Gas Governor

Gas Governor is an industrial building in Ripley, Amber Valley District, England. Gas Governor is situated near the village Heage, as well as near Ambergate.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Heage Windmill and Derwent Valley Mills.

Heage Windmill

Photo: Tina Cordon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Heage Windmill, in Heage, Derbyshire, is a restored windmill, built in the 1790s. After standing unused since 1919, it was restored to working order in 2002. The mill is a Grade II* listed building;… Heage Windmill is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Gas Governor.

Derwent Valley Mills

Heritage site

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Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001. It is administered by the Derwent Valley Mills Partnership. Derwent Valley Mills is situated 2 miles southwest of Gas Governor.

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. Ambergate railway station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Gas Governor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heage and Ambergate.

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

Village

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Street Lane

Village

Street Lane is a village in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It is in close proximity to the nearby town of Ripley. Street Lane is a linear hamlet, dominated by the eponymous road, which roughly descends from the north near Upper Hartshay to the south at Denby. Street Lane is situated 1½ miles southeast of Gas Governor.

Gas Governor

Type: Industrial building
Categories: building and industry
Location: Ripley, Amber Valley District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.05049° or 53° 3′ 2″ north

Longitude

-1.44887° or 1° 26′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C5W3H22+5F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1051744992

OpenStreetMap feature

building=industrial

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Highlights: St Luke’s Church, Heage and Heage Village Hall.

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