Bolsover is situated seven miles east ofChesterfieldinDerbyshire, off the A632 road. The approach from the north and the east is dominated by Bolsover's famous 17th century castle, built by the Cavendish family and visited by thousands of people each year.

Much evidence of hundred years of coal-mining remain, including a magnificent model village for the miners. Craftsman-built, solid family houses surround a vast attractive green giving light and spaciousness to the occupants. Behind Sherwood Lodge is evidence of prehistoric habitation in Bolsover. Here are the remains of an Iron Age entrenchment which would have encircled the settlement, protecting its people from attack

However Bolsover is attracting new residents, not only because it is no longer scarred by soot - black spoil heaps, but because it stands conviently close to the M1.

Bolsover's old Market Place has been nicely pedestrianised and covered in a fine aggregate whose fawn colour manages to blend with both the white magnesium limestone walls of the surrounding buildings and the red clay of their roofs. Some of the older buildings have been sensitively restored and a tall modern cross has been placed at the centre of the Market Place.