Birchover
Birchover is a village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England, five miles north-west of Matlock.
Birchover is a village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England, five miles north-west of Matlock. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 362.
Eagle Tor is a small hamlet on the north-western edge of the parish.
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Worth seeing in and around Birchover
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.
- 01Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak
Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire.
2.1 km · grade II listed building in Stanton, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Michael's Church, Birchover
St Michael's Church, Birchover, also known as Rowtor Chapel, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birchover, Derbyshire. Located in the Peak District National Park, St Michael was built as a privately endowed chapel for the nearby Rowtor Hall.
300 m · Grade II listed church in Birchover, Derbyshire Dales, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Mary the Virgin's Church
St Mary the Virgin's Church, South Darley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in South Darley, Derbyshire. At the entrance to the churchyard is a memorial to the men from the parish who died in the two world wars.
3 km · grade II listed church in South Darley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Parish Church of St Helen
St Helen's Church, Darley Dale is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Darley Dale, Derbyshire.
2.9 km · church in Darley Dale, Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall
Old Millclose Mine was a lead mine near Wensley, in Derbyshire, England. The engine house of the mine survives as a ruin; it is a scheduled monument.
1.9 km · historic site in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Reform Tower
The Reform Tower, also known as the Earl Grey Tower in Stanton Moor, Derbyshire, is a monument to the 1832 Reform Act. It was built around 1833 by the Thornhill family to commemorate Earl Grey, the Whig Prime Minister who supported the 'Act to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales'.
1.8 km · building in Stanton, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Stanton Hall
Stanton Hall is a privately owned country house at Stanton in Peak in the Derbyshire Peak District, the home of the Davie-Thornhill family. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2 km · country house in Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St John the Baptist's Church, Winster
St John the Baptist's Church, Winster is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Winster, Derbyshire.
1.6 km · grade II listed church in Winster, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09All Saints' Church, Elton
All Saints’ Church, Elton is a Grade II listed Church of England church in Elton, Derbyshire.
2 km · church building in Elton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Winster Market House
The Market House is a historic building in the Main Street in Winster, a town in Derbyshire, England. The building, which is currently in use a visitor exhibition centre, is a Grade II* listed building.
1.6 km · market hall in Winster, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Birchover
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 42 km · Manchester (MAN), 47 km · Birmingham (BHX), 78 km
- Stations
- Darley Dale railway station, 3.4 km · Rowsley South railway station, 3.1 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Birchover40 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £5–7
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Birchover53 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Birchover77 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £10–13
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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 Birchover
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 Birchover. 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 Birchover
Birchover is 28 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Youlgravevillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.5 km
- Winstervillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England1.6 km
- Eltonvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.1 km
- Grattoncivil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.4 km
- Harthillcivil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2 km