A source of jobs - and pride - for years to come

Almost 20 years after it was first discussed, a flagship regeneration project is quietly changing the economic face of north Derbyshire.
Markham Vale - October 2016 (Photo: Richard Bird Photography).Markham Vale - October 2016 (Photo: Richard Bird Photography).
Markham Vale - October 2016 (Photo: Richard Bird Photography).

Markham Vale - a 200 acre business park on the site of the former Markham Colliery near Staveley - was created to bring back jobs to an area devastated by the end of coal mining.