Derbyshire
Amber Valley District
Duffield

Duffield Castle

Duffield Castle was a Norman Castle in , . 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.
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: Norman Castle in Duffield, Derbyshire
  • Also known as: “Duffield Castle, Derbyshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Duffield railway station and St Alkmund’s Church, Duffield.

Railway station
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of in , . The station is located on the Midland Main Line, between and , 133 miles 8 chains north of .

Church
Photo: eamoncurry, CC BY 2.0.
Saint Alkmund's Church is a in the Church of England in , .

Heritage site
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is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001. It is administered by the Partnership.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belper and Duffield.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the Amber Valley of , 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.

Village
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is a village in the Amber Valley district of , 5 miles north of . It is centred on the western bank of the River Derwent at the mouth of the River Ecclesbourne.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the , , . The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,430. The name originated from Anglo Saxon times and means the "little town by the water".

Duffield Castle

Latitude
52.9927° or 52° 59′ 34″ north
Longitude
-1.49° or 1° 29′ 24″ west
Operator
National Trust
Open location code
9C4WXGV5+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 232490930
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Wiki­data ID
Q2073299
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Swedish—“Duffield Castle” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Замак Дафілд”
  • Czech: “Duffield Castle”
  • Dutch: “Duffield Castle”
  • Finnish: “Duffieldin linna”
  • French: “château de Duffield”
  • French: “Château de Duffield”
  • German: “Duffield Castle”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Duffield”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Duffield”
  • Italian: “castello di Duffield”
  • Italian: “Castello di Duffield”
  • Japanese: “ダフィールド城”
  • Javanese: “Kastil Duffield”
  • Russian: “Замок Даффилд”
  • Slovak: “Duffield Castle”
  • Swedish: “Duffield Castle”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include William Gilbert Endowed Church of England Primary School and Duffield Cemetery.

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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 “Duffield Castle”. Photo: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0.