South Normanton is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England.

Around 1888 the only houses that were there were a few cottages around the church of St Michael, on the hilltop in South Normanton Centre and the Windmill.

The wages they earned were better than the crops that they grew in the fields as security so they came to the village in their hundreds.

Schools were built to educate the children of the villagers and shops sprang up to serve the community.

In the period after the Second World War the council built an estate to give some of the residents of South Normanton the chance to rent very high quality housing.

Major roads had also been built including the M1 motorway creating easier access to the village and surrounding area for car owners.

The East Midlands Designer Outlet (owned by McArthurGlen Group) is located near the edge of the settlement close to the M1.

and it also has many Sunday and Saturday teams such as Carnfield F.C., a Grassroots Football Charter Standard Club (South Normanton Albion Football Club, catering for Under 7s to under 17s), and a Mini Colts soccer skills group.