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Derbyshire is a county in the Midlands part of the . Derbyshire has many attractions, including Peak District scenery such as Mam Tor and Kinder Scout, and more urban attractions such as Bakewell, Buxton and Derby.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Derby and Chesterfield.

is a city in Derbyshire, . Purportedly the UK's most 'central' city and promoted as a base for exploring the , this city of 260,000 people also boasts modern shopping facilities and a number of visitor attractions in and around the surrounding area.

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is a market town in Derbyshire in the English Midlands, with a population of 76,402 in 2021. It's best known for it's "leaning spire", the twisted spire of St Mary's Church, but its chief attraction a few miles southeast is Hardwick Hall.

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is an ancient spa town in the , . It is in the county of Derbyshire which is classified as part of the East Midlands but it is probably more associated with the of .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Matlock and Glossop.

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

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is a town of 33,000 people on the edge of the . It lies in the county of Derbyshire, which is part of the .

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is a small market town of about 12,000 people in Derbyshire. The district of contains fourteen small towns.

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is a town in the Amber Valley of Derbyshire, 7 miles north of Derby, with a population in 2011 of 21,823. It's been industrial since medieval times, thanks to nearby deposits of ironstone, made into nails and other ironware.

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is a market town and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It is northeast of , northwest of , southwest of and northeast of .

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is a picturesque historical market town in the heart of the , Derbyshire famed for its Puddings and Tarts.

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is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales district in Derbyshire, England, 14 miles west of . Its population was measured at 8,377 in the 2011 census and was estimated to have grown to 9,163 by 2019.

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is a town and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The town was formerly a Norman Manor and later an Urban District.

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is in Derbyshire. It's unlikely to feature on many itineraries in its own right, but it's worth stopping off for an hour or two if travelling between and the .

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is a small town in Derbyshire, surrounded by the National Park, at the head of the Peak Forest Canal.

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is a village in the Derbyshire Dales that lies within the National Park. has many Plague-related places of interest. It is pronounced "Eem".

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is a market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. It was home to Thomas Cook, founder of the eponymous travel agency, and has a street named after him.

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is a local government district with borough status in Derbyshire, England. The borough is named after the River . The council has offices in both the borough's towns of and .

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is a small town in the National Park in Derbyshire. Its two main claims to fame are the 12th-century Peveril Castle and a series of four show caves, where minerals including Blue John, unique to this area, have been mined.

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is a historical market town 4 miles south of Matlock with a population of around 5,200 in Derbyshire, .

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is a village of approximately 1400 inhabitants in Derbyshire, in the wooded valley of the river Derwent, 17 miles north of .

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is in the of Derbyshire. is a tourist destination because of the scenery of the Hope and Derwent valleys, its literary connections, and easy access by train or road from Sheffield and Manchester.

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is a village and civil parish in the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire. It is an attractive stone-built village on the River Sett. Hill-walking, fell-running and mountain-biking are probably the most popular activities for visitors.

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is in Derbyshire. is the name of the valley of the River Noe and the name used by most people for Grindsbrook Booth, the settlement where the only train station in the valley is located.

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is a village in Derbyshire, England about 6 miles southeast of and 11 miles southwest of . Part of the civil parish of , and the district of South Derbyshire, it is also very close to the border with , defined by the route of the which passes close to the south.

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is a small and isolated village in the upland valley of Longdendale in Derbyshire. Crowden's main interest to travellers is as the traditional first-night stop on the northbound .

Derbyshire

Latitude of center
53.1354° or 53° 8′ 8″ north
Longitude of center
-1.6113° or 1° 36′ 41″ west
Population
1,040,000
Elevation
1,024 feet (312 metres)
Geo­Names ID
11609031
Wiki­data ID
Q23098
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Derbyshire” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Derbyshire”
  • Arabic: “ديربيشاير”
  • Aragonese: “Derbyshire”
  • Armenian: “Դերբիշիր”
  • Asturian: “Derbyshire”
  • Azerbaijani: “Derbişir”
  • Balinese: “Derbyshire”
  • Basque: “Derbyshire”
  • Belarusian: “графства Дэрбішыр”
  • Belarusian: “Дэрбішыр (графства)”
  • Belarusian: “Дэрбішыр”
  • Bengali: “ডার্বিশায়ার”
  • Breton: “Derbyshire”
  • Bulgarian: “Дарбишър”
  • Burmese: “ဒါဘီရှိုင်းယား”
  • Catalan: “Derbyshire”
  • Cebuano: “Derbyshire”
  • Chinese: “Derbyshire”
  • Chinese: “德比郡”
  • Chinese: “打比郡”
  • Cornish: “Derbyshire”
  • Czech: “Derbyshire”
  • Danish: “Derbyshire”
  • Dutch: “Derbyshire”
  • Esperanto: “Derbyshire”
  • Estonian: “Derbyshire”
  • Finnish: “Derbyshire”
  • French: “Derbyshire”
  • Galician: “Derbyshire”
  • German: “Derbyshire”
  • Greek: “Ντέρμπισιρ”
  • Gujarati: “ડર્બિશાયર”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Derbyshire”
  • Hebrew: “דרבישייר”
  • Hindi: “डर्बीशायर”
  • Hungarian: “Derbyshire”
  • Icelandic: “Derbyshire”
  • Ido: “Derbyshire”
  • Indonesian: “Derbyshire”
  • Interlingua: “Derbyshire”
  • Irish: “Derbyshire”
  • Italian: “Derbyshire”
  • Japanese: “ダービーシャー”
  • Japanese: “ダービーシャー州”
  • Kannada: “ಡರ್ಬಿಶೈರ್”
  • Korean: “더비셔주”
  • Kurdish: “Derbyshire”
  • Ladin: “Derbyshire”
  • Latin: “Derbiensis comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Dārbišīra”
  • Lithuanian: “Derbišyras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Derbyshire”
  • Macedonian: “Дарбишир”
  • Macedonian: “Дербишир”
  • Manx: “Derbyshire”
  • Marathi: “डर्बीशायर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Derbyshire”
  • Mirandese: “Derbyshire”
  • Northern Frisian: “Derbyshire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Derbyshire”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Derbyshire”
  • Norwegian: “Derbyshire”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Derbyshire”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dēorabyscīr”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dēorabysċīr”
  • Ossetian: “Дербишир”
  • Persian: “داربی‌شر”
  • Persian: “دربی‌شر”
  • Polish: “Derbyshire”
  • Portuguese: “Derbyshire”
  • Romanian: “Derbyshire”
  • Russian: “Дербишир”
  • Scots: “Derbyshire”
  • Serbian: “Дарбишир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Derbyshire”
  • Slovak: “Derbyshire”
  • Slovenian: “Derbyshire”
  • Spanish: “Derbyshire”
  • Swedish: “Derbyshire”
  • Tajik: “Дербишир”
  • Tamil: “தேர்ப்யஷிர்”
  • Telugu: “డర్బిషైర్”
  • Thai: “ดาร์บิเชอร์”
  • Turkish: “Derbyshire Kontluğu”
  • Turkish: “Derbyshire”
  • Ukrainian: “Дербішир”
  • Urdu: “ڈربی شائر”
  • Urdu: “ڈربیشائر”
  • Uzbek: “Derbyshire”
  • Venetian: “contea de Derby”
  • Vietnamese: “Derbyshire”
  • Volapük: “Derbyshire”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Derbyshire”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Derby”
  • Western Frisian: “Derbyshire”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈربیشائر”
  • Wu Chinese: “德比郡”
  • Yiddish: “דארבישיר”
  • Yue Chinese: “打比郡”

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