Whaley Thorns is a former colliery village in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England, close to the Nottinghamshire border.

The village takes its name from a dense wood, recorded on the first Ordnance Survey Maps.

"Whaley" being Celtic for water/spring, referring to both the local springs, just to the north, and the river Poulter which lies only 200 yards (180 m) to the south.

Following the Pit (Colliery) closure the villages' population greatly declined.

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