Harlesthorpe is a village in Bolsover (district), in the county of

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 ...

. The population of the village is listed under the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

Clowne Clowne is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2001 Census was 7,447 increasing to 7,590 (and including Harlesthorpe) at the 2011 Census. It forms part of the Bolsover constituency. ...

. It is a peculiar village, located literally just north of

, but almost a part of Clowne. It is separated by the Harlesthorpe Dam, a large Pond, the village is accessible, from the Rotherham Road, A618. Harlesthorpe Dam was, or so the story used to go, used to supply a head of water to a nearby mill. The mill was said to produce cloth for making sails. This cloth was known as Bump and the name Bump Mill Pond was widely used in the locality. Harlesthorpe Dam has two bodies of waters to choose from and fishing is available.fishing
www.harlesthorpedam.co.uk] Both waters offer a variety of species and are well suited to the pleasure, match and specimen angler. The smaller of the two is a mature, lake surrounded by trees. In the centre there is a heavily weeded island. Chub to are the main quarry and there's every chance to crack a chub Mission. Across the road, the main lake offers the chance of a large carp to around . There is a good head of upper doubles. Pellet and paste are amongst the top catching baits and boilies will also catch. Tench are also present and early morning and evening fishing can be very productive times for this species. Depths vary from four to and there are plenty of features and marginal weed beds to fish to. Other species include, bream, perch, roach and rudd.

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Villages in Derbyshire Bolsover District {{Derbyshire-geo-stub