Amber Valley is a
local government districtNon-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
and
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in
DerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains...
,
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. It takes its name from the
River AmberThe River Amber is a river in Derbyshire, England which rises close to the village of Ashover, near Clay Cross, and flows southwards through Ogston Reservoir to Pentrich then westwards to join the River Derwent at Ambergate...
and covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns formerly based around coal mining and engineering. The parliamentary constituency of
Amber ValleyAmber Valley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a marginal constituency between the Conservative and Labour Party.-Boundaries:...
covers a similar area.
The village of
CrichCrich is a village in Derbyshire in England. It is the home of the National Tramway Museum inside the Crich Tramway Village, and at the summit of Crich Hill above, a Memorial Tower for those of the Sherwood Foresters regiment who died in battle, particularly in World War I.Built in 1923 on the...
and the Amber Valley area were the setting for the
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drama series
Peak PracticePeak Practice was a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 1993 to 2002, and was one of their most successful series at the time...
.
- Alfreton
Alfreton is a town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, adjoining the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire districts. It is at the junction of the A38 and A61. It has a population of 22,000, which includes villages south of the A38...
- Belper
Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England.It is eight miles north of Derby, on the A6, by the River Derwent, and has a population of 20,548 in 8,790 households . It has regular bus services to Derby and to the north, to Ripley and...
- Heanor
Heanor is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It is northeast of Derby. Heanor's population is just over 23,000.- Early History :Heanor was mentioned in the Domesday book with the following entry:...
- Ripley
Ripley is a town in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire in England.- Earliest History :Not much information is available as to when Ripley was founded, but it existed at the time of the Domesday Book, when it was held by a man called Levenot....
- Ambergate
Ambergate is a village in Derbyshire, England, where the River Amber joins the River Derwent.Until the early nineteenth century it was known as Toadmoor, with no more than a few artisans' cottages. The village was still listed as such on the Ordnance Survey's original map of 1885.It is about south...
- Codnor
Codnor is a Derbyshire village in the Amber Valley district, and a former mining community, with a population of nearly 5,000. It is approximately 12 miles from the city of Derby and 14 miles from Nottingham.-History:...
- Crich
Crich is a village in Derbyshire in England. It is the home of the National Tramway Museum inside the Crich Tramway Village, and at the summit of Crich Hill above, a Memorial Tower for those of the Sherwood Foresters regiment who died in battle, particularly in World War I.Built in 1923 on the...
- Denby
Denby is a village in the English county of Derbyshire that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, England's first Royal Astronomer, the home of The Bear, and the location of the Denby Pottery Company....
- Duffield
Duffield is a village, situated next to the River Derwent in Derbyshire at the lower end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England.- Early history :There have been humans in the area, probably, from the Iron Age...
- Heage
The village of Heage in Derbyshire is situated midway between Belper and Ripley and is today famous for its recently-restored six-sailed windmill. Work on building the mill started in 1791 and it was first recorded as working in 1797...
- Holbrook
Holbrook is a village in Derbyshire at the southern end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England.-History:Holbrook lies about two miles to the north-east of Duffield, the parish of which it was a part, being within Duffield Frith...
- Horsley
Horsley is a small village roughly 5 miles north of the City of Derby, England, with a population of circa 500.The parish church of St Clement and St John, which dates from the 13th century, was rededicated in 1450. It is noted for its fine peel of bells...
- Kedleston
Kedleston is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire. It lies to the north-west of Derby, and nearby places include Quarndon, Weston Underwood, Muggington, and Kirk Langley.-History:...
- Kilburn
Kilburn is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire.Forming part of the district of Amber Valley, Kilburn has small amenities for the people who live there including a local police station, community officer and several parks for young children...
- Lea & Holloway
- Mackworth
Mackworth is a village and civil parish in the borough of Amber Valley, in Derbyshire, England. Historically, the parish also contained the neighbouring village of Markeaton, now within the Derby city boundary...
