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

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.
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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.
- 01Codnor 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 - 02Midland 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 - 03Christ 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 - 04Church 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 - 05Butterley 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 - 06Butterley 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 - 07St 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 - 08Church 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 - 09St. 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 - 10St 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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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 → Ironville75 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £9–12
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Ironville74 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £9–12
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Ironville83 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £9–12
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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 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.
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If you know how people move in Ironville – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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