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Boythorpe, Chesterfield — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Boythorpe is a suburb south-west of Chesterfield town centre, holding Queen's Park, the town's cricket ground and Parkside Community School.
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Where to stay in Boythorpe
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Queen's Park is the reason to sleep in Boythorpe, since Chesterfield's cricket ground sits inside it and the town centre begins at the park's edge. Social housing fills most streets. Parkside Community School stands on Hunloke Avenue, the main thoroughfare, and Birdholme and Walton close the suburb in on either side, which leaves the park and the school as the landmarks to steer by.
You want Boythorpe for a bed beside Queen's Park with Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery a walk away.
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Queen's Park
Queen's Park holds the cricket ground and meets the town centre at its edge, so a bed on the park side of Boythorpe puts both within one walk. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Queen's Parkstaying on Boythorpe's own thoroughfare by Parkside Community SchoolHunloke Avenue
Hunloke Avenue is the district's main thoroughfare, with Parkside Community School on it and social housing running from there toward Walton. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in Hunloke Avenuerooms near Stephenson Memorial Hall and Holy Trinity Church, ChesterfieldChesterfield town centre
The town centre starts where Queen's Park ends, and Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery, the United Reformed Church and the Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield stand inside it.Find hotels in Chesterfield town centreHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Chesterfield
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Churches & Religious Sites
3- Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield Heritage
- Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield Heritage
- United Reformed Church Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
4- Dorset House Heritage
- Printing Workshop - Chapel House Heritage
- Red House Heritage
- Yew Tree House Heritage
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About Boythorpe
What are the main landmarks in Boythorpe?
Queen's Park is the anchor, the largest park here, with Chesterfield's cricket ground inside it on the edge of the town centre. The church names run long. The Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield and the United Reformed Church stand on the register beside Stephenson Memorial Hall and Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery.
House names finish the list: Dorset House, Red House, Yew Tree House and the Printing Workshop - Chapel House. Hunloke Avenue runs through the middle.
What is the history of Boythorpe?
The area consists mainly of social housing, which sets Boythorpe apart from the older church names that its register carries in from Chesterfield town centre. Queen's Park holds the cricket. Chesterfield's cricket ground sits inside it, and Parkside Community School stands on Hunloke Avenue, the district's main thoroughfare, which together give the suburb its two fixed points.
Stephenson Memorial Hall and the Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield carry the older record on the town-centre side, with Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield among them. Walton lies west.
Where is Boythorpe?
The suburb borders Birdholme to its east and Walton to its west, on the edge of Chesterfield town centre in Derbyshire, England.
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What is the best area to stay in Boythorpe?
Queen's Park: cricket days at Chesterfield's ground inside Queen's Park. Hunloke Avenue: staying on Boythorpe's own thoroughfare by Parkside Community School. Chesterfield town centre: rooms near Stephenson Memorial Hall and Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield.
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Updated October 2026