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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Victuallers, Public domain.
- 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″ northLongitude
-1.55997° or 1° 33′ 36″ westPopulation
835Elevation
358 feet (109 metres)Open location code
9C4WRC4R+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 276216178OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12262988Wikidata ID
Q4961982
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