Derby

Worth seeing in and around Derby

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
   Derby Museum and Art Gallery

   Derby Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Derby, England. It was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass.

   200 m · museum and art gallery in Derby, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Pride Park Stadium

   Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Derby, England, which is the home ground of English Football League club Derby County. With a capacity of 33,597, it is the 16th-largest football ground in England.

   2.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Pickford's House

   Pickford's House Museum of Georgian Life and Costume is in Derby, England. It is named after architect Joseph Pickford, who built it as his family home in 1763–65.

   600 m · Historic house museum in Derby, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Museum of Making

   Derby Silk Mill, formerly known as Derby Industrial Museum, is a museum of industry and history in Derby, England. The museum is located on the former site of Lombe's Mill, a historic silk mill which marks the southern end of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.

   200 m · museum in Derby, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Derby Cathedral

   The Cathedral Church of All Saints, Derby, better known as Derby Cathedral, is a cathedral church in the city of Derby, England. In 1927, it was promoted from parish church status to that of a cathedral, creating a seat for the Bishop of Derby, which new Episcopal see was created in that year.

   0 m · Grade I listed cathedral in Derby, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   University of Derby

   The University of Derby, formerly known as Derby College, is a public university in the city of Derby, England. It traces its history back to the establishment of the Derby Diocesan Institution for the training of schoolmistresses in 1851.

   2 km · university in Derby, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Duffield Castle

   Duffield Castle was a Norman castle in Duffield, Derbyshire. The site is a scheduled monument.

   7.6 km · Norman castle in Duffield, Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Kedleston Hall

   Kedleston Hall is a large English country house with a Palladian exterior and Neo-classical interiors, now owned by the National Trust, built in the 1760s as the seat of the Curzon family, near Kedleston in Derbyshire, England, approximately 4 miles north-west of Derby. The medieval village of Kedleston was moved in 1759 by Nathaniel Curzon to make way for the manor.

   5.5 km · English country house in Kedleston, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Alkmund's Church

   Saint Alkmund's Church was a Victorian church, which stood in a Georgian square between Bridgegate and Queen Street in Derby; this was the only Georgian square in the city. The church and its yard were demolished in 1968 for construction of a road to improve traffic flow.

   200 m · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Derby Racecourse Roman settlement

    The Derby Racecourse Roman settlement was the third settlement in Derby or Derventio which was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. It lies 600m east of Derventio fort in Little Chester, on the outskirts of Derby, in the English county of Derbyshire.

    1.5 km · archaeological site in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Derby Market Hall

   This Grade-II listed building is the work of Melbourne (Derbyshire) engineer Rowland Mason Ordish, and was completed in 1866.

2. 02
   Royal Crown Derby

   A factory producing fine china, part of Derby's history.

3. 03
   Museum of Making
4. 04
   Derby Museum and Art Gallery

   Tue-Sat 10AM-5PM, Sun noon-4PM, Bank Holidays closed.

5. 05
   Pickford's House

   Mon 11AM-5PM, Tue-Sat 10AM-5PM, Sun 2-5PM, holidays 2PM-5PM.

6. 06
   Derby Cathedral

   Cathedral Centre: 18-19 Iron Gate, Derby DE1 3GP,.

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Things to do

Go on a ghost walk in the UK's second 'most haunted' town. For example: Derby ghost walks and Cathedral Quarter

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Where to eat

Derby is an excellent place to get an Indian curry. Obviously plenty of great fish & chips shops, but don't miss the steak-and-kidney pie and mushy peas. Another local staple is a cob -; no, not the horse but a filled bread roll. English

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Getting to Derby

Airports

East Midlands (EMA), 14 km · Birmingham (BHX), 55 km · Manchester (MAN), 71 km

Stations

Derby railway station, 1.4 km

• Birmingham, West Midlands → Derby

  57 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £7–9
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Derby

  80 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £12–15
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• Liverpool → Derby

  114 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £13–18
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