Coal Aston
| Coal Aston | |
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 Looking east along Eckington Road in the direction of Chesterfield |
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 Coal Aston
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| Coal Aston shown within Derbyshire | |
| OS grid reference | SK362795 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DRONFIELD |
| Postcode district | S18 |
| Dialling code | 01246 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Coal Aston is in the county of Derbyshire, in England. The population is included in the town of Dronfield.
Coal Aston sits on a ridge overlooking Sheffield and Dronfield. To the south there is Frith Wood, which is made up of mixed woodland rich in many species of fauna and flora and is thought to be an ancient wood. The wood is now a conservation area and although it is spelt Frith Wood on, for example, Ordnance Survey maps many locals call it Firth wood as in the neighbouring Firthwood Road..
Coal Aston has a Methodist church on Eckington Road, a chapel, several local shops on Barnard Avenue and a village hall. It is also close to the Coal Aston airstrip at Apperknowle and has bus services to Sheffield and Chesterfield run by Stagecoach, and TM Travel. The Victorian Primary school was closed and is now converted to a house.
Annually a well dressing is held on the site of the former village pond opposite the Royal Oak (hence the local nickname of "The Pond").
The Village Hall is located next to the Royal Oak and was originally built by the villagers, and has since been rebuilt and modernised funded, in part, by the Millennium Lottery . The annual Village Gala held early July based at The Village Hall is a Coal Aston highlight. Recent years have seen an RAF Historic Flight flypast as a feature. The Village Hall hosts regular plays with the local acting group having been based there for many years. Popular with the local community are the regular "Coal Aston Live" music events which have featured a good many professional artistes from the folk music scene and wider afield. These include local pop star Dave Berry and The Cruisers, comedians Phil Cool and Richard Digance many nationally recognised folk musicians ranging from Jake Thackray to Kerfuffle, Jez Lowe and in 2009 the late Dave Swarbrick and his 1980's band Whippersnapper . Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri appeared at the Village Hall in 2011 and in March 2017 Los Pacaminos featuring 80's Pop Legend Paul Young are booked to appear, Kiki and Paul both appeared on stage at the 1985 Wembley Live Aid Concert.
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