WHITWELL, DERBYSHIRE

'Whitwell' is a small village located in Derbyshire, England.
Whitwell is approximately 3km from the Creswell Crags, a world-famous heritage site renowned for its prehistoric cave art.
Whitwell won the 'Best Kept Village in Derbyshire' Award in 1986, and celebrated its 1000th Anniversary in the 'Whitwell 1000' Celebrations of 1989.
Although being quite a small village, Whitwell has seven public houses. These are respectfully known as: (The) Holmefield, (The) Butchers, (The) Jack Ups(Whitwell Working Mens Club),(The) Jug (And Glass),(Whitwell) Middle (Club), Boot (And Shoe), The Half Moon and The (Royal) Oak. The many pubs provide entertainment for the local community.
To couple with your drink, Whitwell also has three take-aways. An Indian on Station Road opposite the "Jack Ups", a Chinese, situated on Welbeck Street, called Go-Ming and a Chip Shop called "Chip Inn", on Hanger Hill next to the corner of Fox Road. The Chip Inn came third in the chip shop of the year competition (2006)run by the local News paper and came in the top 15 in the national Fish and chip shop of the year competition.

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Whitwell Wood

Famous Whitwellians

References

External links

Whitwell Wood

Whitwell is also famous for its wood, repute to be the largest in Europe, and the freshwater Ginny Spring (which is located in the northern section of the wood), a source of fresh springwater. It is believed that more trees were due to be planted in Whitwell Wood in approximately 1990 until those responsible realised that this would cause the wood to be a forest, and thus the decision was taken not to plant the extra trees, the consequence being that the wood keeps its status to this day. Whitwell is within 3km of Creswell Crags, the world-famous heritage site renowned for its prehistoric/ice-age cave drawings.
In a field bordering the eastern edge of Whitwell Wood is the Three Shires Oak, a tree where the county borders of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Yorkshire meet. Whitwell Wood's southern fence borders the A619 (Chesterfield-Worksop road), and is approximately 5km from Junction 30 of the M1.

Famous Whitwellians

One of Whitwell's most famous sons was Joe Davis, world snooker champion from the 1920s to the 1940s. His Whitwell home (on Welbeck Street) still bears a plaque commemorating him.
Les Jackson, England cricketer and Wisden Cricketer of the Year^[1] in 1959, played for Whitwell Cricket Club and still comes to watch their games on a Saturday afternoon.
Also from the village are Chris Adams, the Sussex and England cricketer, and Ian Bennett, currently goalkeeper for Leeds United F.C., whose family still lives in the village.

References

1. Les Jackson at CricketArchive.com

External links

★ Whitwell's Website

★ Whitwell Cricket Club's Website

★ Whitwell Local History Group's Website

★ Whitwell Brass Band