Scropton

Scropton is a village in Foston and Scropton, South Derbyshire District, England and has about 354 residents. Scropton is situated nearby to the locality Mill Green, as well as near the village Foston.

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Type: Village with 354 residents
Description: village in Derbyshire, England
Also known as: “Scropton, Derbyshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Foston Hall Prison and Young Offender Institution and Tutbury Castle.

Foston Hall Prison and Young Offender Institution

Prison

HM Prison Foston Hall is a women's closed category prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in the village of Foston in Derbyshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

Tutbury Castle

Castle

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Tutbury Castle is a largely ruined medieval castle at Tutbury, Staffordshire, England, in the ownership of the Duchy of Lancaster and hence currently of King Charles III.

Tutbury and Hatton railway station

Railway station

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Tutbury and Hatton Station is a railway station in England, served by trains on the Crewe to Derby Line, which is a Community Rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foston and Hatton.

Foston

Village

Foston is a hamlet in the Foston and Scropton civil parish of South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England, about 12 miles west of Derby and 8 miles east of Uttoxeter. The Domesday Book of 1086 lists it as Farulveston.

Hatton

Village

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Hatton is a village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. It is 5 miles north of Burton upon Trent, 10 miles south-west of Derby and 24 miles south-east of Stoke-on-Trent.