- Quarndon
Quarndon is a linear village in the English county of Derby.It is due north of, and essentially contiguous with, the City of Derby's suburb of Allestree. Formerly it was notable for its chalybeate springs that were at the well and in the grounds of neighbouring Kedleston Hall...
- Somercotes
Somercotes is a hamlet in the parish of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire.Somercotes is close to the borders of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire and is two miles south of Alfreton. It is a former mining village and was once surrounded by more than five mines. Previously, in the...
- Swanwick
Swanwick may refer to:* The village of Swanwick, Derbyshire, England.* The village of Swanwick, Hampshire, England.* Helena Swanwick , British feminist and pacifist....
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the
urban districtIn the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council.-England and Wales:In England...
s of
AlfretonAlfreton is a town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, adjoining the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire districts. It is at the junction of the A38 and A61. It has a population of 22,000, which includes villages south of the A38...
,
BelperBelper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England.It is eight miles north of Derby, on the A6, by the River Derwent, and has a population of 20,548 in 8,790 households . It has regular bus services to Derby and to the north, to Ripley and...
,
HeanorHeanor is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It is northeast of Derby. Heanor's population is just over 23,000.- Early History :Heanor was mentioned in the Domesday book with the following entry:...
and Ripley and Belper Rural District.
Amber Valley is a
local government districtNon-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
and
boroughA borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
in
DerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It takes its name from the
River AmberThe River Amber is a river in Derbyshire, England which rises close to the village of Ashover, near Clay Cross, and flows southwards through Ogston Reservoir to Pentrich then westwards to join the River Derwent at Ambergate...
and covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns formerly based around coal mining and engineering. The parliamentary constituency of
Amber ValleyAmber Valley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a marginal constituency between the Conservative and Labour Party.-Boundaries:...
covers a similar area.
The village of
CrichCrich is a village in Derbyshire in England. It is the home of the National Tramway Museum inside the Crich Tramway Village, and at the summit of Crich Hill above, a Memorial Tower for those of the Sherwood Foresters regiment who died in battle, particularly in World War I.Built in 1923 on the...
and the Amber Valley area were the setting for the
ITVITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
drama series
Peak PracticePeak Practice was a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 1993 to 2002, and was one of their most successful series at the time...
.
Towns of Amber Valley
- Alfreton
Alfreton is a town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, adjoining the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire districts. It is at the junction of the A38 and A61. It has a population of 22,000, which includes villages south of the A38...
- Belper
Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England.It is eight miles north of Derby, on the A6, by the River Derwent, and has a population of 20,548 in 8,790 households . It has regular bus services to Derby and to the north, to Ripley and...
- Heanor
Heanor is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It is northeast of Derby. Heanor's population is just over 23,000.- Early History :Heanor was mentioned in the Domesday book with the following entry:...
- Ripley
Ripley is a town in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire in England.- Earliest History :Not much information is available as to when Ripley was founded, but it existed at the time of the Domesday Book, when it was held by a man called Levenot....
Main villages of Amber Valley
- Ambergate
Ambergate is a village in Derbyshire, England, where the River Amber joins the River Derwent.Until the early nineteenth century it was known as Toadmoor, with no more than a few artisans' cottages. The village was still listed as such on the Ordnance Survey's original map of 1885.It is about south...
- Codnor
Codnor is a Derbyshire village in the Amber Valley district, and a former mining community, with a population of nearly 5,000. It is approximately 12 miles from the city of Derby and 14 miles from Nottingham.-History:...
- Crich
Crich is a village in Derbyshire in England. It is the home of the National Tramway Museum inside the Crich Tramway Village, and at the summit of Crich Hill above, a Memorial Tower for those of the Sherwood Foresters regiment who died in battle, particularly in World War I.Built in 1923 on the...
- Denby
Denby is a village in the English county of Derbyshire that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, England's first Royal Astronomer, the home of The Bear, and the location of the Denby Pottery Company....
- Duffield
Duffield is a village, situated next to the River Derwent in Derbyshire at the lower end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England.- Early history :There have been humans in the area, probably, from the Iron Age...
