Alvaston
Alvaston is a village and ward of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England.

Alvaston is a village and ward of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England. Alvaston is on the A6 three miles south-east of Derby city centre and probably owes its name to an individual called Ælfwald.
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Worth seeing in and around Alvaston
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Pride Park Stadium
Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Derby, England, which is the home ground of English Football League club Derby County. With a capacity of 33,597, it is the 16th-largest football ground in England.
2.5 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Elvaston Castle
Elvaston Castle is a stately home in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England. The Gothic Revival castle and surrounding parkland is run and owned by Derbyshire County Council as a country park known as Elvaston Castle Country Park.
1.9 km · country house in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Midland Railway War Memorial
The Midland Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial in Derby in the East Midlands of England. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled in 1921.
3.4 km · war memorial in Derby, England · Wikipedia - 04Derby Canal
The Derby Canal ran 14 miles from the Trent and Mersey Canal at Swarkestone to Derby and Little Eaton, and to the Erewash Canal at Sandiacre, in Derbyshire, England. The canal was authorised by an act of Parliament, the Derby Canal Act 1793 (33 Geo.
1.7 km · Defunct canal in Derbyshire · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Bartholomew, Elvaston
St Bartholomew's Church, Elvaston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Elvaston, Derbyshire.
1.9 km · church in Elvaston, South Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Stephen's Church, Borrowash
St Stephen's Church, Borrowash is a parish church in the Church of England in Borrowash, Derbyshire.
2.9 km · church in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 07St. Werburgh's Church, Spondon
St. Werburgh's Church, Spondon, is a parish church in the Inclusive Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England located in Spondon, Derbyshire.
2.6 km · grade II listed church in Derby, Derbyshire, England,UK · Wikipedia - 08St Mary's Church, Chaddesden
St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Chaddesden, a suburb of Derby, England. One of the oldest churches in the city, it is a Grade I listed building dating back to the mid-14th century.
3.5 km · Grade I listed church in Derby, Derbyshire, England,UK · Wikipedia - 09St Mark's Church, Derby
St Mark's Church, Derby is a parish church in the Church of England in Chaddesden, Derbyshire.
3.9 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Holy Trinity Church, Derby
Holy Trinity Church, Derby is a Locally listed former Church of England parish church on London Road in Derby.
3.8 km · church in Derby, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Alvaston
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 10 km · Birmingham (BHX), 54 km · Manchester (MAN), 76 km
- Stations
- Derby railway station, 3.4 km · Spondon railway station, 1.8 km · Peartree railway station, 3.3 km · Ramsline Halt railway station, 2.9 km · Sinfin Central railway station, 3.3 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Alvaston56 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Alvaston84 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £12–16
- Liverpool → Alvaston118 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £14–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Alvaston
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Alvaston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe airport mainly supports low-cost airlines such as Jet2.com, Ryanair and tour operators like Thomson Airways which serve a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations.
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Next door to Alvaston
Alvaston is 19 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Elvastonvillage and civil parish in South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England2.5 km
- Borrowashvillage in Derbyshire, England, UK3.3 km
- Spondonsuburb of Derby, United Kingdom2.9 km
- Ockbrook and Borrowashcivil parish in South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England3.9 km
- Allentonsuburb of the city of Derby, England2.1 km
- Chellastonvillage in Derbyshire, United Kingdom3.5 km