Pilsley, Derbyshire Dales

Pilsley

Pilsley cottages
Pilsley
 Pilsley shown within Derbyshire
Population 152 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK240709
DistrictDerbyshire Dales
Shire countyDerbyshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BAKEWELL
Postcode district DE45
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
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England
Derbyshire

Coordinates: 53°14′06″N 1°38′28″W / 53.235°N 1.641°W / 53.235; -1.641

Not to be confused with Pilsley, North East Derbyshire.

Pilsley is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish was 152.[1] It is close to Chatsworth and most of it belongs to the Chatsworth House estate.

The village

The village has a primary school which was built by Joseph Paxton and extended in 1950 (kitchen), 1969, 1998 and 2002. Many of the pupils are the children of Chatsworth estate employees. The Wesleyan Chapel was converted into a computer room for the school in 2004. There is also a pub and a post office.

Pilsley is also the location of the Chatsworth Farm Shop, a business selling estate and British produce, which was established in the former shire horse stables in 1977 and was employing more than 100 people in 2005. A 90-seat restaurant was added in 2004.[2]

References

  1. ↑ |"Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Chatsworth Farm Shop

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