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Barrow Hill, Derbyshire

Barrow Hill is a village in Derbyshire, England, north-east of Chesterfield in the civil parish of Staveley.

Barrow Hill, Derbyshire
Barrow Hill, Derbyshire · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Barrow Hill is a village in Derbyshire, England, north-east of Chesterfield in the civil parish of Staveley. It was formerly the site of Barrow Hill railway station, and now Barrow Hill Engine Shed.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Barrow Hill, Derbyshire

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
    Chesterfield

    Chesterfield is a market and industrial town in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is 24 miles north of Derby and 11 miles south of Sheffield at the confluence of the Rivers Rother and Hipper.

    5.4 km · market town and unparished area in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Proact Stadium

    SMH Group Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on the site of the former Dema Glassworks. It is the home of Chesterfield Football Club, replacing Saltergate as the club's stadium from the start of the 2010–11 season.

    4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield

    Chesterfield Parish Church is an Anglican church dedicated to Saint Mary and All Saints, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Building of the church began in 1234 AD, though the present church dates predominantly from the 14th century.

    5.3 km · church with crooked spire in Chesterfield · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Renishaw Hall

    Renishaw Hall is a country house in Renishaw in the parish of Eckington in Derbyshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has been the home of the Sitwell family for nearly 400 years.

    3.7 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in North East Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul

    St Peter and St Paul's Church, Eckington is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Eckington, Derbyshire.

    4.6 km · church in Eckington, North East Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Eckington Cemetery

    Eckington Cemetery is a cemetery in Eckington, Derbyshire, England. The cemetery serves Eckington itself, as well as nearby villages such as Renishaw, Ridgeway, Spinkhill, Troway and Marsh Lane, Derbyshire.

    5.2 km · cemetery in England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of the Immaculate Conception, Spinkhill

    Immaculate Conception Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Spinkhill, Derbyshire, England. It was built in 1846 and designed by Joseph Hansom.

    5 km · Catholic church in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield

    Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

    5.1 km · grade II listed church in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Chesterfield Canal

    The Chesterfield Canal is a narrow canal in the East Midlands of England and it is known locally as 'Cuckoo Dyke'. It was one of the last of the canals designed by James Brindley, who died while it was being constructed.

    4.8 km · Canal in the East Midlands of England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Tapton House

    Tapton House, in Tapton, Derbyshire, England, was once the home of engineer George Stephenson, who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives. Tapton has been a gentleman's residence, a ladies' boarding school and a co-educational school.

    4 km · country house in Derbyshire, England, UK · 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 Barrow Hill, Derbyshire

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 49 km · Manchester (MAN), 61 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 68 km
Stations
Chesterfield railway station, 4.9 km · Coal Aston Airfield, 4.9 km · Chesterfield coach station, 5.6 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Barrow Hill, Derbyshire
    39 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £4–6
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Barrow Hill, Derbyshire
    62 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £7–9
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Barrow Hill, Derbyshire
    59 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £7–9
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Barrow Hill, Derbyshire

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 Barrow Hill, Derbyshire. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextFor a day trip by public transport, the most accessible is along the Hope Valley railway line through Grindleford, Hathersage, Hope and Edale.

From Wikivoyage: Sheffield, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    288 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    323 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    353 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    388 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    415 km

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Around it

Next door to Barrow Hill, Derbyshire

Barrow Hill, Derbyshire is 13 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Staveleytown in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom2 km
  • Eckingtontown and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England3.9 km
  • Unstonevillage and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England4.2 km
  • Brimingtonvillage and civil parish in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England2 km
  • Calowvillage and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England, UK4.3 km
  • Sutton cum Duckmantoncivil parish in North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England4.5 km