Denstone
Denstone is a village and civil parish situated between the towns of Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire and Ashbourne in Derbyshire.
Denstone is a village and civil parish situated between the towns of Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire and Ashbourne in Derbyshire. It is located next to the River Churnet. The village has a church, village hall, primary school and a pub. The nearest railway station is at Uttoxeter for the Crewe to Derby line and the nearest airport is East Midlands Airport.
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Worth seeing in and around Denstone
7 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.
- 01Alton Towers
Alton Towers is a historic estate, theme park and resort complex in Staffordshire, England, near the village of Alton. The park is operated by Merlin Entertainments Group and incorporates a theme park, water park, mini golf and hotel complex.
3.7 km · major theme park in central England · Wikipedia - 02Croxden Abbey
Croxden Abbey, also known as "Abbey of the Vale of St. Mary at Croxden", was a Cistercian abbey at Croxden, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
3.4 km · abbey in Croxden, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Norbury Manor
Norbury Manor is a 17th-century manor house with an adjoining 14th-century stone-built medieval hall house, Norbury Hall, known as The Old Manor, in Norbury near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
2.8 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Derbyshire Dales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04St Mary and St Barlock's Church, Norbury
St Mary and St Barlock's Church, Norbury is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Norbury, Derbyshire.
3.2 km · church in Norbury, Derbyshire Dales, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of All Saints
All Saints' Church, Denstone is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Denstone.
300 m · church in Denstone, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Battle Galleons
Battle Galleons is a water ride at the British theme park Alton Towers. The ride was installed in 2008, replacing the pay-per-play ride Splash Kart Challenge, which in turn replaced the original Swan Boat ride.
3.5 km · amusement park ride · Wikipedia - 07Alton Towers Waterpark
Alton Towers Waterpark, previously known as Cariba Creek, is a water park at Alton Towers Resort, in Staffordshire, England. It is themed to a tropical lagoon, adjoining the Splash Landings Hotel with indoor and outdoor water features.
2.6 km · Water park at Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Denstone
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 38 km · Manchester (MAN), 51 km · Birmingham (BHX), 57 km
- Stations
- Rocester railway station, 1.7 km · Denstone railway station, 400 m
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Denstone63 km · quickest by road, 2h · £7–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Denstone54 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £6–9
- Liverpool → Denstone90 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £11–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Denstone
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 Denstone. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAlso, you can use the cable car (Skyride) to get between the Park Entrance, Forbidden Valley which is an alien-themed area and Fountain Square, for The Towers, The World of David Walliams (one of the two children's areas of the park) and the Dark Forest.
From Wikivoyage: Alton Towers, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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Next door to Denstone
Denstone is 47 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Rocestervillage in Staffordshire, England, UK2 km
- Altonvillage located in Staffordshire Moorlands, United Kingdom2.6 km
- Ellastonevillage and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, UK2.7 km
- Croxdenvillage and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England3.4 km
- Norbury and Rostoncivil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.9 km
- Bradley in the Moorsvillage in Staffordshire, England, UK3.8 km