Bargate is a hamlet in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
, England. It is a linear settlement as it has only one main road running through it: Belper Road which becomes Sandbed Lane (at the top Bargate Road) runs from
Holbrook Holbrook may refer to:
Places
England
*Holbrook, Derbyshire, a village
* Holbrook, Somerset, a hamlet in Charlton Musgrove
* Holbrook, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, a former mining village in Mosborough ward, now known as Halfway
*Holbrook, Suffolk, ...
to
Openwoodgate
Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about north of Derby on the River Derwent. As well as Belper itself, the parish also includes the village of Milford and the ha ...
. Bargate Road runs down to
Belper
Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about north of Derby on the River Derwent. As well as Belper itself, the parish also includes the village of Milford and the ha ...
from the junction of Belper road and Sandbed Lane. Other roads include Highwood Avenue, Blackbird Row, The Croft and Bargate View, which is a development completed in 2008 with around 25 houses on the east side of Sandbed Lane.
There is one pub in Bargate, The White Hart, which serves a range of real ales. There used to be a post office, a general store, a butcher, a hairdresser and a pet shop but these no longer exist. There also used to be a small grocery shop which doubled as a chip shop in the evenings. The nearest primary school is in Holbrook and the nearest secondary school is in Belper. Bargate is served by a bus service that runs to
Derby
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gai ...
every hour. The nearest train station is about 2 miles away in Belper.
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Hamlets in Derbyshire
Belper
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