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Horsley Woodhouse

Horsley Woodhouse is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England.

Horsley Woodhouse
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The place

Horsley Woodhouse is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,219. It is situated on the A609 road between the neighbouring villages of Kilburn and Smalley. The nearest towns are Heanor, situated 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northeast, and Belper, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) northwest, while the city of Derby is located about 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southwest.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Horsley Woodhouse

5 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
    Horston Castle

    Horston Castle is about 1 mile to the south of the village of Horsley, some 5 miles north of the English city of Derby. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument but, as of 2018, is on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register as poor condition.

    2.6 km · castle in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Clement, Horsley

    St Clement's Church, Horsley is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Horsley, Derbyshire.

    2.1 km · Grade I listed church in Horsley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Mary

    St Mary the Virgin's Church, Denby is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Denby, Derbyshire.

    1.6 km · church in Denby, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Breadsall Priory

    Breadsall Priory is a former Augustinian priory in Derbyshire, situated around two kilometres north of Breadsall, and two kilometres east of Little Eaton. The priory was established before 1266 by a member of the Curzon family.

    3.8 km · English country house in Breadsall, Erewash, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of St Michael

    St Michael's Church, Holbrook is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Holbrook, Derbyshire.

    3.2 km · church building in Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Horsley Woodhouse

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 20 km · Birmingham (BHX), 65 km · Manchester (MAN), 70 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Horsley Woodhouse
    66 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £8–10
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Horsley Woodhouse
    77 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £9–12
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Horsley Woodhouse
    89 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £10–14
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Horsley Woodhouse

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 Horsley Woodhouse. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    257 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    301 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    375 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    410 km
  5. 05
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    427 km

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Around it

Next door to Horsley Woodhouse

Horsley Woodhouse is 18 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Ripleytown and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.8 km
  • Amber Valleylocal government district with borough status in Derbyshire, England800 m
  • Kilburnvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England1.1 km
  • Holbrookvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.1 km
  • Horsleyvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England1.6 km
  • Denbyvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England2.4 km