Borough of Amber Valley
Shown within Derbyshire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Derbyshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 170th 265.39 km²
Admin. HQ:	Ripley
ONS code:	17UB
Demographics
Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density	Ranked 166th 118,200 445 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.1% White
Politics
Amber Valley Borough Council http://www.ambervalley.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Judy Mallaber, Patrick McLoughlin

Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. It takes its name from the River Amber and covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns formerly based around coal mining and engineering. Image File history File links DerbyshireAmberValley. ... Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... The region (also known as government office region) is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity in England. ... The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the tradional region of the Midlands. ... Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Map sources for Ripley, Derbyshire at grid reference SK398505 Ripley is a small town in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire in England. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. ... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Judy Mallaber (born 10 July 1951) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Patrick Allen McLoughlin (born 30 November 1957, Staffordshire) is a British politician. ... Non-metropolitan districts (usually just called Districts) are local government sub-divisions of English Counties. ... A borough is a local government administrative subdivision used in the Canadian province of Quebec, in some states of the United States, and formerly in New Zealand. ... Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... The River Amber is a river in Derbyshire. ...

The village of Crich and the Amber Valley area were the setting for the ITV drama series Peak Practice. Crich is a village in Derbyshire. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... Peak Practice was a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. ...

Towns and places in the district include:

• Ripley
• Belper
• Alfreton
• Heanor
• Heage

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Alfreton, Belper, Heanor and Ripley and Belper Rural District. Map sources for Ripley, Derbyshire at grid reference SK398505 Ripley is a small town in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire in England. ... Map sources for Belper at grid reference SK351476 Belper is a town in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles Heanor is a town in the Amber Valley region of Derbyshire, England. ... The village of Heage in Derbyshire is situated midway between Belper and Ripley and is today famous for its recently restored six sailed windmill. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Map sources for Belper at grid reference SK351476 Belper is a town in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. ... Location within the British Isles Heanor is a town in the Amber Valley region of Derbyshire, England. ... Map sources for Ripley, Derbyshire at grid reference SK398505 Ripley is a small town in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire in England. ...

Parishes

• Aldercar and Langley Mill, Alderwasley, Alfreton
• Belper
• Codnor, Crich
• Denby, Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Duffield
• Hazelwood, Heanor and Loscoe, Holbrook, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse
• Idridgehay, Alton and Ashleyhay, Ironville
• Kedleston, Kilburn, Kirk Langley
• Mackworth, Mapperley
• Pentrich
• Quarndon
• Ravensdale Park, Riddings, Ripley
• Shipley, Shottle and Postern, Smalley, Somercotes, South Wingfield, Swanwick
• Turnditch and Windley
• Weston Underwood

Aldercar and Langley Mill is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. ... Alderwasley is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England, about six miles north of Belper. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Map sources for Belper at grid reference SK351476 Belper is a town in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. ... Codnor is a Derbyshire village in the Amber Valley district, and a former mining community, with a population of about 4,000. ... Crich is a village in Derbyshire. ... Denby Pottery Company Ltd is British manufacturer of pottery, and is named after the village of Denby in Derbyshire. ... Dethick, Lea and Holloway is a civil parish (and, since 1899, an ecclesiastical parish), in the Amber Valley district of the English county of Derbyshire. ... Duffield is a prosperous commuter village situated next to the River Derwent in Derbyshire at the lower end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby England. ... Heanor and Loscoe is a civil parish with a Town Council, in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. ... Ironville in Derbyshire built by the Butterley Company as a model village to house its workers, around 1830 It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park, near to Pye Hill and the bend in the Cromford Canal where its turns southward down the Erewash Valley and the junction with its... Kedleston is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire. ... Pentrich is a small village between Belper and Alfreton in Derbyshire. ... Quarndon is a linear village in the English county of Derbyshire. ... Map sources for Ripley, Derbyshire at grid reference SK398505 Ripley is a small town in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire in England. ... South Wingfield is a village in the Scarsdale Hundred of Derbyshire. ... Swanwick is a village in Derbyshire, England, near Alfreton. ...

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