Morley
Morley is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire, England. It is on the eastern side of Morley Moor, with Morley Smithy to the north.Photo: Graham Burnett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 244 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Erewash district, Derbyshire, England
- Also known as: “Morley, Derbyshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and The Church On Oakwood.
The Church On Oakwood
Church
Photo: G105b, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church On Oakwood is situated 1½ miles southwest of Morley.
Horston Castle
Ruins
Photo: Cirrus9, Public domain.
Horston Castle is about 1 mile to the south of the village of Horsley, some 5 miles north of the English city of Derby. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument but, as of 2018, is on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register as poor condition. Horston Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Morley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanley and Stanley Common.
Stanley
Village
Photo: Jerry Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanley is a village located roughly halfway between Derby and Ilkeston in Derbyshire, England. The village is part of the Stanley and Stanley Common Local Government Parish, Stanley Common being a separate village a little to the North.
Stanley Common
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanley Common is a village in the south-east of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It is situated on the A609 main road between Ilkeston and Derby and is in the Erewash borough, although in the new UK parliamentary constituency of Mid Derbyshire.
Oakwood
Suburb
Photo: mike smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oakwood is a modern housing estate in Derby, Derbyshire, England that was built mainly in the 1980s and 1990s. At the time of construction, it was one of the largest new housing estates in Europe. Oakwood is situated 1½ miles southwest of Morley.
Morley
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Smalley, Amber Valley District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.96345° or 52° 57′ 48″ northLongitude
-1.41269° or 1° 24′ 46″ westPopulation
244Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
9C4WXH7P+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 29627525OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6619991Wikidata ID
Q2649738
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Turkish—“Morley” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Morley”
- Cebuano: “Morley”
- Chinese: “Morley”
- Dutch: “Morley”
- French: “Morley”
- German: “Morley”
- Irish: “Morley”
- Japanese: “モーリー (ダービーシャー)”
- Japanese: “モーリィ”
- Ladin: “Morley”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Morley”
- Polish: “Morley”
- Swedish: “Morley, Derbyshire”
- Swedish: “Morley”
- Turkish: “Morley, Derbyshire”
- Turkish: “Morley”
- “Morley”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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