Wessington
Wessington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 576. It is in the North East Derbyshire district of the county.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Tramway Museum and Ogston Reservoir.
National Tramway Museum
Museum
Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Tramway Museum is a transport museum located at Crich, in the Peak District of the English county of Derbyshire. The museum's collection of trams is officially designated as being of national importance and encompasses the 1860s to the present day. National Tramway Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Wessington.
Ogston Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Nikki Mahadevan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ogston Reservoir is a reservoir operated by Severn Trent Water in Derbyshire. It is near the villages of Brackenfield and Ashover and the town of Clay Cross.
Wingfield Manor
Ruins
Photo: Sam Styles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wingfield Manor is a Grade I listed ruined manor house left deserted since the 1770s, near the village of South Wingfield and some four miles west of the town of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alfreton and Shirland.
Alfreton
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alfreton is a town and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The town was formerly a Norman Manor and later an Urban District.
Shirland
Village
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Shirland is a former pit village in Derbyshire, England. Together with the neighbouring villages of Higham, Stretton and Stonebroom, it forms part of the civil parish of Shirland and Higham, which had a population of 4,802 at the 2011 Census.
South Wingfield
Village
Wessington
- Type: Locality
- Location: North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.1121° or 53° 6′ 44″ northLongitude
-1.4459° or 1° 26′ 45″ westElevation
502 feet (153 metres)Open location code
9C5W4H63+RMGeoNames ID
7298171
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