Heage
Heage is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ripley, in the Amber Valley district, in the county of Derbyshire, England.
Heage is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ripley, in the Amber Valley district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is situated midway between Belper and Ripley. The village is in the Heage and Ambergate ward, which in the 2011 census had a population of 5,013.
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Worth seeing in and around Heage
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.
- 01Cromford 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.
2.8 km · canal in Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Parish Church of St Peter
St Peter's Church, Belper is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Belper, Derbyshire.
3.5 km · church building in Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Congregational Church
Belper Congregational Church is a Grade-II listed former congregational chapel located on Green Lane in Belper, Derbyshire.
3.5 km · church building in Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Matthew
St Matthew's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Pentrich, Derbyshire.
2.8 km · Grade I listed church in Pentrich, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Christ Church
Christ Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Belper, Derbyshire.
3.6 km · church building in Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Midland Railway – Butterley
The Midland Railway – Butterley is a heritage railway and museum complex at Butterley, near Ripley, in Derbyshire, England.
3.5 km · Heritage railway centre, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07All Saints' Church, Ripley
All Saints’ Church, Ripley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ripley, Derbyshire.
2.7 km · grade II listed church in Ripley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Great British Car Journey
The Great British Car Journey is a car museum in Ambergate, Derbyshire, England. It opened on 22 May 2021.
3.5 km · automotive museum in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 09Belper River Gardens
The River Gardens is a public park in Belper, in Derbyshire, England. Its history dates back to 1905, and it is listed Grade II* in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens.
3.3 km · park in Belper, Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 10Oakhurst 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.
3.6 km · a derelict building in the village of Ambergate in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Heage
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 26 km · Manchester (MAN), 65 km · Birmingham (BHX), 69 km
- Stations
- Belper railway station, 3.7 km · Ambergate railway station, 2.6 km · Hammersmith railway station, 2.9 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Heage71 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £9–12
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Heage70 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–11
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Heage83 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £10–13
- 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 Heage
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 Heage. 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 Heage
Heage is 23 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Belpertown and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England3 km
- Ripleytown and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.6 km
- Pentrichvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England2.9 km
- Denbyvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.7 km
- Ambergatevillage in Derbyshire, England, UK2.5 km
- Fritchleyvillage in Derbyshire, England, UK2.8 km