*[[Ben Barnicoat]] (born 1996), racing driver
*[[Steven Blakeley]] (born 1982), actor in television drama series ''Heartbeat''
*[[B. V. Bowden, Baron Bowden]] (1910–1989), scientist and educationist, associated with the development of [[UMIST]] as a university
*[[Tommy Briggs]] (1923–1984), professional footballer and football manager (1885–1967).  President of the Senate (Australia)
*[[Millie Bright]] (born 1993), [[England women's national football team|England]] footballer
*[[Gordon Brown (Australian politician)|Gordon Brown (Australian Politician)]] (1885–1967), President of the Senate<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Nicholas |date=2006 |title=Gordon Brown (1885–1967) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brown-gordon-9598 |access-date=18 May 2024 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography}}</ref>
*[[Paul Burrell]] (born 1958), former royal [[butler]] and author<ref name="TownTalk">{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.towntalk.co.uk/about/fame/ |title=Chesterfield Hall of Fame |publisher=Chesterfield TownTalk |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-date=10 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210230942/http://www.chesterfield.towntalk.co.uk/about/fame |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Martyn P. Casey]] (born 1960), bassist with [[The Bad Seeds]] and formerly [[Grinderman]]
*[[Barbara Castle]] (1910–2002), [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Minister (government)|cabinet minister]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/timeline/barbara_castle.shtml |title=Barbara Castle |publisher=[[Woman's Hour]] |work=[[BBC]] |access-date=3 April 2011}}</ref>
*[[Paul Cummins]] (born 1977), artist, creator of [[Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red]]
*[[Jonno Davies]] (born 1992), actor
*[[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]] (1913–1998), snooker player
*[[Richard Dawson (footballer, born 1960)|Richard Dawson]] (1960–2020), professional footballer with [[Rotherham United FC|Rotherham United]], [[Doncaster Rovers FC|Doncaster Rovers]] and [[Chesterfield FC|Chesterfield]]
*[[Connor Dimaio]] (born 1996), professional footballer
*[[Blair Dunlop]] (born 1992), musician and actor
*[[Stanley Dyson]] (1920–2007), art teacher and [[Outsider Art]] contributor
*[[Jane Freeman (artist)|Jane Freeman]] (1871–1963), artist
*[[Francis Frith]] (1822–1898), photographer and liberal [[Quakers|Quaker]]
*[[Thomas Gascoyne]] (1876–1917), professional cyclist<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1901/07/08/101200894.pdf |title=Noted Racing Cyclists |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 July 1901 |access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref> professional cyclist, who set world records for both 25 miles and the flying start quarter-mile. He rode in Europe, America and Australia but died at the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]
*[[Jeff Gilberthorpe]] (1939–2021), wildlife artist and author
*[[Diego De Girolamo]] (born 1995), professional footballer
*[[Simon Groom]] (born 1950), ''[[Blue Peter]]'' children's television programme presenter<ref name="TownTalk"/>
*[[Jo Guest]] (born 1972), former glamour model and [[Page Three|Page Three girl]]<ref name="TownTalk"/>
*[[Lisa Hall (musician)|Lisa Hall]] (living), musician
*[[W. E. Harvey]], [[Lib/Lab]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP)<ref>HARVEY, William Edwin, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online ed., Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U186894. Accessed 8 Oct 2008.]</ref>
*Sir [[John Hurt]] (1940–2017), actor, knighted in 2015 for services to drama 
*[[Nigel Illingworth]] (born 1960), first-class cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Player profile: NigeL Illingworth|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30527/30527.html|access-date=13 November 2011|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>
*[[Gwen John (playwright)|Gwen John]] (1878–1953), playwright and author
*[[Winifred Jones (suffragette)|Winifred Jones]] (died 1955), suffragist
*[[Winifred Kastner]] (1903–1987), Australian community leader<ref>{{Citation |last=Davidson |first=Dianne |title=Winifred Kastner (1903–1987) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kastner-winifred-12715 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-12-03 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jeremy Kemp]] (1935–2019), actor in the television series [[Z-Cars]]
*[[Bram (wrestler)|Thomas Latimer]] (born 1986), [[WWE]] wrestler under the stage name [[Kenneth Cameron (wrestler)|Kenneth Cameron]]
*[[Frank Lee (British politician)|Frank Lee]] (1867–1941), Labour Party MP<ref name=ww>LEE, Frank, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U228088 accessed 8 Oct 2008]</ref>
*[[Matthew Lowton]] (born 1989), professional footballer
*[[John Lukic]] (born 1960), professional footballer<ref name="TownTalk"/>
*[[Violet Markham]] (1872–1959), writer, social reformer and first female Mayor of Chesterfield<ref name="aim25">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=5642&inst_id=1 |title=Violet Markham, British Library |access-date=23 August 2008}}</ref>
*[[Rik Makarem]] (born 1982), actor in TV soap opera ''Emmerdale''
*[[Geoff Miller]] (born 1952), [[England cricketer|England]] cricketer<ref name="TownTalk" />
*[[Ernie Moss|Ernest Moss]] (1949–2021), was an English [[Association football|footballer]]
*[[Henry Normal]] (born 1956), writer, poet and television producer
*[[Paul Patterson (composer)|Paul Patterson]] (born 1947), composer and [[Royal Academy of Music]] professor
*[[Johnny Pearson]], composer of television theme tunes and pianist
*[[Samuel Pegge]] (1704–1796), antiquary and Vicar of [[Old Whittington]]
*[[Steve Perez]] (born 1956), entrepreneur and rally driver who founded Global Brands which produces alcoholic drinks
*[[Toby Perkins]] (born 1970), British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician, MP for Chesterfield since 2010 and Shadow Business Minister
*[[Liam Pitchford]] (born 1993), British Olympic table tennis player and 2x Commonwealth Games gold medallist 
*[[Claire Price]] (born 1972), stage and television actress
*Sir [[Robert Robinson (organic chemist)|Robert Robinson]], Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on plant dyestuffs ([[anthocyanin]]s) and alkaloids<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U159056 |title='ROBINSON, Sir Robert', Who Was Who |author=A & C Black 1920–2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=Dec 2007 |access-date=8 October 2008}}</ref>
*[[Lee Rowley]] (born 1980), Conservative MP for North East Derbyshire<ref>[https://www.lee4ned.com/about-lee-rowley Retrieved 8 January 2020.]</ref>
*Sir [[Robin Saxby]] (4 February 1947), technology entrepreneur, retired founding CEO of [[Arm Holdings]]
*[[Joe Screen]] (born 1972), international [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] rider<ref>{{Cite book |author=Oakes, P. |year=2004 |title=British Speedway Who's Who |isbn=0-948882-81-6}}</ref>
*[[Mark Shaw (singer)|Mark Shaw]] (born 1961), lead singer of 1980s band [[Then Jerico]]
*[[Rose Smith]] (1891–1985), communist activist and union official
*[[Phil Taylor (musician)|Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor]] (1954–2015), [[Motörhead]] drummer
*[[Percy Toplis]] (1896–1920), criminal active in the 1910s<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eden.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/museum-penrith-and-eden/museum-collections/percy-toplis/ |title=Percy Toplis ('The Monocled Mutineer') |work=[[Eden (district)|Eden District Council]] |year=2004 |access-date=4 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613204433/http://www.eden.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/museum-penrith-and-eden/museum-collections/percy-toplis/|archive-date=13 June 2011}}</ref>
*[[Eric Varley, Baron Varley|Eric Varley]] (1932–2008), Labour [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for Chesterfield, cabinet minister, and Chairman of [[Coalite]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodman |first=Geoffrey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/jul/29/lords.labour|title=Lord Varley |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 July 2008 |access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>
*[[Mike Watterson]] (1942–2019), professional snooker player and television commentator
*[[Mark Webber (guitarist)|Mark Webber]] (born 1970), rock guitarist in the band [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] and curator of avant-garde cinema
*[[Bob Wilson (footballer born 1941)|Bob Wilson]], international footballer and broadcaster<ref name="TownTalk"/>
*Luke Wordsworth (died 1643), [[Cavalier|Royalist]] cavalry soldier in the [[English Civil War]] who served under [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]] and was killed by [[Roundhead]] forces the [[Battle of Aylesbury]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sharp|first=Andrew|title=Political ideas of the English Civil Wars 1641-1649: a collection of representative texts with a commentary|publisher=Longman|year=1983|isbn=0-582-29554-8|language=English}}</ref>
*[[Peter Wright (MI5 officer)|Peter Wright]] (1916–1995), [[MI5]] officer and author of ''[[Spycatcher]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9537721 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070930014800/http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9537721 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 |title=Peter Wright's biography |access-date=3 April 2011}}</ref>

