![]() Additionally, a line of hard rock surrounds Shirland while a lengthy layer of Tupton Rock forms a valley ridge starting at Toadhole Furnace and passing through Hallfield Gate, Higham and Mickley. The areas surrounding the River Amber, Alfreton Brook and much of the Morton Brook comprises alluvium - clay, silt, sand and gravel, which are sedimentary superficial deposits formed between 11.8 thousand years ago and the present during the Quaternary period. The wider area has historically been mined for coal. The bedrock of the parish is in the Pennine Coal Measures Group, split into a western half comprising Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation while the east is of the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation - both made up of mudstones, siltstones and sandstones of various types, dating from between 318 and 309.5 million years ago during the Carboniferous period. Snow falls for 6.5 days per year on average, with an average of 260 mm (10 in). It rains mainly during the summer months of June, July and August. There are 66 days of rainfall annually, with 702 mm (27.6 in) of precipitation falling per year. The parish area has around 1,401 hours of sunshine throughout a typical year. Substantial areas of trees are few, with a small coppice to the north of Mickley, and scattered clusters to the parish east around Morton Brook and west of Higham surrounding ponds. The southern area is rural and contains a landscaped golf club south of Shirland. The parish is urbanised mainly to the north of the parish, and has some sporadic greenfield land throughout, particularly recreation areas, along with surrounding farmland. The parish rests on the edge of the valley of the River Amber, and it rises steeply towards the various settlements which sit atop a plateau, the surrounding land to the south and east being noticeably lower. ![]() The B6025 branches off north of Alfreton towards Tibshelf. The B6013 also branches off the A61 at Higham, southbound into the outskirts of Hallfield Gate and through Toadhole Furnace towards Belper. ![]() The B6014 cuts across north of Mickley from Matlock towards Morton and Mansfield. It runs alongside Mickley, and cuts through Higham and Shirland. The A61 road is the primary road within the parish, running north-south between Chesterfield and Alfreton. It is a hamlet and primarily residential with a surrounding rural area. Toadhole Furnace Īlso resting on the B6013, this is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south west of Shirland and to the far south west of the parish. In the far west of the parish and up to 1⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) to the west of Shirland, this is a residential area surrounding Hallfieldgate Lane and the B6013 road. Mickley Ī standalone area, it is former coalfield community developed in the 1940s as mainly council housing, this is to the north of Higham and north west of the parish. It contains a mix of mainly residences with small retail outlets, school, churches and a small industrial park. It is primarily a linear settlement along Birkinstyle Lane and High Street, with a small nucleated portion. This location is to the north east of the parish and 1 mile (1.6 km) from Shirland, both coalesce into each other. A small portion of Stretton village falls into the parish at its northernmost extent. ![]() Shirland, Higham, Hallfield Gate and Stonebroom were once separate villages which over the 20th century have grown and formed a single built-up area. There are a number of areas of built environment within the parish, outside of this containing substantial rural expanse and farmland. The parish is bounded by land features such as the Morton Brook to the north and east, the Alfreton Brook to the south, and the River Amber and Smithy Brook to the west. It is 4.62 square miles (12.0 km 2 1,200 ha) in area, 3 miles (4.8 km) in length and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) in width at its broadest, within the far south eastern portion of the North East Derbyshire district, and is to the east of the Derbyshire county near its border with Nottinghamshire. Ogston Reservoir and Wessington to the west.Shirland and Higham parish is surrounded by the following local Derbyshire places: It shares a boundary with the parishes of Alfreton, Blackwell, Brackenfield, Morton, South Normanton, South Wingfield, Stretton, Tibshelf and Wessington. The parish is 120 miles (190 km) north west of London, 14 miles (23 km) north east of the county city of Derby, and 1 + 3⁄ 4 miles (2.8 km) north of the nearest market town of Alfreton. Mainly built up with rural fringes, its population was 4,802 residents in the 2011 census. Shirland and Higham is a civil parish within the North East Derbyshire district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. ![]()
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