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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
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    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.

    2.8 km · canal in Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Parish 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
  3. 03
    Congregational 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
  4. 04
    Church 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
  5. 05
    Christ 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
  6. 06
    Midland 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
  7. 07
    All 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
  8. 08
    Great 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
  9. 09
    Belper 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
  10. 10
    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.

    3.6 km · a derelict building in the village of Ambergate in Derbyshire, England · 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 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 → Heage
    71 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £9–12
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Heage
    70 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–11
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Heage
    83 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £10–13
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Not yet researched

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.

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

    263 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    303 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    369 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    404 km
  5. 05
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    429 km

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

Around it

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