Derby
Derby is a city in Derbyshire, England. Purportedly the UK's most 'central' city and promoted as a base for exploring the Peak District, this city of 260,000 people also boasts modern shopping facilities and a number of visitor attractions in and around the surrounding area.Places of Interest
Highlights include Derby Museum and Art Gallery and Pride Park Stadium.
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
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Derby Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Derby, England. It was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass.
Pride Park Stadium
Stadium
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Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Derby, England, which is the home ground of English Football League club Derby County. With a capacity of 33,597, it is the 16th-largest football ground in England.
Derby Silk Mill
Museum
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Derby Silk Mill, formerly known as Derby Industrial Museum, is a museum of industry and history in Derby, England. The museum is located on the former site of Lombe's Mill, a historic silk mill which marks the southern end of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Littleover and Alvaston.
Littleover
Suburb
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Littleover is a village and suburb in the city of Derby, in Derbyshire, England, between Rose Hill, Normanton, Sunny Hill and Mickleover, about 3 miles southwest of Derby city centre.
Alvaston
Suburb
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Alvaston is a village and ward of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England. Alvaston is on the A6 three miles south-east of Derby city centre and probably owes its name to an individual called Ælfwald. Alvaston is situated 2½ miles southeast of Derby.
Derby
Latitude
52.9207° or 52° 55′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.4722° or 1° 28′ 20″ westPopulation
274,000Elevation
190 feet (58 metres)Abbreviation
“DER”Open location code
9C4WWGCH+74GeoNames ID
3333142
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Derby” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ደርቢ”
- Arabic: “دربي”
- Armenian: “Դերբի”
- Azerbaijani: “Derbi”
- Belarusian: “Горад Дэрбі”
- Bengali: “ডার্বি”
- Bulgarian: “Дарби”
- Central Kurdish: “دێربی، ئینگلتەرا”
- Chinese: “德比”
- Greek: “Ντέρμπι”
- Hakka Chinese: “Derby-sṳ”
- Hebrew: “דרבי”
- Hindi: “डर्बी”
- Japanese: “ダービー”
- Korean: “더비”
- Latin: “Derbia”
- Latvian: “Dārbi”
- Lithuanian: “Derbis”
- Marathi: “डर्बी”
- Mazanderani: “داربی، انگلستان”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Derby i Derbyshire”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dēoraby”
- Panjabi: “ਡਰਬੀ”
- Persian: “داربی، انگلستان”
- Russian: “Дерби”
- Serbian: “Дарби”
- Thai: “ดาร์บี”
- Uighur: “Dérbi”
- Ukrainian: “Дербі”
- Urdu: “ڈربی”
- Western Panjabi: “ڈربی”
- Yiddish: “דארבי”
- Yue Chinese: “打比”
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