Bolsover is a local government district

Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...

 in Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

, England

England

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. Its main town is Bolsover

Bolsover

Bolsover is a town near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. It is 145 miles  from London, 18 miles  from Sheffield, 26 miles  from Nottingham and 54 miles  from Manchester. It is the main town in the Bolsover district.The civil parish for the town is called...

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There are fourteen town and parish councils

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 within the district.

In addition to the town councils of Old Bolsover

Old Bolsover Town Council

Old Bolsover Town Council is a political/governmental area, within Bolsover , representing and administrating the town of Bolsover. The Town Council has been meeting in the Town Hall on Cotton Street since 1976....

 and Shirebrook

Shirebrook

Shirebrook is a town in the Bolsover district of north-east Derbyshire on the border with Nottinghamshire, England. At the 2001 UK Census it had a population of 9,291 , 10,412...

, there are the parish councils of:

• Ault Hucknall
  Ault Hucknall
  Ault Hucknall is a small village, which gives its name to the surrounding civil parish, in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England.Local residents describe the settlement as the "smallest village in England", although as a village is not legally defined in England, this is not a provable claim...
  
  
• Barlborough
  Barlborough
  Barlborough is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,018. The village is near junction 30 of the M1 motorway and is about five miles north of Bolsover...
  
  
• Blackwell
  Blackwell, Bolsover
  Blackwell is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is one of the four villages that make up the civil parish of Blackwell within the District of Bolsover - the other villages being Hilcote, Newton and Westhouses. The Parish Council meets monthly...
  
  
• Clowne
  Clowne
  Clowne is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. It forms part of the Bolsover constituency. Clowne lies north east of Chesterfield and south west of Worksop. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Clune...
  
  
• Elmton-with-Creswell
  Elmton-with-Creswell
  Elmton-with-Creswell is a civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire.Forming part of Bolsover district its main settlements are Elmton, Creswell and Creswell Model Village.- External links :*...
  
  
• Glapwell
  Glapwell
  Glapwell is located in north east Derbyshire between the nearby towns of Chesterfield and Mansfield , although the nearest town centre is that of Bolsover . It is a village of 1,467 residents, situated on a hill adjoining the village of Bramley Vale.-History:This village is listed in the...
  
  
• Hodthorpe and Belph
  Hodthorpe
  Hodthorpe is an urban village in the parish of Whitwell, Bolsover, Derbyshire, lying close to the Nottinghamshire border and on the edge of Sherwood Forest. The village has two principal streets, Queens Road and Kings Street. It has one shop, a Post Office, a village primary school, and a Working...
  
  
• Pinxton
  Pinxton
  Pinxton is a village on the eastern boundary of Derbyshire in the Bolsover district, England.In Anglo-Saxon times it was a small agricultural community, thought to have been recorded in the Domesday Book as "Esnotrewic." It is also thought that it was known as "Snodeswic," given by Wulfric Spott to...
  
  
• Pleasley
  Pleasley
  Pleasley is a small village in between the nearby towns of Chesterfield and Mansfield, it is 8 km south east of Bolsover, Derbyshire, England and 4 km north west of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire...
  
  
• Scarcliffe
  Scarcliffe
  Scarcliffe is a small village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. It is sometimes called Scarcliffe with Palterton...
  
  
• South Normanton
  South Normanton
  South Normanton is a medium-sized ex-mining village two miles east of Alfreton, Derbyshire and is approximately 155 metres above sea level at one of the highest points, near St...
  
  
• Tibshelf
  Tibshelf
  Tibshelf is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. It is in the Bolsover district of the county. Its population at the 2001 UK census was 3,548....
  
  
• Whitwell
  Whitwell, Derbyshire
  Whitwell is a small village located in Derbyshire, England.Although Whitwell celebrated its 1,000th anniversary in the 'Whitwell 1000' Celebrations of 1989 it is much older than this celebration suggests.The earliest written references to Whitwell are from the Anglo-Saxon charters however many of...
  
  

Other settlements include Broadmeadows

Broadmeadows, Derbyshire

Broadmeadows is a newly built housing estate in the town of South Normanton, Derbyshire. The estate is situated in the Bolsover district and is not far from the town of Alfreton. The estate is built on the borders of the parishs of South Normanton and Pinxton....

, Hilcote

Hilcote

Hilcote is a small village in the south of the Bolsover district in Derbyshire, England, located close to the A38 junction with the M1 ....

, Langwith

Langwith, Derbyshire

Langwith is a close group of four villages crossing the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border, on the river Poulter only about two miles from Warsop, and about four miles from Bolsover, on the A632 road, south of Whaley Thorns....

, Old Blackwell, Newton

Newton, Derbyshire

Newton is a village in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. It lies about a mile south of Tibshelf.-Not to be confused with...:Newton is the commonest placename in England, there being 87 in total.Locally, Newton is not to be confused with:...

, Palterton, Shirebrook

Shirebrook

Shirebrook is a town in the Bolsover district of north-east Derbyshire on the border with Nottinghamshire, England. At the 2001 UK Census it had a population of 9,291 , 10,412...

, and Westhouses

Westhouses

Westhouses is a village within Derbyshire, situated close to the town of Alfreton. It is in the Bolsover district of the county. Named after West House Farm, the settlement was founded in the 1870s.- Railway :...

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The current district boundaries date from 1 April 1974, when the urban district

Urban district

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 of Bolsover

Bolsover

Bolsover is a town near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. It is 145 miles  from London, 18 miles  from Sheffield, 26 miles  from Nottingham and 54 miles  from Manchester. It is the main town in the Bolsover district.The civil parish for the town is called...

 was merged with Blackwell Rural District

Blackwell Rural District

Blackwell was a rural district in Derbyshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 based on that part of the Mansfield rural sanitary district which was in Derbyshire .It was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the new district...

 and Clowne Rural District

Clowne Rural District

Clowne was a rural district in Derbyshire, England from 1894 to 1974.It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as that part of the Worksop rural sanitary district which was in Derbyshire...

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