Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the Midlands part of the . Derbyshire has many attractions, including Peak District scenery such as Mam Tor and Kinder Scout, and more urban attractions such as Bakewell, Buxton and Derby.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Matlock railway station and County Hall.

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the town of , in the Derbyshire Dales of , . The station is the terminus of both the Derwent Valley Line from and Peak Rail, which operates heritage services to .

Public building
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a municipal building in , England. The building, which was originally a hydropathic establishment known as Smedley's Hydro but is now the headquarters of Derbyshire County Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Archaeological site
Photo: PaleCloudedWhite, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a stone circle on Stanton Moor in in the English . The is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matlock and Cromford.

Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , on the edge of the National Park, about 20 miles north of .

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is a village of approximately 1400 inhabitants in , in the wooded valley of the river Derwent, 17 miles north of .

Photo: John Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a historic market town in , with a population of 3,400 in 2024. It's the only sizable town in the , and the park headquarters are here.

Derbyshire

Latitude
53.1667° or 53° 10′ 0″ north
Longitude
-1.5833° or 1° 35′ west
Population
1,100,000
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Abbreviation
“DBY”
United Nations Location Code
GB DXY
Open location code
9C5W5C88+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302323945
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
2651346
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Derbyshire” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ديربيشاير”
  • Belarusian: “Графства Дэрбішыр”
  • Bengali: “ডার্বিশায়ার”
  • Bulgarian: “Дарбишър”
  • Chinese: “德比郡”
  • French: “Derbyshire”
  • German: “Derbyshire”
  • Greek: “Ντέρμπισαϊρ”
  • Hebrew: “דרבישייר”
  • Hindi: “डर्बीशायर”
  • Japanese: “ダービーシャー”
  • Korean: “더비셔 주”
  • Latin: “Derbiensis comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Dārbišīra”
  • Lithuanian: “Derbišyras”
  • Marathi: “डर्बीशायर”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dēorabyscīr”
  • Persian: “دربی‌شر”
  • Portuguese: “Derbyshire”
  • Russian: “Дербишир”
  • Serbian: “Дарбишир”
  • Spanish: “Derbyshire”
  • Thai: “ดาร์บิเชอร์”
  • Ukrainian: “Дербішир”
  • Urdu: “ڈربیشائر”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Derby”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈربیشائر”
  • Yiddish: “דארבישיר”
  • Yue Chinese: “打比郡”

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