North East Derbyshire Transport Links
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Travelling by Road Freight
Local established businesses see this area’s central location within the UK and excellent links to the motorway network as being key strengths. Sutton-in-Ashfield International Freight Terminal is located 12 miles from Chesterfield and provides inland customs and excise clearance on goods from overseas.
Nottingham East Midlands Airport also offers full customs clearance facilities for surface freight.
Road Journey from Chesterfield to:
City | Distance away from Chesterfield | Freight Travel Time(Approx.) |
| Sheffield | 12 miles (19 Kilometres) | 20 minutes |
| Nottingham | 27 miles (43 kilometres) | 30 minutes |
| Derby | 31 miles (50 kilometres) | 35 minutes |
| Manchester | 45 miles (72 kilometres) | 1 hour, 15 minutes |
| Leeds | 50 miles (80 kilometres) | 55 minutes |
| Leicester | 54 miles (87 kilometres) | 55 minutes |
| Birmingham | 75 miles (121 kilometres) | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| London | 150 miles (241 kilometres) | 2 hours, 50 minutes |
| Bristol | 164 miles (264 kilometres) | 2 hours, 50 minutes |
Travelling by Rail
Freight Services
English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) is the country’s largest rail freight hauler, and as well as providing more traditional services has introduced a service called “Enterprise”. This allows single wagon loads of products to be moved within the UK and through the Channel Tunnel into Europe (Belgium, France, Spain and Italy). An Enterprise route runs through Doncaster and connects with an Express Enterprise route through Warrington.
Doncaster International Railport
Doncaster International Railport (operated by Tibbett & Britten) is located near Junction 3 of the M18, and uses inter modal transport which allows long freight hauls by rail and shorter road journeys for speedy delivery times into Europe. Freight operators at the rail port offer a wide range of complementary logistics services.
Passenger Services
Chesterfield has a main line rail station, which recently underwent a major redevelopment, with frequent high speed passenger trains, providing DIRECT links to: Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Sheffield, Swansea.
Travelling by Air
The following six airports are within an 80 mile radius of Chesterfield:
City | Travel time from Chesterfield (by road) |
| Birmingham International | 1 hour, 10 minutes |
| Doncaster/Sheffield Robin Hood Airport | 30 minutes |
| Humberside | 1 hour, 10 minutes |
| Leeds Bradford International | 1 hour |
| Manchester | 1 hour, 5 minutes |
| East Midlands Airport | 40 minutes |
| Birmingham | 75 miles (121 kilometres) |
| London | 150 miles (241 kilometres) |
| Bristol | 164 miles (264 kilometres) |
Birmingham International Airport
BIA is situated approximately 8 miles south-east of Birmingham’s city centre. It is on the A45
(Birmingham-Coventry) trunk road off junction 6 of the M42. There are direct connections to the M1, M5, M6 and M40. The airport is easily accessible by public transport.
BIA offers its passengers many facilities such as retail and catering outlets, Executive lounges (with business services available in each lounge), business booths, a visitor centre and extensive car parking.
BIA offers an excellent choice of frequent scheduled flights to major European and North America hub airports. With just one convenient transfer, most worldwide businesses and holiday destinations can be reached. Passenger and business destinations from BIA include: Alicante, Brussels, Glasgow, Munich, Amsterdam, Chicago, Hanover, Paris, Barcelona, Dubai, Madrid, Tenerife, Belfast, Dublin, Malaga, Vienna, Berlin, Geneva, Milan, Zurich.
A new people mover system, which will link the Terminals with Birmingham International railway station, is now available.
For more information:
Tel: 0121 7675511
Visit Website: http://www.bhx.co.uk/
Doncaster/Sheffield Robin Hood Airport
Robin Hood Airport in situated in the heart of the Yorkshire and Humber region and close to the major cities of Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, York and Lincoln. Nearby are the towns of Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Worksop, Bawtry and Gainsborough.
The airport is well served by both rail and road and however you plan to get there you will find all the information you need by visiting the website.
For more information:
Visit Website: http://www.robinhoodairport.com/
East Midlands Airport
Located at Castle Donington, adjacent to Junction 24 of the M1. It is ideally positioned in terms of location and ever improving road access means it can effectively serve the needs of the Midlands and Northern regions of the UK.
The Airport’s Pegasus Business Park is an 18.2 hectare site. It is expected to create 3,000 jobs over the next eight years and will provide a showcase for East Midlands businesses along the M1 corridor. The first buildings are a new regional HQ for EON Energy, a second on-site airport hotel and a speculative office block.
The following cargo airlines run from East Midlands: Air Iceland, Lufthansa Cargo, DHL Aviation, Royal Mail, Pathfinder Air Resources, United Parcel Service, TNT.
In addition there are 37 freight forwarders.
Passenger destinations from East Midlands include: Balearic Islands, Comino, Greece, Portugal, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Italy, Spanish Mainland, Canary Islands, Florida (summer), Malta, Tunisia, Channel Islands, Gozo, Morocco (summer), Turkey.
