Kirk Ireton
Kirk Ireton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Wirksworth on a hillside near Carsington Water, 700 feet (210 m) above sea level.
Kirk Ireton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Wirksworth on a hillside near Carsington Water, 700 feet (210 m) above sea level. The population at the 2011 Census was 518. Ireton is a corruption of the Saxon hyre-tun, meaning "Irishman's enclosure"; Kirk was added after the Norman invasion and the building of the church. The village dates back to at least the Bronze Age.
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Worth seeing in and around Kirk Ireton
9 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.
- 01Hopton Hall
Hopton Hall is a 14th-century manor house and traditionally the residence of the Gell family baronets. It is located in between Carsington and Hopton.
2.6 km · 18th-century country house at Hopton, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Carsington Water
Carsington Water is a reservoir, operated by Severn Trent Water, between Wirksworth and Kniveton in Derbyshire, England. The reservoir takes water from the River Derwent at Ambergate during winter months, pumping up to the reservoir by 10.5-kilometre long tunnels and aqueduct.
1.9 km · reservoir in Derbyshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is a 9-mile long heritage railway based at Wirksworth station in Derbyshire, England. It operates passenger services between Duffield and Wirksworth, with occasional services to Ravenstor.
3.9 km · heritage railway in Derbyshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04St Mary's Church, Wirksworth
St Mary the Virgin is a parish church in the Church of England in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.6 km · church in Derbyshire Dales, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Margaret
St Margaret's Church, Carsington, is a Grade II* listed Anglican parish church in the Church of England in Carsington, Derbyshire.
2.9 km · Grade II listed church in Carsington, Derbyshire Dales, UK · Wikipedia - 06Moot Hall
The Moot Hall is a judicial building in Chapel Lane in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. The building, which is used as the meeting place of the barmote court, a body formed to regulate the local lead mining industry, is a Grade II listed building.
3.8 km · building in Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Holy 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.
700 m · Grade I listed parish church in Derbyshire Dales, UK · Wikipedia - 08Alport 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.
3.8 km · hill in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Dream Cave
Dream Cave is a natural limestone cavern located near Wirksworth and Hopton in Derbyshire, England. It was discovered by lead miners in 1822 and was found to contain the almost complete skeletal remains of a woolly rhinoceros and other large mammal bones.
2.2 km · cave in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kirk Ireton
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 31 km · Manchester (MAN), 56 km · Birmingham (BHX), 68 km
- Stations
- Idridgehay railway station, 3.1 km · Wirksworth railway station, 3.9 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Kirk Ireton64 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £8–10
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Kirk Ireton66 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £8–11
- Liverpool → Kirk Ireton100 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kirk Ireton
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 Kirk Ireton. 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 Kirk Ireton
Kirk Ireton is 32 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wirksworthtown and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.5 km
- Hulland Wardvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England4 km
- Hognastonvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England3.6 km
- Biggin by Hullandvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire, UK2.5 km
- Carsingtonvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3 km
- Callowvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England1.2 km