Alport Height
Alport Height is a hill near Wirksworth in Derbyshire. It is a popular picnic site, since it has extensive views to the South, and is the first hill over 1,000 ft within easy reach of the Derby area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: hill in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Alport Heights”
Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints’ Church, Alderwasley and Wirksworth Town Hall.
All Saints’ Church, Alderwasley
Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints’ Church, Alderwasley, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Alderwasley, Derbyshire. All Saints’ Church, Alderwasley is situated 1½ miles northeast of Alport Height.
Wirksworth Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wirksworth Town Hall is a municipal building in Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Wirksworth Urban District Council, now accommodates the local public library. Wirksworth Town Hall is situated 2 miles northwest of Alport Height.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashleyhay and Breamfield.
Ashleyhay
Locality
Photo: Mike Fowkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashleyhay is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England, about five miles north-west of Belper. It is also situated one and three-quarters of a mile south of Wirksworth and eleven miles north of Derby city centre.
Breamfield
Hamlet
Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Breamfield is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wirksworth, in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located 1 mile south-east of Wirksworth.
Shottle
Village
Photo: Nikki Mahadevan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shottle is a village approximately 3 miles south of the market town of Wirksworth in Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 266.
Alport Height
- Categories: hill and tourism
- Location: Ashleyhay, Amber Valley District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.06084° or 53° 3′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.54665° or 1° 32′ 48″ westElevation
1,033 feet (315 metres)Operator
National TrustOpen location code
9C5W3F63+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 245941740OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
12612111Wikidata ID
Q4735636
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Alport Height” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Alport Height”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alport Height”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alport”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alport Height”. Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.