Grassmoor

Grassmoor
The entrance gates to Barnes Park are near the centre of Grassmoor, across the road from the village school. The war memorial stands just inside the entrance.
Grassmoor Location within Derbyshire
Population	3,360 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK403672
Civil parish	Grassmoor, Hasland and Winsick
District	North East Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESTERFIELD
Postcode district	S42
Dialling code	01246
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
List of places UK England Derbyshire 53°12′04″N 1°23′49″W / 53.201°N 1.397°W / 53.201; -1.397

Grassmoor is a village in Derbyshire, England, approximately three miles to the south of Chesterfield its distance from London is 148.5 miles. Its original name, according to 16th-century parish records, was Gresmore.^[1] The appropriate civil parish is called Grassmoor, Hasland and Winsick. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 3,360.^[2] Grassmoor formerly housed many miners, however all of the local mines in the area have been closed since the mid-eighties.

Opposite Grassmoor Primary School is Barnes Park and the cricket pitch. Many local cricket matches are played in the park and it is also host to an annual Summer Fete.