- Heage
The village of Heage in Derbyshire is situated midway between Belper and Ripley and is today famous for its recently-restored six-sailed windmill. Work on building the mill started in 1791 and it was first recorded as working in 1797...
- Holbrook
Holbrook is a village in Derbyshire at the southern end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England.-History:Holbrook lies about two miles to the north-east of Duffield, the parish of which it was a part, being within Duffield Frith...
- Horsley
Horsley is a small village roughly 5 miles north of the City of Derby, England, with a population of circa 500.The parish church of St Clement and St John, which dates from the 13th century, was rededicated in 1450. It is noted for its fine peel of bells...
- Kedleston
Kedleston is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire. It lies to the north-west of Derby, and nearby places include Quarndon, Weston Underwood, Muggington, and Kirk Langley.-History:...
- Kilburn
Kilburn is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire.Forming part of the district of Amber Valley, Kilburn has small amenities for the people who live there including a local police station, community officer and several parks for young children...
- Lea & Holloway
- Mackworth
Mackworth is a village and civil parish in the borough of Amber Valley, in Derbyshire, England. Historically, the parish also contained the neighbouring village of Markeaton, now within the Derby city boundary...
- Quarndon
Quarndon is a linear village in the English county of Derby.It is due north of, and essentially contiguous with, the City of Derby's suburb of Allestree. Formerly it was notable for its chalybeate springs that were at the well and in the grounds of neighbouring Kedleston Hall...
- Somercotes
Somercotes is a hamlet in the parish of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire.Somercotes is close to the borders of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire and is two miles south of Alfreton. It is a former mining village and was once surrounded by more than five mines. Previously, in the...
- Swanwick
Swanwick may refer to:* The village of Swanwick, Derbyshire, England.* The village of Swanwick, Hampshire, England.* Helena Swanwick , British feminist and pacifist....
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the
urban districtIn the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council.-England and Wales:In England...
s of
AlfretonAlfreton is a town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, adjoining the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire districts. It is at the junction of the A38 and A61. It has a population of 22,000, which includes villages south of the A38...
,
BelperBelper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England.It is eight miles north of Derby, on the A6, by the River Derwent, and has a population of 20,548 in 8,790 households . It has regular bus services to Derby and to the north, to Ripley and...
,
HeanorHeanor is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It is northeast of Derby. Heanor's population is just over 23,000.- Early History :Heanor was mentioned in the Domesday book with the following entry:...
and Ripley and Belper Rural District. The district was granted
borough statusBorough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district...
in 1988.
Parishes
- Aldercar and Langley Mill
Aldercar and Langley Mill is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It includes the towns of Aldercar and Langley Mill, along with the hamlets of Stoneyford and Woodlinkin.-External links:****...
, AlderwasleyAlderwasley is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. Alderwasley Hall is the home to one of the sites of Alderwasley Hall School which is a special school for children and young people with Aspergers and/or Speech and Language Difficulties...
, AlfretonAlfreton is a town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, adjoining the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire districts. It is at the junction of the A38 and A61. It has a population of 22,000, which includes villages south of the A38...
- Belper
Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England.It is eight miles north of Derby, on the A6, by the River Derwent, and has a population of 20,548 in 8,790 households . It has regular bus services to Derby and to the north, to Ripley and...
- Codnor
Codnor is a Derbyshire village in the Amber Valley district, and a former mining community, with a population of nearly 5,000. It is approximately 12 miles from the city of Derby and 14 miles from Nottingham.-History:...
, CrichCrich is a village in Derbyshire in England. It is the home of the National Tramway Museum inside the Crich Tramway Village, and at the summit of Crich Hill above, a Memorial Tower for those of the Sherwood Foresters regiment who died in battle, particularly in World War I.Built in 1923 on the...
- Denby
Denby is a village in the English county of Derbyshire that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, England's first Royal Astronomer, the home of The Bear, and the location of the Denby Pottery Company....
, Dethick, Lea and HollowayDethick, Lea and Holloway is a civil parish , in the Amber Valley borough of the English county of Derbyshire....
