Idridgehay and Alton
Idridgehay and Alton is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England.
Idridgehay and Alton is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 275. Its principal settlements are the village of Idridgehay and the hamlets of Alton, Idridgehay Green and Ireton Wood.
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Worth seeing in and around Idridgehay and Alton
3 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.
- 01Alport Height
Alport Height is a hill near Wirksworth in Derbyshire. It is a popular picnic site, since it has extensive views to the South, and is the first hill over 1,000 ft within easy reach of the Derby area.
3.2 km · hill in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton
Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire.
2.8 km · Grade I listed parish church in Derbyshire Dales, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of All Saints
All Saints' Church, Turnditch is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Turnditch, Derbyshire.
2 km · church building in Turnditch, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Idridgehay and Alton
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 28 km · Manchester (MAN), 59 km · Birmingham (BHX), 66 km
- Stations
- Idridgehay railway station, 300 m · Shottle railway station, 2.1 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Idridgehay and Alton66 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · £8–10
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Idridgehay and Alton66 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £8–11
- Liverpool → Idridgehay and Alton102 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Idridgehay and Alton
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 Idridgehay and Alton. 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 Idridgehay and Alton
Idridgehay and Alton is 29 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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