What is Swadlincote?
{{Infobox UK place | official_name= Swadlincote | static_image = Ski Slope in swadlicote.jpg |static_image_caption = <small>The Ski Slope</small> | country= England | region= East Midlands | population = 36,000 | population_ref = (2004 est.) | os_grid_reference= SK298197 | latitude= 52.774 | longitude= -1.557 | post_town= SWADLINCOTE | postcode_area= DE | postcode_district= DE11 | dial_code= 01283 | constituency_westminster= [[South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Derbyshire]] | civil_parish= | shire_district=[[South Derbyshire]] | shire_county=[[Derbyshire]] }} '''Swadlincote''' is a town in South [[Derbyshire]], [[England]]. The town is 13 miles south of [[Derby]]. The local council meet in this town. People from Swadlincote often shorten its name to simply 'Swad'. The population of Swadlincote is 33,000.<ref>[http://www.south-derbys.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/04193EA4-513E-4631-AF70-D7CD11D47605/0/Section2ProfileoftheDistrictandtheCouncil.pdf ''Profile of the District and Council'', South Derbyshire District Council, accessed December 14, 2007]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is made up of the settlements of Swadlincote, Church Gresley, Midway and Newhall. == History == Swadlincote was in the [[Domesday Book]] in 1086. Swadlincote's [[coal]] and clay works continued to expand until the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.south-derbys.gov.uk/LeisureCulture/LocalHistoryHeritage/Swadlincote+-+A+Potted+History.htm |title=''Swadlincote - a potted history'' (South Derbyshire District Council), accessed December 14, 2007 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |archive-date=November 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108113309/http://www.south-derbys.gov.uk/LeisureCulture/LocalHistoryHeritage/Swadlincote+-+A+Potted+History.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Swadlincote was the centre of the South Derbyshi