Visitor Information Centre - Chesterfield, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 14.144 W 001° 25.519
30U E 605097 N 5899652
This purpose built eight sided building houses Chesterfield's Visitor Information Centre.
Waymark Code: WMJB1X
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/22/2013
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The building was refurbished in 2012 to a design by a local graphic design company called Crush. The centre then won a Bronze Award in the ‘Visitor Information Provider of the Year’ category at the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2012 Ceremony.
The building has a distinctive design with large black glass walls, steep sided slate roofs and stands on small sandstone walls. The top of the building has a lantern with glass sides to let light inside the building. Four of the glass walls are used as display panels with information about 4 famous local people.
Gordon Banks - A soccer goalkeeper who played for England when they won the World Cup in 1966.
Lady Baden Powell - Wife of the founder of the scouting movement who became Chief Guide in 1930.
George Stephenson - early railway engineer known as 'Father of the Railways'.
Bess of Hardwick - a notable figure of 16th century Elizabethan English society.
According to their
website
"At Chesterfield Tourist Information Centre, we are here to help you. We have information on everything from Chesterfield in Derbyshire to other places such as nearby Sheffield, Worksop and Mansfield. Find accommodation in a hotel or bed & breakfast, get a local map of the area or just get some independent advice on some of the best tourist attractions in the area. Visitor attractions in the area include Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Revolution House and Hardwick Hall so you’ll always find there’s lots to see and do.".