Derbyshire
Derbyshire Dales District
Matlock Town

Riber Castle

Riber Castle is a 19th-century Grade II listed country house in the hamlet of on a hill overlooking , . It is built of gritstone from a local quarry which was pulled up the 200-metre hill by a series of pulleys.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: building in Derbyshire, England, UK
  • Address: Riber Road, Matlock, DE4 5QS

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Matlock Bath railway station and St Giles’ Church, Matlock.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
serves the village of in , England. It is a stop on the Derwent Valley Line, which connects with . is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Riber Castle.

Church
St Giles' Church, Matlock is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in . is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Riber Castle.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riber and Matlock.

Hamlet
Photo: Tony Bacon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of Matlock Town, in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of , England. It is situated high on a hill overlooking the town and also , near to the residential Starkholmes area.

Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , on the edge of the National Park, about 20 miles north of .

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. It lies in the Derbyshire Dales, south of on the main A6 road, and approximately halfway between and .

Riber Castle

Latitude
53.12784° or 53° 7′ 40″ north
Longitude
-1.5431° or 1° 32′ 35″ west
Open location code
9C5W4FH4+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 228532001
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q7322322
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Spanish—“Riber Castle” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Starkholmes Village Hall and St Giles Church of England Primary School.

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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 “Riber Castle”. Photo: AxG, Public domain.