Ballidon
Ballidon is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, on the edge of the Peak District National Park.
Ballidon is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 79. The population at the 2011 Census remained less than 100. Details are maintained in the civil Parish of Aldwark, Derbyshire.
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Worth seeing in and around Ballidon
9 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.
- 01Minninglow
Minninglow is a hill in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, located within the White Peak area at grid reference SK209573. Within the clump of trees crowning the hill are a Neolithic chambered tomb and two Bronze Age bowl barrows.
2.8 km · archaeological site in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Tissington Hall
Tissington Hall is an early 17th-century Jacobean mansion house in Tissington, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.7 km · Grade II* listed house in Tissington, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03All Saints Church, Ballidon
All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church located to the south of the village of Ballidon, Derbyshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.
100 m · grade II listed church in Ballidon, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Parwich Hall
Parwich Hall is a privately owned 18th-century mansion house at Parwich, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire Dales. It is a Grade II* listed building.
1.8 km · mansion house in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Harboro' Rocks
Harboro' Rocks is a dolomitic limestone hill near the village of Brassington in the Derbyshire Peak District. The summit is 379 metres above sea level with views across to Carsington Water.
3.9 km · hill in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Mary's Church, Tissington
St Mary’s Church, Tissington is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Tissington, Derbyshire.
3.6 km · church in Tissington, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Peter
St Peter’s Church, Parwich is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Parwich, Derbyshire.
1.6 km · church in Parwich, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08All Saints' Church, Bradbourne
All Saints' Church, Bradbourne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Bradbourne, Derbyshire.
1.9 km · church in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Bradbourne Hall
Bradbourne Hall is a country house near All Saint's Church, within the civil parish of Bradbourne, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It is a privately owned Grade II* listed building, and is not open to the public.
1.9 km · country house in Bradbourne, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ballidon
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 38 km · Manchester (MAN), 48 km · Birmingham (BHX), 71 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Ballidon56 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £7–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Ballidon69 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · £9–12
- Liverpool → Ballidon92 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ballidon
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 Ballidon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Ballidon
Ballidon is 36 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Parwichvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England1.5 km
- Brassingtonvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.8 km
- Bradbournevillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2 km
- Aldwarkvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.7 km
- Tissington and Lea Hallcivil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.5 km
- Longcliffehamlet in Derbyshire, England, UK2.5 km