Wirksworth
Wirksworth is a historical market town 4 miles south of Matlock with a population of around 5,200 in Derbyshire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Stone Centre and Steeple Grange Light Railway.
National Stone Centre
Museum
Photo: Peter Barr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Stone Centre is a museum, an industrial heritage discovery centre and a Site of Special Scientific Interest at Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, England.
Steeple Grange Light Railway
Photo: Eamon Curry, CC BY 2.0.
The Steeple Grange Light Railway is a narrow-gauge heritage railway visitor attraction near Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England. Opened in 1985 on the trackbed of a disused branch line, it uses industrial locomotives and rolling stock from disused mines, quarries, and steelworks around the country.
Wirksworth Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wirksworth Town Hall is a municipal building in Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Wirksworth Urban District Council, now accommodates the local public library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cromford and Middleton-by-Wirksworth.
Cromford
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cromford is a village of approximately 1400 inhabitants in Derbyshire, in the wooded valley of the river Derwent, 17 miles north of Derby.
Middleton-by-Wirksworth
Village
Photo: Stephen Henley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middleton or Middleton-by-Wirksworth is an upland village and civil parish lying approximately one mile NNW of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. Middleton was, in 1086, a berewick of the town and manor of Wirksworth.
Callow
Hamlet
Photo: Eamon Curry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Callow is a village and a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales District, in the English county of Derbyshire. At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish was less than 100.
Wirksworth
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.0822° or 53° 4′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.5732° or 1° 34′ 24″ westPopulation
5,040Elevation
558 feet (170 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WIROpen location code
9C5W3CJG+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 29354360OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Wirksworth” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Wirksworth”
- Basque: “Wirksworth”
- Catalan: “Wirksworth”
- Cebuano: “Wirksworth”
- Chinese: “Wirksworth”
- Chinese: “威克斯沃思”
- Dutch: “Wirksworth”
- Esperanto: “Virksvorto”
- French: “Wirksworth”
- German: “Wirksworth”
- Hungarian: “Wirksworth”
- Irish: “Wirksworth”
- Italian: “Wirksworth”
- Japanese: “ワークズワース”
- Ladin: “Wirksworth”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wirksworth”
- Persian: “ویرکسوورث”
- Polish: “Wirksworth”
- Russian: “Уэрксуэрт”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویرکسوورث”
- Spanish: “Wirksworth”
- Swedish: “Wirksworth”
- Turkish: “Wirksworth”
- Volapük: “Wirksworth”
- Welsh: “Wirksworth”
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