Oad Wood
Oad Wood is a forest in Quarndon, Amber Valley District, England. Oad Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Kedleston, as well as near the village Quarndon.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kedleston Hall and Duffield Castle.
Kedleston Hall
Kedleston Hall is a large English country house with a Palladian exterior and Neo-classical interiors, now owned by the National Trust, built in the 1760s as the seat of the Curzon family, near Kedleston in Derbyshire, England, approximately 4 miles north-west of Derby.Duffield Castle
Nature reserve
Duffield Castle was a Norman castle in Duffield, Derbyshire. The site is a scheduled monument. It was on a rocky promontory facing the river, easily defended, though it is debatable whether it was inhabited in prehistoric times.
All Saints Church, Kedleston
Church
All Saints' Church, Kedleston, is a redundant Anglican Church located 4 miles north-west of Derby in Derbyshire, England. It is all that remains of the medieval village of Kedleston, which was demolished in 1759 by Nathaniel Curzon to make way for the adjacent Kedleston Hall, a country house in Derbyshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belper and Derby.
Belper
Belper 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.Derby
Derby is a city in Derbyshire, England. Purportedly the UK's most 'central' city and promoted as a base for exploring the Peak District, this city of 260,000 people also boasts modern shopping facilities and a number of visitor attractions in and around the surrounding area.Allestree
Suburb
Allestree is a suburb and ward of the city of Derby, a unitary authority area, in Derbyshire, England. It is the northernmost ward and is on the A6 road, about 2 miles north of Derby city centre.
Oad Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Quarndon, Amber Valley District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.9742° or 52° 58′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.5309° or 1° 31′ 51″ west
Open location code
9C4WXFF9+MM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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