Carr Wood

Carr Wood is a forest in Ripley, Amber Valley District, England. Carr Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Butterley, as well as near the village Pentrich.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Codnor Castle and Ripley Town Hall.

Codnor Castle

Castle

Photo: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Codnor Castle is a ruined 13th-century castle in Derbyshire, England. The land around Codnor came under the jurisdiction of William Peverel after the Norman Conquest.

Ripley Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ripley Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Ripley, Derbyshire, England. The town hall is the headquarters of Amber Valley Borough Council.

Butterley Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.

Butterley Reservoir is a reservoir in Derbyshire, England. The reservoir was built to provide water for the Cromford Canal which opened for use in 1794.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alfreton and Belper.

Alfreton

Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alfreton is a town and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The town was formerly a Norman Manor and later an Urban District.

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.

Heanor

Town

Photo: Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Heanor is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It lies 8 miles north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administered area of Heanor and Loscoe, which had a population of 17,251 in the 2011 census.

Carr Wood

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

53.0556° or 53° 3′ 20″ north

Longitude

-1.4011° or 1° 24′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C5W3H4X+7H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 572852867

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Highlights include St Joseph’s Ripley Parish Community Hall and Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church.

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