Other prominent connections:
*[[Gordon Banks]] (1937–2019), England's World Cup winning goalkeeper played for Chesterfield between 1955 and 1959
*[[Tony Benn]] (1925–2014), [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for Chesterfield from 1984 to 2001
*[[Montague Burton|Sir Montague Burton]] (1885–1952), founder of the [[Burton (clothing)|Burton]] chain, which opened his first store in Chesterfield in 1903
*[[Geoff Capes]] (born 1949), twice winner of the [[World's Strongest Man]] competition, used to live in Chesterfield
*[[Edmond Francis Crosse]] (1858–1941), Vicar of Chesterfield and then first [[Archdeacon]] of Chesterfield
*[[Erasmus Darwin]], (1731–1802), one of the founders of the [[Lunar Society]], a discussion group of pioneering industrialists and natural philosophers, was educated at [[Chesterfield School]]
*[[John Lowe (darts player)|John Lowe]] (born 1945), former professional darts player, three-time darts World Champion
*[[Alfred Seaman]] (1844–1910), Victorian photographer, opened his first studio in the town
*[[Ben Slater]] (born 1991), professional cricketer for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]], then [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]
*[[George Stephenson]] (1781–1848), engineer behind the world's first public railway hauled by steam, ended his days at [[Tapton House]], now a Chesterfield College campus, his statue can be seen outside Chesterfield station<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=Davies |year=1975 |title=George Stephenson |publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson |isbn=978-0-297-76934-7}}</ref>
*[[Harry Maguire]], English football player

