Bramley Vale

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Bramley Vale
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Bramley Vale
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK4666
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Chesterfield
Postcode district S44
Dialling code 01246
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53°11′N1°19′W / 53.18°N 01.31°W / 53.18; -01.31 Coordinates: 53°11′N1°19′W / 53.18°N 01.31°W / 53.18; -01.31

Bramley Vale is a village in Derbyshire, England, south of Bolsover. It is in the civil parish of Ault Hucknall.

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History

Bramley 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

The 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

It has one local shop which has a free ATM.

Companies

Companies based in Bramley Vale include:-

  1. 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.
  2. Coverworld, [4] producers and suppliers of single and twin skin coated steel cladding systems.

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References

  1. http://www.oldminer.co.uk/New/Glapwell.htm Archived 2012-01-25 at the Wayback Machine , Glapwell Collieries - Glapwell Shaft No 2
  2. http://www.prontobus.co.uk, Pronto Bus Website.
  3. http://www.evetrakway.co.uk Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine , Eve Trakway website
  4. http://www.coverworld.co.uk/, Coverworld UK Ltd.

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