Clay Cross

Clay Cross was an Urban District in Derbyshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894. It was enlarged in 1935 when parts of the civil parishes of Pilsley, Stretton, Tupton and Woodthorpe were transferred to the district from Chesterfield Rural District. The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and combined with Dronfield Urban District and Chesterfield Rural District (except the civil parish of Brimington) to form the new North East Derbyshire district.

Clay Cross Tunnel is a 1,784 yards (1,631 m) tunnel on the former North Midland Railway line near Clay Cross in Derbyshire, England, now part of the Midland Main Line.

St Bartholomew's Church, Clay Cross is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Clay Cross, Derbyshire.

Springfield railway station was a small station on the Ashover Light Railway and it served the western area of Clay Cross in North East Derbyshire, England. The station consisted of nothing more than a nameboard at a point where the line was crossed by a footpath. After closure in 1950. The site was demolished and nothing remains of the station or trackbed.

Clay Lane railway station was a small station on the Ashover Light Railway and it served the western area of Clay Cross in North East Derbyshire, England. The station had a wooden shelter and a telephone box. It was located about a quarter of a mile from the main street in Clay Cross, near the Royal Oak public house. The points were laid for a siding, but this was never built, due to meagre goods traffic. Despite this, passenger traffic was initially good. After closure in 1950. The site was demolished and nothing remains of the station or trackbed.

Clay Cross and Egstow railway station the terminus of the Ashover Light Railway and it served the Egstow area of Clay Cross, North East Derbyshire, England. The station had an unusually large nameboard (10 ft by 3 ft) which stood on the single low platform. There was a wooden station building consisting of an open-fronted wooden shelter, which had the manager's office on one side, and on the other what was intended as a parcels office, but was actually used as a general storeroom. The station was the only one on the line to enjoy electric lighting. After closure in 1950. The site was demolished and is now occupied by a road called Bridge Street.

Holmgate railway station was a small station on the Ashover Light Railway and it served the Holmgate area of Clay Cross, North East Derbyshire, England. The station had a siding capable of holding around six wagons. It was provided with a small wooden shelter and a telephone box. After closure in 1950. The site was demolished and is grazed to the ground.

Danesmoor War Memorial is a 20th-century grade II listed war memorial in Clay Cross, Derbyshire.

Chesterfield Road railway station was a small station on the Ashover Light Railway and it served the village of Old Tupton, near Clay Cross, North East Derbyshire, England. The station was situated just before a large bridge that went over the Chesterfield to Derby road. It had a small wooden shelter, and was accessed by a flight of steps down to the road. It was one of the busier stations on the line because buses passed at half-hourly intervals. In 1940, the wooden shelter was destroyed in a gale, and the pieces were used to construct a small store-shed at the back of the Clay Cross locomotive shed. After closure in 1950. The site was demolished and nothing remains of the station or trackbed.

Stretton is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as at the 2011 Census was 525. It is located near the towns of Clay Cross and three and a half miles from Alfreton on the A61. The nearest waterways are the River Amber and Smithy Brook. Since 1964, Stretton has been beside Ogston Reservoir which still has the remains of a pub (Napoleon's Home) and a light railway within its depths.The parish includes the settlement of Woolley Moor. There was once a railway station — Stretton railway station. Stretton means "settlement on a Roman Road" (from the Old English stræt and tun). In this case the road is Ryknild Street.

The Clay Cross Company was founded as George Stephenson and Co. in 1837 by the railway pioneer, George Stephenson. The company established coal mines, ironworks, brickworks and pipe factories at Clay Cross near Chesterfield. The company was closed in 1998.

Egstow is an area of Clay Cross, Derbyshire, the site of Egstow Hall. It is in the civil parish of Tupton