Wirksworth railway station
Wirksworth railway station is a stop on the heritage Ecclesbourne Valley Railway that serves the town of Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England. It was the former terminus of the Midland Railway's Wirksworth branch line, leaving the Midland Main Line at Duffield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Neil Ferguson-Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wirksworth Railway Station” and “Wirksworth Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wirksworth Town Hall and St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth.
Wirksworth Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wirksworth Town Hall is a municipal building in Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Wirksworth Urban District Council, now accommodates the local public library. Wirksworth Town Hall is situated 950 feet west of Wirksworth railway station.
St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth
Church
Photo: Smb1001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mary the Virgin is a parish church in the Church of England in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building. The existing building dates mostly from the 13th–15th centuries, but notable survivals from the Anglo-Saxon period indicate a church has stood on this site since at least the 8th century AD. St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth is situated 820 feet west of Wirksworth railway station.
Royal Oak Inn
Pub
Photo: Graham Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Oak Inn is a pub, which is situated 560 feet west of Wirksworth railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Breamfield and Bolehill.
Breamfield
Hamlet
Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Breamfield is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wirksworth, in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located 1 mile south-east of Wirksworth.
Bolehill
Locality
Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolehill is an area of Wirksworth, in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located in the north of the town and has connections to the lead mining.
Godfreyhole
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Godfreyhole is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wirksworth, in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located at the junction of the B5035 and West End roads, 2 miles west of Wirksworth.
Wirksworth railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.08276° or 53° 4′ 58″ northLongitude
-1.5688° or 1° 34′ 8″ westElevation
492 feet (150 metres)Open location code
9C5W3CMJ+4FOpenStreetMap ID
node 251735751OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
6955489Wikidata ID
Q8026960
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Wirksworth railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Wirksworth”
- French: “Wirksworth”
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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 “Wirksworth railway station”. Photo: Neil Ferguson-Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0.