, DuffieldDuffield is a village, situated next to the River Derwent in Derbyshire at the lower end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England.- Early history :There have been humans in the area, probably, from the Iron Age...
- Hazelwood
Hazelwood is a village in Derbyshire at the lower end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England....
, Heanor and LoscoeHeanor and Loscoe is a civil parish with a town council, in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 16,040 people....
, HolbrookHolbrook is a village in Derbyshire at the southern end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England.-History:Holbrook lies about two miles to the north-east of Duffield, the parish of which it was a part, being within Duffield Frith...
, HorsleyHorsley is a small village roughly 5 miles north of the City of Derby, England, with a population of circa 500.The parish church of St Clement and St John, which dates from the 13th century, was rededicated in 1450. It is noted for its fine peel of bells...
, Horsley WoodhouseHorsley Woodhouse is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England. It is situated on the A609 road between the neighbouring villages of Kilburn and Smalley...
- Idridgehay, Alton and Ashleyhay, Ironville
Ironville in Derbyshire was built by the Butterley Company as a "model village" to house its workers, around 1830. It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park....
- Kedleston
Kedleston is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire. It lies to the north-west of Derby, and nearby places include Quarndon, Weston Underwood, Muggington, and Kirk Langley.-History:...
, KilburnKilburn is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire.Forming part of the district of Amber Valley, Kilburn has small amenities for the people who live there including a local police station, community officer and several parks for young children...
, Kirk LangleyKirk Langley is a village in Derbyshire. The village is four miles north of Derby and two miles south east of Brailsford on the A52 road. There are in fact two villages: Kirk Langley and Meynell Langley.-History:...
- Mackworth
Mackworth is a village and civil parish in the borough of Amber Valley, in Derbyshire, England. Historically, the parish also contained the neighbouring village of Markeaton, now within the Derby city boundary...
, MapperleyMapperley is a north-eastern residential and commercial area of Nottingham, England. The area is bounded by Sherwood to the north-west, Thorneywood to the south and Gedling to the east.-History:...
- Pentrich
Pentrich is a small village between Belper and Alfreton in Derbyshire.It gave its name to the Pentrich Revolution, which occurred on the night of 9/10 June 1817...
- Quarndon
Quarndon is a linear village in the English county of Derby.It is due north of, and essentially contiguous with, the City of Derby's suburb of Allestree. Formerly it was notable for its chalybeate springs that were at the well and in the grounds of neighbouring Kedleston Hall...
- Ravensdale Park
Ravensdale Park is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire roughly 2.5 miles north of Belper, Derbyshire England....
, RiddingsRiddings is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is located 2 miles south of Alfreton near the hamlet of Golden Valley. The name derives from Ryddynges, a clearing or riding in a wood....
, RipleyRipley is a town in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire in England.- Earliest History :Not much information is available as to when Ripley was founded, but it existed at the time of the Domesday Book, when it was held by a man called Levenot....
- Shipley
Shipley is a village in the south-east of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. Since 1974 it has been part of the Borough of Amber Valley.Shipley separates the Ilkeston and Heanor urban areas, which are linked by the main A6007 road...
, Shottle and Postern, SmalleySmalley is a village on the main A608 Heanor to Derby road in Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England.Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Smæl-lēah = "narrow woodland clearing"...
, SomercotesSomercotes is a hamlet in the parish of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire.Somercotes is close to the borders of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire and is two miles south of Alfreton. It is a former mining village and was once surrounded by more than five mines. Previously, in the...
, South WingfieldSouth Wingfield is a village in the Scarsdale Hundred of Derbyshire, England, and is now part of the district council area of Amber Valley.An ex-mining village, it has a mixed community. Its most famous landmark is Wingfield Manor, a ruined manor house built around 1450. It is situated about from...
, SwanwickSwanwick is a village in Derbyshire, England, an urban district of Alfreton, part of the Amber Valley district, with a population of 4,198 ....
- Turnditch and Windley
- Weston Underwood
Weston Underwood is an agricultural village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire. It is just over five miles from Derby. Nearby places are Mugginton, Kedleston Hall and Carsington Water.-History:...
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