Wattispiece Plantation

Wattispiece Plantation is a forest in Belper, Amber Valley District, England. Wattispiece Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Farnah Green, as well as near the village Blackbrook.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Derwent Valley Mills and Belper railway station.

Derwent Valley Mills

Heritage site

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Belper railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chevin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Belper railway station serves the town of Belper in Derbyshire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line from London St Pancras to Leeds via Derby, approximately 8 miles north of Derby.

Duffield Castle

Nature reserve

Photo: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duffield and Ambergate.

Duffield

Village

Photo: eamoncurry, CC BY 2.0.

Duffield is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, 5 miles north of Derby. It is centred on the western bank of the River Derwent at the mouth of the River Ecclesbourne.

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.

Holbrook

Village

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holbrook is a village in Derbyshire at the southern end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,538.

Wattispiece Plantation

Type: Forest
Location: Belper, Amber Valley District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.0208° or 53° 1′ 15″ north

Longitude

-1.5066° or 1° 30′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C5W2FCV+89

OpenStreetMap ID

way 39791125

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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