Lower Birchwood

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Lower Birchwood
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Tunnel. Lower Birchwood.
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Lower Birchwood
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK436539
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ALFRETON
Postcode district DE55
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
53°04′52″N1°21′00″W / 53.081°N 1.350°W / 53.081; -1.350 Coordinates: 53°04′52″N1°21′00″W / 53.081°N 1.350°W / 53.081; -1.350

Lower Birchwood is a village in Derbyshire, England. [1] Lower Birchwood lies east of the town of Alfreton but the population is included in the civil parish of Somercotes.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 120 Mansfield & Worksop (Sherwood Forest) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN   9780319242100.