Hungry Bentley
Hungry Bentley is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, between Uttoxeter and Derby.
Hungry Bentley is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, between Uttoxeter and Derby. The site is a scheduled monument and has been called the best "depopulated settlement" in Derbyshire. The name Bentley is said to mean a clearing with bent grass. The more unusual appellation of "Hungry" is said to refer to the poor quality of the land and the local inhabitants' poor food.
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Worth seeing in and around Hungry Bentley
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.
- 01Church of St Andrew
St Andrew's Church, Cubley is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cubley, Derbyshire.
1.7 km · church in Cubley, Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Chad's Church, Longford
St Chad's Church, Longford is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Longford, Derbyshire.
3.6 km · Grade I listed building in Derbyshire Dales, UK · Wikipedia - 03Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church, Yeaveley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Yeaveley, Derbyshire.
1.8 km · church building in Yeaveley, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Longford Hall
Longford Hall is a 16th-century country house at Longford in the Dales district of Derbyshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.6 km · 16th-century country house at Longford in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St John the Baptist's Church, Boylestone
St John the Baptist's Church, Boylestone is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Boylestone, Derbyshire.
2.8 km · Grade II* listed church in Boylestone, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hungry Bentley
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 30 km · Birmingham (BHX), 55 km · Manchester (MAN), 58 km
- Stations
- Darley Moor Airfield, 2.9 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Hungry Bentley52 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £8–10
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Hungry Bentley69 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £10–13
- Liverpool → Hungry Bentley98 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £12–15
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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 Hungry Bentley
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 Hungry Bentley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAlso, you can use the cable car (Skyride) to get between the Park Entrance, Forbidden Valley which is an alien-themed area and Fountain Square, for The Towers, The World of David Walliams (one of the two children's areas of the park) and the Dark Forest.
From Wikivoyage: Alton Towers, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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Next door to Hungry Bentley
Hungry Bentley is 39 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Yeaveleyvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England1.8 km
- Rodsleyvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.9 km
- Longfordvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.6 km
- Alkmontonvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England1.7 km
- Boylestonevillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.7 km
- Cubleycivil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England1.9 km