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Ambergate

Ambergate is a village in Derbyshire, England, situated where the River Amber joins the River Derwent.

Ambergate
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The place

Ambergate is a village in Derbyshire, England, situated where the River Amber joins the River Derwent. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Matlock.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ambergate

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.

  1. 01
    National Tramway Museum

    The National Tramway Museum is a transport museum located in the village and civil parish of Crich, in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The museum's collection of trams is officially designated as being of national importance and encompasses the 1860s to the present day.

    3.4 km · United Kingdom national museum of tramways · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Cromford Canal

    The Cromford Canal ran 14+1⁄2 miles from Cromford to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire, England with a branch to Pinxton. Built by William Jessop with the assistance of Benjamin Outram, its alignment included four tunnels and 14 locks.

    600 m · canal in Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Mary

    St Mary's Church, Crich is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Crich, Derbyshire.

    3.2 km · church in Crich, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Parish Church of St Peter

    St Peter's Church, Belper is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Belper, Derbyshire.

    3.7 km · church building in Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    All Saints' Church, Alderwasley

    All Saints’ Church, Alderwasley, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Alderwasley, Derbyshire.

    2.9 km · church building in Alderwasley, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Congregational Church

    Belper Congregational Church is a Grade-II listed former congregational chapel located on Green Lane in Belper, Derbyshire.

    3.7 km · church building in Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Christ Church

    Christ Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Belper, Derbyshire.

    3.5 km · church building in Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Crich Stand

    Crich Stand is a memorial tower, originally erected in 1923 to the memory of the 11,409 members of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment who died in the First World War. Further dedications extend this to members of the regiment who perished during the Second World War and up until 1970, and to those who died serving in the successor regiments; the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment from 1970 to 2007 and the Mercian Regiment since 2007.

    4 km · Memorial tower in Crich, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Great British Car Journey

    The Great British Car Journey is a car museum in Ambergate, Derbyshire, England. It opened on 22 May 2021.

    1.1 km · automotive museum in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Belper River Gardens

    The River Gardens is a public park in Belper, in Derbyshire, England. Its history dates back to 1905, and it is listed Grade II* in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens.

    3.2 km · park in Belper, Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Ambergate

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 27 km · Manchester (MAN), 62 km · Birmingham (BHX), 70 km
Stations
Belper railway station, 3.8 km · Ambergate railway station, 300 m · Whatstandwell railway station, 3.1 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Ambergate
    48 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £6–8
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Ambergate
    70 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £8–11
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Ambergate
    82 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £10–13
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ambergate

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 Ambergate. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inRailway stations at for the town or (1.5 miles S) for the scenic Derwent gorge area, the Heights of Abraham attraction, caves and cable car service.

From Wikivoyage: Matlock, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    264 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    302 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    367 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    402 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    428 km

If you know how people move in Ambergate – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Ambergate

Ambergate is 25 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Belpertown and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England3.4 km
  • Crichvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK2.8 km
  • Alderwasleyvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England3.4 km
  • Whatstandwellvillage in Derbyshire, United Kingdom2.6 km
  • Heagevillage in Derbyshire, England, UK2.5 km
  • Fritchleyvillage in Derbyshire, England, UK1.7 km