==Twinnings==
Chesterfield is [[sister city|twinned]] with:
*[[Darmstadt]], Germany<ref name="Darmstadt twinnings">{{Cite web |url=http://www.darmstadt.de/standort/staedtepartnerschaften-und-internationales/index.htm |title=Städtepartnerschaften und Internationales |access-date=26 July 2013 |work=Büro für Städtepartnerschaften und internationale Beziehungen |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723212417/http://www.darmstadt.de/standort/staedtepartnerschaften-und-internationales/index.htm |archive-date=23 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Troyes]], France<ref name="Archant twinning 3">{{Cite web |url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |title=British towns twinned with French towns ''[via WaybackMachine.com]'' |access-date=20 July 2013 |archive-date=5 July 2013 |work=Archant Community Media Ltd}}</ref>
* [[Yangquan]], [[Shanxi province]], China
* [[Tsumeb]], Namibia<ref name="Chesterfield twinnings">{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/Twinning-256.html |title=Chesterfield Twinning Links |access-date=27 July 2013|work=Chesterfield Borough Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729165043/http://chesterfield.gov.uk/Twinning-256.html |archive-date=29 July 2013}}</ref>

==Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide
|escutcheon = Gules a device representing a pomegranate tree as depicted on the ancient common seal of the borough the tree leaved and eradicated Proper flowered and fructed Or.
|crest = On a wreath of the colours issuant from a mural crown Gules masoned Or a mount Vert thereon a Derby ram passant guardant Proper.
|supporters = On the dexter side a cock and on the sinister side a pynot or magpie Proper each ducally crowned Or.
|motto = Aspire
|notes = Granted 10 November 1955<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://civicheraldry.co.uk/east_midlands.html |title=East Midlands Region |publisher=Civic Heraldry of England |accessdate=5 March 2021}}</ref>}}

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Chesterfield, Derbyshire]]
*[[Chesterfield Canal Trust]]
*[[Walton Hall, Chesterfield|Walton Hall]]
*[[Chesterfield power station]]

==References==
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==External links==
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