Ambergate
Ambergate is a village in Derbyshire, England, situated where the River Amber joins the River Derwent. It is about 6 miles south of Matlock. The village forms part of the Heage and Ambergate ward of Ripley Town Council with a population of 5,013 at the 2011 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 5,010 residents
- Description: village in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ambergate, Derbyshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ambergate railway station and Toadmoor Tunnel.
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.
Toadmoor Tunnel
Tunnel
Photo: Chevin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Toadmoor Tunnel was built at Ambergate in Derbyshire, England, as part of the North Midland Railway, which opened in 1840. 128 yards long, it was cut through an unstable hillside on a notoriously difficult line of route.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fritchley and Whatstandwell.
Fritchley
Village
Photo: Anthony Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fritchley is a small village in Derbyshire, England, situated to the south of Crich and north of Ambergate. It falls under the civil parish of Crich. To the east of the village is the ruin of a windmill.
Whatstandwell
Village
Photo: Chevin, Public domain.
Whatstandwell is a village on the River Derwent in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It is about five miles south of Matlock and about four miles north of Belper. Whatstandwell railway station is on the Derby–Matlock Derwent Valley Line, and the A6 trunk road crosses the River Derwent in the village.
Heage
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Heage is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ripley, in the Amber Valley district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is situated midway between Belper and Ripley.
Ambergate
- Category: locality
- Location: Ripley, Amber Valley District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.06071° or 53° 3′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.4806° or 1° 28′ 50″ westPopulation
5,010Elevation
233 feet (71 metres)Open location code
9C5W3G69+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 251406644OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263029Wikidata ID
Q3303858
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