Bretby

Bretby is a village and civil parish in the south of Derbyshire, England, north of Swadlincote and east of Burton upon Trent, on the border between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

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Type: Village with 835 residents
Description: village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England
Also known as: “Bretby, Derbyshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Foremark Reservoir and Sharpe’s Pottery Museum.

Foremark Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Jerry Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Foremark Reservoir is a reservoir in South Derbyshire owned by Severn Trent which is also a 230-acre nature reserve open to the public for walking, fishing, bird watching and horse riding. Foremark Reservoir is situated 2 miles east of Bretby.

Sharpe’s Pottery Museum

Museum

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sharpe’s Pottery Museum is situated 2½ miles south of Bretby.

St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Newton Solney

Church

Photo: Gammock, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Newton Solney is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Newton Solney, Derbyshire. St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Newton Solney is situated 2 miles northwest of Bretby.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newhall and Newton Solney.

Newhall

Village

Photo: Paul Gilliver, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newhall is a village in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The village of Stanton and town of Swadlincote are nearby. Newhall is situated 1½ miles south of Bretby.

Newton Solney

Village

Photo: Gammock, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Newton Solney is a small village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England, located about two miles from the East Staffordshire border, near to Burton upon Trent. Newton Solney is situated 2 miles northwest of Bretby.

Winshill

Suburb

Photo: Mikejamestaylor, Public domain.

Winshill is a village to the east of the town of Burton upon Trent, in the borough of East Staffordshire, England. Flanked to the north and east by the South Derbyshire border, historically the parish of Winshill had always been part of Derbyshire until it was transferred to Staffordshire, in part in 1878, and wholly in 1894. Winshill is situated 2 miles west of Bretby.

Bretby

Categories: civil parish and locality
Location: Bretby, South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.80679° or 52° 48′ 24″ north

Longitude

-1.55997° or 1° 33′ 36″ west

Population

835

Elevation

358 feet (109 metres)

Open location code

9C4WRC4R+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 276216178

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

12262988

Wikidata ID

Q4961982

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Bretby” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Бретбй”
Cebuano: “Bretby”
Chinese: “Bretby”
Dutch: “Bretby”
French: “Bretby”
German: “Bretby”
Irish: “Bretby”
Italian: “Bretby”
Japanese: “ブレットビー”
Ladin: “Bretby”
Min Nan Chinese: “Bretby”
Persian: “برتبی”
Polish: “Bretby”
Slovenian: “Bretby”
Swedish: “Bretby”
Welsh: “Bretby”
“Bretby”

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