Jacksdale is a small village in the local government district of Ashfield, part of the English county of Nottinghamshire. It was formerly a mining village. The population of the ward within the Ashfield Council was 3,158 as taken at the 2011 census. Lying close to the Derbyshire border, Jacksdale is the most westerly place within the county. Neighbouring villages include Selston, Brinsley, Pye Hill and Ironville. Jacksdale and Westwood are interlinking villages, although houses in Westwood are usually referred to as being newer, with 86 per cent of the housing in Jacksdale built before 1918.
Heritage
Jacksdale consisted of only three farms in 1811, but it emerged as the shopping and amenity centre for both villages after the arrival of the railway. Jacksdale's pit was first sunk in 1874 by James Oakes & Co. Its entrance was sited at Selston Road at an "exposed" section of the Nottinghamshire coalfield. Pye Hill pit, as it was known, was actually an amalgamation of three individual pits sunk by different mining companies, Jacksdale's pit was renamed "Pye Hill No 2", No 1 being Selston/Underwood and No 3 New Selston. Pye Hill pit was closed in 1985. The spoil heaps have since been made safe and landscaped for walking, providing access to nearby Jubilee Hill. The nature reserve there demonstrates colonising vegetation and scrub.
Local amenities include a post office, a supermarket, a chemist, hair salons and barbers, an estate agency and lettings agency, a hardware and motor parts outlet, a repair garage, butchers, a newsagent, a library, the Miners' Welfare, a tearoom, a primary and nursery school, a Pentecostal church, a Chinese restaurant, a community centre, a fish and chip shop, dentists' and doctors' surgeries, care homes, and a garden centre. Several local community groups for adults, children and special interests are shared with Westwood. The Anglican St. Mary's Church, Westwood, which also covers Jacksdale, is a daughter church of St. Helen's Church, Selston.
Kyle Ryde, the British 2014 Superstock 600 Champion and 2015 Supersport road race contender, has lived mainly in the village since moving from nearby Swanwick, Derbyshire, as an infant.
