Bramley Vale is a village in Derbyshire, England, south of Bolsover. It is in the civil parish of Ault Hucknall.
| Bramley Vale | |
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.jpg) Bramley Vale | |
  Bramley Vale Location within Derbyshire | |
| OS grid reference | SK4666 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chesterfield |
| Postcode district | S44 |
| Dialling code | 01246 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
History
editBramley Vale is a former colliery village and has a lengthy mining heritage, from the opening of the Glapwell colliery in 1882 till it closed in 1974 with all the men being transferred to other local collieries.[1]
Geography
editThe village is four miles south of Bolsover, close to junction 29 of the M1 motorway, and has good transport links to Chesterfield, Mansfield, and Nottingham provided by the TM Travel service number 73 and Pronto bus.[2] The A617 road runs through the village.
Amenities
editIt has one local shop which has a free ATM.
Companies
editCompanies based in Bramley Vale include:-
- Eve Trakway[3] who specialise in temporary access systems and related services from trackway systems, barriers, fencing and traffic management to security with headquarters in Bramley Vale; the company was a former division of J. L. Eve Construction.
- Coverworld,[4] producers and suppliers of single and twin skin coated steel cladding systems.
References
edit- ^ http://www.oldminer.co.uk/New/Glapwell.htm Archived 2012-01-25 at the Wayback Machine, Glapwell Collieries - Glapwell Shaft No 2
- ^ http://www.prontobus.co.uk, Pronto Bus Website.
- ^ http://www.evetrakway.co.uk Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Eve Trakway website
- ^ http://www.coverworld.co.uk/, Coverworld UK Ltd.
External links
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