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Crich

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

Crich
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  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.

    800 m · United Kingdom national museum of tramways · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Wingfield 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
  3. 03
    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.

    2.2 km · canal in Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Christ 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
  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.

    2.6 km · church building in Alderwasley, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church 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
  7. 07
    Great 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
  8. 08
    Oakhurst 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
  9. 09
    All 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
  10. 10
    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.

    1.3 km · Memorial tower in Crich, Amber Valley, 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.

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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 → Crich
    67 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £8–11
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Crich
    73 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £9–12
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Crich
    79 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £10–13
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

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.

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

    267 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    304 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    365 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    400 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    426 km

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

Around it

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