Derbyshire

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Derbyshire
Image:EnglandDerbyshire.png
Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region East Midlands
Area
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area
Ranked 21st
2,625 km²
Ranked 20th
2,547 km ²
Admin HQ Matlock
ISO 3166-2 GB-DBY
ONS code 17
NUTS 3 UKF12/13
Demographics
Population
- Total (2005 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.
Ranked 20th
981,200
373 / km²
Ranked 11th
747,500
Ethnicity 96.0% White
2.3% S.Asian
Politics
Derbyshire County Council
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/
Executive Labour
Members of Parliament
  • Margaret Beckett
  • Liz Blackman
  • Natasha Engel
  • Paul Holmes
  • Bob Laxton
  • Tom Levitt
  • Judy Mallaber
  • Patrick McLoughlin
  • Dennis Skinner
  • Mark Todd
Districts
Image:Derbyshire_Ceremonial_Numbered.png
  1. High Peak
  2. Derbyshire Dales
  3. South Derbyshire
  4. Erewash
  5. Amber Valley
  6. North East Derbyshire
  7. Chesterfield
  8. Bolsover
  9. Derby (Unitary)

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A large part 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. The county contains part of the National Forest, and borders on Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.

[edit] Settlements

This is a list of the towns in Derbyshire; for a complete list of settlements see list of places in Derbyshire.

  • Alfreton, Alton, Ashbourne, Ashford-in-the-Water, Ashover.
  • Bakewell, Bamford, Baslow, Beeley, Belper, Birch Vale, Bolehill, Bolsover, Borrowash, Brassington, Bretby, Brimington, Burbage, Buxton
  • Calver, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Charlesworth, Chelmorton, Chesterfield, Chinley, Clay Cross, Clowne, Cressbrook, Creswell, Cromford, Crowden, Curbar
  • Darley DaleDerby, Dronfield, Duffield
  • Earl Sterndale, Eckington, Edale, Edensor, Eyam
  • Fernilee
  • Great Hucklow
  • Hadfield, Hartington, Hathersage, Hatton, Hayfield, Heage, Heanor, Hope
  • Ilkeston Ironville
  • Killamarsh Kilburn
  • Little Hucklow, Long Eaton, Littleover
  • Marston Montgomery, Marston on Dove, Matlock,Matlock Bath Melbourne, Miller's Dale, Morley
  • New Mills, Newhaven
  • Over Haddon,Osmaston
  • Parwich, Peak Forest, Pinxton
  • Riber, Ripley Rowsley
  • Sandiacre, Shipley, Shirebrook, Stainsby, Staveley, Stoney Middleton, Stretton, Sudbury, Swadlincote
  • Tansley, Taxal, Thornhill, Tibshelf, Tideswell, Tunstead Milton
  • Walton, Wardlow, Westhouses, Whaley Bridge, Whitwell, Wingerworth, Wirksworth, Woolley Moor
  • Youlgreave

[edit] Places of interest

  • Alfreton Hall
  • Alsop Hall
  • Arbor Low — English Heritage
  • Barlborough Hall
  • Bradbourne Hall
  • Bradley Hall
  • Bretby Hall, see also Earls of Chesterfield
  • Buxton Hall
  • Buxton Museum & Art Gallery
  • Calke Abbey — National Trust
  • Carsington Reservoir
  • Chatsworth — a stately home, part of Treasure Houses of England; see also Dukes of Devonshire
  • Coxbench Hall
  • Crooked Spire
  • Cromford and High Peak Railway
  • Derwent Reservoir
  • Derwent Valley Mills — a World Heritage Site
  • Ednaston Manor
  • Eyam Hall
  • Fenney Bentley Old Hall
  • Flagg Hall
  • Foremark Reservoir
  • Glossop Hall
  • Great Longstone Hall
  • Haddon Hall
  • Hardwick Hall
  • Hartington Hall
  • Heage Windmill
  • Heights of Abraham
  • Hob Hurst's House — English Heritage
  • Howden Reservoir
  • Ilam Hall
  • Kedleston Hall
  • Kinder Scout
  • Ladybower Reservoir
  • Longdendale Chainof reservoirs
  • Longdendale Trail, a long distance footpath
  • Longford Hall
  • Mam Tor
  • Millennium Bridge, New Mills
  • National Tramway Museum, Crich
  • National Stone Centre, Wirksworth
  • Nine Ladies Stone Circle — English Heritage
  • Norbury Hall
  • Ogston Reservoir
  • Parwich Hall
  • Peveril Castle
  • Renishaw Hall
  • Riber Castle
  • Speedwell Cavern
  • Sudbury Hall — National Trust
  • Sutton Scarsdale Hall — English Heritage
  • The Torrs, New Mills
  • Thornbridge Hall
  • Tissington Hall
  • Well dressing — an ancient custom
  • Wingfield Manor — English Heritage


[edit] Trivia