Chesterfield Travel Information
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 Chesterfield is located close to the
M1 and motorway system, yet only minutes from the beautiful Peak
District National Park. |
TRAVELLINE at www.traveline.org.uk |
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Chesterfield
- Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak
to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0870
608 2 608. Chesterfield Coach Station is situated in New Beetwell
Street, convenient for all town centre shopping and leisure facilities.
National Express services run from here to many destination including
the Airports at East Midlands (35 miles) and Manchester (45 miles). |
www.stagecoachbus.com |
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Chesterfield
- Travel by road - Chesterfield is on
the A 619. Chesterfield is about 75 miles from BIRMINGHAM. |
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Chesterfield
- Travel by road - Chesterfield is about
6 miles NW of Junction 29 of the M1 Motorway. The M1 is a north
- south motorway which links London to Leeds. Chesterfield is about 150 miles
from London and 45 miles from Leeds.
Chesterfield is just 10 minutes from junction
29 of the M1 motorway via the A617. |
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Chesterfield
- Travel by train - Chesterfield Railway
Station, Corporation Street, Chesterfield, S41 7UB. Chesterfield
has two platforms - one for Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool,
Leeds, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh, the other for Nottingham,
Peterborough, Norwich, Derby, Leicester, London, Birmingham and
Bristol. Chesterfield to London St Pancras usually takes just
over 2 hours. The station is on the main London line with direct
services to the midlands, southwest and Scotland. Connections
are also available to other destinations across the country. |
Midland Mainline. Runs passenger services from London St Pancras to
the East Midlands and Yorkshire. Main Regions: East Midlands,
Yorkshire, the Humber, East of England, London. Tel: 08457 125
678. www.midlandmainline.com |
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www.nationalrail.co.uk |
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Air
- Chesterfield is about 40 minutes drive
from East Midlands Airport (35 miles), and around 1½ hours
from Manchester Airport (45 miles). |
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Chesterfield
- Car Hire - Sixt car hire Chesterfield,
Durrant Hse, 47 Holywell St, S41 7SJ, Chesterfield. Tel: 01246
506776 or 0870 1 56 75 67. Serpent Motors,
Old Road, Brampton, Chesterfield, S40 2QZ. Tel: 01246 279 920. |
www.e-sixt.co.uk
www.vanhirechesterfield.com
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Chesterfield
- Cycle Hire - The Chesterfield Cycle
Campaign is for anyone interested in creating a network of cycling
facilities around Chesterfield and surrounding areas. There are
many cycle lanes and traffic free paths around Chesterfield.
The Trans Pennine Trail is mainly traffic free. The Trail stretches
the breadth of northern England - 215 miles from Southport in
the west to Hornsea in the east. 70 mile north-south route running
from Leeds to Chesterfield, and a 15-mile spur between Selby
and York. The various route options add up to around 350 miles
of signed route. |
www.chesterfieldcc.org.uk
Trans Pennine Trail Office, Kendray
Street, BARNSLEY, S70 2TN. Tel: 01226 772574
www.transpenninetrail.org.uk
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Chesterfield
- Tram - Chesterfield had a tramway system
from 1882 until it closed in 1927. |
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Chesterfield is 11 miles south of
Sheffield, 7 miles north of Matlock and 10 miles east of Bakewell |
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Airport indicated is Manchester Airport.
Chesterfield is on the A619.
Attractions (see details below)
Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). There
is a station in Chesterfield.
- CHATSWORTH HOUSE, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1PP. Tel: 01246
582204. chatsworth.org
- SPEEDWELL CAVERN, Winnat's
Pass, Castleton, Hope Valley, S33 8WA. Tel: 01433 620512. speedwellcavern.co.uk.
- The Chestnut Centre, Castleton Road (A625) Chapel-en-le-Frith,
High Peak Derbyshire SK23 0QS. Tel: 01298 814099
- Crich Tramway Village,
nr Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5DP. Tel: 01773 854321. tramway.co.uk
- Alton Towers, Alton, Staffordshire, ST10 4DB. Tel: 08705 20
40 60. alton-towers.co.uk