Everything about Tupton totally explained
Tupton is a
village in
North East Derbyshire,
Derbyshire,
England, 4½ miles south of
Chesterfield. It lies just north of
Clay Cross on the
A61 (
Derby Road) which runs from
Chesterfield to
Alfreton. It is comprised of the areas of Old Tupton and New Tupton. However, it's generally referred to as Tupton. A similarly named area, Tapton, is a few miles away, being part of
Chesterfield.
The village has a
primary and a
secondary school with a
sixth form. Tupton also has a general store, butchers, fish and chip shop along with a recently renovated coffee house.
Other settlements near the village are
Wingerworth, Grassmoor and
North Wingfield.
A carnival called the Tupton Carnival is a yearly event held on a Saturday in July, this was first started in 2003 and has grown in size and attendance as the years have gone on. A young lady is elected Carnival Queen and travels through the village attended by the carnival princes and princesses and followed by a procession of floats, bands and fancy dress participants. This parade ends on the Primary school field where an afternoon of fun, games and live music is set up, with stalls, displays by local groups and various competitions.
The village also recently held an evening of
Christmas activities, where numerous market stalls were set up along one of the main roads, called Green Lane. Tupton has also seen new development around Ankerbold Road, which runs on the outer edge of the village, close to North Wingfield. A large, new, modern housing estate has been built around the Pond Lane proximity, as well as modern housing to the south.
The area known as 'the Rec' once held a lido, or open-air swimming pool, the remains of which can still be seen in the stream.
During the Second World War, several of the houses in Tupton were bombed by fleeing German aircraft. Some of these houses were on Ward street and others in now demolished areas where the Community Garden is now located. One lasting impression the bombers left was the area in the woods surrounding Tupton Hall school, called 'Monkey Hollow'. The deep crater in the woods was the result of one of the aforementioned bombs.
The present (2008) Chip Shop in Tupton was once owned by a lady fish-fryer. When the shop was sold, her famous chips were no longer made and so the new owners asked her to visit the shop and show them her tips and secrets.
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