What is Alfreton?
{{infobox UK place| |country = England |latitude= 53.097 |longitude= -1.380 |official_name= Alfreton |population = 22,302 |shire_district= |shire_county = [[Derbyshire]] |region= East Midlands |constituency_westminster= |post_town= ALFRETON |postcode_district = DE55 |postcode_area= DE |dial_code= 01773 |os_grid_reference= SK414558 |static_image=Alfreton House.jpg |static_image_caption=<small>Alfreton House is very old</small> | hide_services= yes }} '''Alfreton''' is a town in Amber Valley in [[Derbyshire]]; it is at the junction of the A38 and A61 roads. It has a population of about 22,000. The Alfreton area has 41,000 people in it. ==Local economy== The work in Alfreton was [[coal]] [[mining]]. Since the mines closed in the 1960s, it is now light industry and warehousing. The Thornton's chocolate factory is to the south of Alfreton. The A38 road was extended north to Alfreton in the early 1970s. Alfreton town centre has six charity shops, which stock a wide variety of clothes, ornaments and jigsaws. ==Politics== Alfreton's [[Member of Parliament|MP]] is Linsey Farnsworth. ==Notable Residents== * Benjamin Outram, Engineer was born here in 1764<ref>Schofield, R.B., (2000) ''Benjamin Outram,'' Cardiff: Merton Priory Press</ref> * James Young (Scottish chemist) got oil from coal here in 1848. * Norman Whitehead<ref>[http://www.normanwhitehead.com/ Norman Whitehead] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529165910/http://www.normanwhitehead.com/ |date=2010-05-29 }}, accessed September 2009</ref> (1915-1983), was born and painted here during the 1930s. ==Education== The local secondary school is ''Alftreton Grange Arts College''<ref>[http://www.alfretongrange.com Alfreton Grange Arts College] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929143951/http://www.alfretongrange.com/ |date=2020-09-29 }}, accessed September 2099</ref> (ages 11–18) on ''Grange Street''. The school was renamed, having been ''Mortimer Wilson School'' for many years. ==References== {{commonscat}} {{Reflist|2}} {{Derbys