Apperknowle

infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption=New Road, Apperknowle.
latitude= 53.301
longitude=-1.431
official_name =Apperknowle
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shire_county= Derbyshire
region= East Midlands
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os_grid_reference= SK380783

Apperknowle is a village in Derbyshire, England.The village is located on the Southwestern slopes of a of a flat topped ridge at about the 200 m above sea level. [OS Map SK 27/37 (1979)] The village overlooks the town of Dronfield and the villages of Unstone and Unstone Green in the valley bottom, where the River Drone and the Midland Railway are located.Above the village is a small grass airstrip that used to belong to British Steel, and is now used for private planes with a couple of new hangars built in the 1980s.

The villages used to have 3 pubs and a Post office, but only 2 pubs survive now. Opposite the "Travellers Rest" pub is a Village cricket pitch that has the distinction of sloping severely down the valley, but a great view on a clear day out into Derbyshire.

There is a Victorian school house, that used to be the local primary school but has shut in July 2008.

There is no significant industrial activity in the village now. It acts as a commuter village for the local towns and the Chesterfield and Sheffield areas. Originally the village grew from miners working the various coal outcrops, and small farms. There is evidence of old pits in the surrounding woods, and several old spoil heaps.

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