Riber

Riber is a hamlet in the civil parish of Matlock Town, in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is situated high on a hill overlooking the town and also Matlock Bath, near to the residential Starkholmes area.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Riber Castle and Matlock Bath railway station.

Riber Castle

Castle

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Riber Castle is a 19th-century Grade II listed country house in the hamlet of Riber on a hill overlooking Matlock, Derbyshire. It is built of gritstone from a local quarry which was pulled up the 200-metre hill by a series of pulleys.

Matlock Bath railway station

Railway station

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Matlock Bath railway station serves the village of Matlock Bath in Derbyshire, England. It is a stop on the Derwent Valley Line, which connects Derby with Matlock.

St Giles’ Church, Matlock

Church

St Giles' Church, Matlock is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Matlock, Derbyshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matlock and Tansley.

Matlock

Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Matlock is a town in Derbyshire, on the edge of the Peak District National Park, about 20 miles north of Derby.

Tansley

Village

Photo: Andie Gilmour, Public domain.

Tansley is a village and civil parish on the southern edge of the Derbyshire Peak District, two miles east of Matlock.

Matlock Bath

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Matlock Bath is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. It lies in the Derbyshire Dales, south of Matlock on the main A6 road, and approximately halfway between Buxton and Derby.

Riber

Type: Hamlet with 56 residents
Description: hamlet in Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Category: locality
Location: Matlock Town, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.12831° or 53° 7′ 42″ north

Longitude

-1.54038° or 1° 32′ 25″ west

Population

Elevation

853 feet (260 metres)

Open location code

9C5W4FH5+8R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 247628482

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

11863040

Wikidata ID

Q7322321

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Riber” goes by many names.

Japanese: “リベル”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Starkholmes Village Hall and St Giles Church of England Primary School.

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