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Ironville

Ironville in Derbyshire, England, was built about 1830 by the Butterley Company as a model village to house its workers.

Ironville
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The place

Ironville in Derbyshire, England, was built about 1830 by the Butterley Company as a model village to house its workers. The population of the civil parish was 1,930 at the 2021 Census. It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ironville

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
    Codnor Castle

    Codnor Castle is a ruined 13th-century castle in Derbyshire, England. The land around Codnor came under the jurisdiction of William Peverel after the Norman Conquest.

    2 km · ruins of a castle in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Midland Railway – Butterley

    The Midland Railway – Butterley is a heritage railway and museum complex at Butterley, near Ripley, in Derbyshire, England.

    3.3 km · Heritage railway centre, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Christ Church

    Christ Church, Ironville is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ironville, Derbyshire.

    100 m · church building in Ironville, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St James

    St James’ Church, Riddings is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Riddings, Derbyshire.

    1.1 km · church in Riddings, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Butterley railway station

    Butterley railway station is a preserved railway station on the Heritage Midland Railway - Butterley in Derbyshire.

    3.4 km · heritage station in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Butterley Reservoir

    Butterley Reservoir is a reservoir in Derbyshire, England. The reservoir was built to provide water for the Cromford Canal which opened for use in 1794.

    3.6 km · reservoir in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St James' Church, Codnor

    St James' Church, Codnor is a Church of England parish church in Codnor, Derbyshire.

    3.7 km · church building in Codnor, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Underwood

    The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Underwood is a parish church in the Church of England in Underwood, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.

    3.9 km · grade II listed church in Selston, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St. Helen's Church, Selston

    St Helen's Church, Selston is a parish church in the Church of England in the village of Selston, Nottinghamshire. It is part of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.

    2.6 km · church in Selston, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St Mary's Church, Westwood

    St. Mary's Church, Westwood is a parish church in the Church of England in Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire.

    1.3 km · church in Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Ironville

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 26 km · Manchester (MAN), 70 km · Birmingham (BHX), 73 km
Stations
Hammersmith railway station, 3.9 km · Codnor Park and Ironville railway station, 800 m · Swanwick Junction railway station, 2.3 km · Codnor Park and Selston railway station, 900 m
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Ironville
    75 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £9–12
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Ironville
    74 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £9–12
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Ironville
    83 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £9–12
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ironville

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 Ironville. 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

    264 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    309 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    372 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    407 km
  5. 05
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    422 km

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

Around it

Next door to Ironville

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

  • Ashfielddistrict in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.6 km
  • Swanwickvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK3.5 km
  • Codnorvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, UK2.7 km
  • Brinsleyvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.8 km
  • Somercotesvillage and civil parish in the district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England2.1 km
  • Selstonvillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom3.4 km