Fritchley
Fritchley is a small village in Derbyshire, England, situated to the south of Crich and north of Ambergate.
Fritchley is a small village in Derbyshire, England, situated to the south of Crich and north of Ambergate. It falls under the civil parish of Crich. To the east of the village is the ruin of a windmill. Fritchley has an active Congregational Church, and there is a Quaker meeting house with an active Quaker Meeting. There is a pub, the Red Lion, but the post office closed in 2009. The village hosts a steam rally each August.
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Worth seeing in and around Fritchley
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.
2.3 km · 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.
1.3 km · canal in Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04All Saints' Church, Alderwasley
All Saints’ Church, Alderwasley, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Alderwasley, Derbyshire.
3.2 km · church building in Alderwasley, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church, Crich is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Crich, Derbyshire.
2 km · church in Crich, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Matthew
St Matthew's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Pentrich, Derbyshire.
3.2 km · Grade I listed church in Pentrich, 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.
1.7 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.
1.8 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.
3.9 km · church in South Wingfield, England · Wikipedia - 10Church of St Luke
St Luke's Church, Heage is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Heage, Derbyshire.
2.6 km · church in Heage, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Fritchley
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 28 km · Manchester (MAN), 62 km · Birmingham (BHX), 71 km
- Stations
- Ambergate railway station, 1.5 km · Whatstandwell railway station, 2.7 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Fritchley68 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Fritchley72 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–11
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Fritchley81 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Fritchley
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 Fritchley. 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 Fritchley
Fritchley is 25 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Crichvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK1.5 km
- Pentrichvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.2 km
- South Wingfieldvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.2 km
- Ambergatevillage in Derbyshire, England, UK1.7 km
- Whatstandwellvillage in Derbyshire, United Kingdom2.3 km
- Heagevillage in Derbyshire, England, UK2.8 km