Crich
Crich is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England.

Crich is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. Besides the village of Crich itself, the civil parish includes the nearby villages of Fritchley and Whatstandwell, and the hamlets of Coddington, Wakebridge, and Wheatcroft. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 2,821, increasing to 2,898 at the 2011 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Crich
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.
- 01National 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.
800 m · United Kingdom national museum of tramways · Wikipedia - 02Wingfield Manor
Wingfield Manor is a Grade I listed ruined manor house left deserted since the 1770s, near the village of South Wingfield and some four miles west of the town of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire. There is a working farm that forms part of the old manor.
2.5 km · ruined manor house in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Cromford 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.
2.2 km · canal in Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Christ Church, Holloway
Christ Church, Holloway is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Holloway, Derbyshire.
3.8 km · church in Holloway, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05All Saints' Church, Alderwasley
All Saints’ Church, Alderwasley, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Alderwasley, Derbyshire.
2.6 km · church building in Alderwasley, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church, Crich is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Crich, Derbyshire.
500 m · church in Crich, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Great British Car Journey
The Great British Car Journey is a car museum in Ambergate, Derbyshire, England. It opened on 22 May 2021.
2.1 km · automotive museum in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 08Oakhurst House
Oakhurst House was a country house in Shining Cliff Woods above the village of Ambergate in Derbyshire. The house was rebuilt in 1848 by Francis Hurt behind his iron forge in Ambergate.
2.2 km · a derelict building in the village of Ambergate in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 09All Saints' Church, South Wingfield
All Saints’ Church, South Wingfield is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in South Wingfield, Derbyshire.
3.7 km · church in South Wingfield, England · Wikipedia - 10Crich 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.
1.3 km · Memorial tower in Crich, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Crich
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 30 km · Manchester (MAN), 61 km · Birmingham (BHX), 72 km
- Stations
- Ambergate railway station, 2.6 km · Whatstandwell railway station, 1.7 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Crich67 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Crich73 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £9–12
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Crich79 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £10–13
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Crich
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 Crich. 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 Crich
Crich is 26 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- South Wingfieldvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England2.9 km
- Alderwasleyvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England3.7 km
- Dethick, Lea and Hollowaycivil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Ambergatevillage in Derbyshire, England, UK2.8 km
- Whatstandwellvillage in Derbyshire, United Kingdom1.5 km
- Fritchleyvillage in Derbyshire, England, UK1.5 km