Destinations for business travellers from East Midlands include: Aberdeen, Brussels, Faro, Guernsey, Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, Jersey, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paris/Charles de Gaulle.
For more information:
Tel: 01332 852852
Visit Website: http://www.eastmidlandsairport.com/
Using Ports
The East Coast Ports of Goole, Grimsby, Hull and Immingham are only 90 minutes away and provide excellent links with continental Europe and beyond.
Associated British Ports
With 23 ports around the country, Associated British Ports (ABP) is able to meet the needs of anyone wanting to transport goods into, out of, or around the UK. ABP runs all the East Coast ports and more information can be found at their website http://www.abports.co.uk/. The ABP website also includes information about each of the ports below.
Port of Goole
Goole is Britain’s premier inland port. The combination of a strategic location at the heart of the country’s transport infrastructure along with extensive and expanding modern high quality facilities, enables Goole to provide a rapid and cost effective service to its customers. Goole is located on the River Ouse, some 80 km from the open sea and 2.4 km from the M62, only a half hour’s drive is required to reach the industrial heart lands of West and South Yorkshire.
ABP has invested significantly in Goole to ensure the port continues to offer some of the most advanced facilities in the UK for both general and specialist cargo-handling.
Goole offers:
- Reduced haulage costs due to the port’s close proximity to the UK motorway network
- Availability of road, rail and canal transport
- Numerous general cargo berths as well as specialised terminals for containerised traffic, timber, bulks, cement, cereals and scrap metals
- A wide range of facilities for unitised, bulk and general cargoes
- Particular strength in container handling
- Almost 55,000 sq m of modern covered storage facilities
- Extensive ship repair facilities
Port of Grimsby
The port’s strategic location – only 10 km from the open sea on the Humber estuary – makes it an ideal location for shipping services between the UK and Scandinavia, the Baltic, Germany and northern Europe.
Grimsby offers:
- A central UK location close to the UK’s industrial heartland
- Congestion-free, high-speed road links
- A European market of 170 million people within 24 hours’ transit
- Rail connection facilities
- The full range of supporting port service companies operating in a competitive environment
- A combination of specialist terminals and general facilities
- 24-hour access for shipping
Port of Hull
The Port of Hull is one of the UK’s leading foreign trading ports and this position is maintained by a constant programme of capital investment in the development of new facilities and services. The port’s position on the north bank of the River Humber also provides a major geographical advantage for transport links in to and out of the UK. As a result, the port has very strong short-sea trade links with Europe, Scandinavia and the Baltic, in addition to world-wide deep-sea services.
Hull is well connected to the UK’s national motorway network, allowing a market of 40 million people to be reached within a four-hour drive.
Hull offers:
- Scheduled night-time crossings to and from the heart of Europe, enabling road-transport providers to maximise utilisation of their transport fleets.
- 24-hour port security ensuring peace of mind.
- World-class facilities developed through major capital investment schemes.
Port of Immingham
Immingham is one of Britain’s fastest growing ports. The combination of a strategic location on the south bank of the Humber – the UK’s busiest commercial estuary – with extensive deep-water facilities and high-quality service, makes Immingham a market leader in the UK, and first choice for a wide range of customers and traffics.
Immingham offers:
- A central location close to the UK’s industrial heartland
- A European market of 170 million people within 24 hours’ transit
- Road links and rail connection facilities
- The full range of supporting port service companies operating in a competitive environment
- 24-hour access for shipping
- Experience in handling a wide range of cargoes including forest products, steel, general and project cargo, unit loads, agribulks, ores, minerals, liquid bulks and solid fuels
- The combination of a wide range of generalist services with dedicated specialist terminals to meet the needs of customers in particular niche markets
Port of Liverpool
Liverpool docks are within 80 miles of Chesterfield and form part of the trade route to America.
The Port of Liverpool is ranked among the top ten North European container ports. The Port is currently the focus of major investment by Mersey Docks amounting to some £60 million.
The new control centre, at the Royal Seaforth Container Terminal, oversees a storage park where capacity has been increased by 30%. Commercial demand has prompted development of nearly one million sq. ft. of new facilities including a 25-bay container receiving and delivery area for road haulage, a logistics centre, increased storage capacity, light industrial units, warehouses and two in-river terminals. There is already a Euro Rail Terminal with daily links to Europe through the Channel Tunnel.
For more information:
Visit the Liverpool Port Website - http://www.portofliverpool.co.uk/
Port | Location |
Goole Sailings | Northern Britain, Europe |
Grimsby Sailings | Northern Europe, Grimsby, Scandinavia, Baltic. |
| Immingham Sailings | Scandinavia, Northern Europe, Baltic, US Great Lakes, Far East, South Africa, Turkey. |
| Liverpool Sailings | East Coast of North America, Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean, Ireland, Scandinavia, Northern Europe. |
| Hull Sailings | Holland, Poland, Latvia & the Baltic, Scandinavia, Mediterranean, Middle East, West Africa, South America, Asia, South Pacific. |
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