Derbyshire
Derbyshire Dales District
Snelston

Snelston

Snelston is a village and civil parish three miles south-west of in Derbyshire, England. It includes Anacrehill. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 202. A tributary of the River Dove flows through its centre.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 201 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England
  • Also known as: “Snelston, Derbyshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St John the Baptist’s Church, Mayfield and Darley Moor Airfield.

Church
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St John the Baptist's Church is an Anglican church in the village of , England. It is a Grade I listed building. The core is a Norman church; it was extended in the early 14th century, and the tower built in 1515.

Aerodrome
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and Road Race Circuit is situated on a high plateau adjacent to the A515, two miles south of , , England. The airfield is operated by Airways Airsports providing training in almost every type of leisure flying. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Snelston.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clifton and Norbury.

Village
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is a village in the Derbyshire Dales district of , England. The village is situated about 1.2 miles south west of , and is close to the border with .

Hamlet
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is a village in , England. It is located 3 miles north of , on the B5033 road and the River Dove. The hamlet has links with George Eliot's family, the Evans. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Snelston.

Hamlet
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is a village three miles south of in Derbyshire, just off the A515 road. It is in close proximity to the hamlet of , and the civil parish is called and Wyaston. is situated 2 miles east of Snelston.

Snelston

Latitude
52.98772° or 52° 59′ 16″ north
Longitude
-1.77592° or 1° 46′ 33″ west
Population
201
Elevation
387 feet (118 metres)
Open location code
9C4WX6QF+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3740658942
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2637583
Wiki­data ID
Q2105143
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Snelston” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Снелстон”
  • Cebuano: “Snelston”
  • Chinese: “Snelston”
  • Dutch: “Snelston”
  • French: “Snelston”
  • Irish: “Snelston”
  • Italian: “Snelston”
  • Ladin: “Snelston”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Snelston”
  • Persian: “اسنلستون”
  • Polish: “Snelston”
  • Russian: “Снелстон”
  • Swedish: “Snelston”
  • Turkish: “Snelston”
  • Welsh: “Snelston”
  • “Snelston”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Snelston”. Photo: Nikki Mahadevan, CC BY-SA 2.0.