Alderwasley

Alderwasley is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 469.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ambergate railway station and Whatstandwell railway station.

Ambergate railway station

Railway station

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Ambergate railway station serves the village of Ambergate in Derbyshire, England. It is located on the Derwent Valley Line, which connects Derby and Matlock; it diverges from the Midland Main Line just south of the station at Ambergate Junction.

Whatstandwell railway station

Railway station

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Whatstandwell railway station serves the villages of Whatstandwell and Crich Carr in Derbyshire, England. It is a stop on the Derwent Valley line, which runs between Derby and Matlock.

National Tramway Museum

Museum

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The National Tramway Museum is a transport museum located in the village and civil parish of Crich, in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. National Tramway Museum is situated 2 miles northeast of Alderwasley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wirksworth and Belper.

Wirksworth

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Wirksworth is a historical market town 4 miles south of Matlock with a population of around 5,200 in Derbyshire, England.

Belper

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Belper is a town in the Amber Valley of Derbyshire, 7 miles north of Derby, with a population in 2011 of 21,823. It's been industrial since medieval times, thanks to nearby deposits of ironstone, made into nails and other ironware.