Clowne is a town and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. The population was 7,590 at the 2011 Census and 7,755 at the 2021 Census. It lies 9 miles north east of Chesterfield and 7 miles south west of Worksop and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Clune. The name is derived from the Celtic Clun for a river.