Northwood and Tinkersley
Northwood and Tinkersley is a civil parish within the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England.
Northwood and Tinkersley is a civil parish within the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. Named for its main settlements, with a mix of rural and built up areas, it had a population of 650 residents in the 2021 census. The parish is 125 miles (201 km) north west of London, 18 miles (29 km) north west of the county city of Derby, and 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) north west of the nearest market town of Matlock. Northwood and Tinkersley is directly adjacent to the Peak District national park to the west, and shares a border with the parishes of Darley Dale, Rowsley and Stanton.
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Worth seeing in and around Northwood and Tinkersley
8 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.
- 01Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak
Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire.
2.6 km · grade II listed building in Stanton, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Mary the Virgin's Church
St Mary the Virgin's Church, South Darley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in South Darley, Derbyshire. At the entrance to the churchyard is a memorial to the men from the parish who died in the two world wars.
3.3 km · grade II listed church in South Darley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Katherine
St Katherine's Church, Rowsley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Rowsley, Derbyshire.
1.7 km · church building in Rowsley, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Chapel of St Nicholas, Haddon Hall
The Chapel St John Nicholas, Haddon Hall is a Grade I listed Church of England chapel in Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. The chapel's origins are Norman, with later medieval additions.
3.5 km · church in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 05Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall
Old Millclose Mine was a lead mine near Wensley, in Derbyshire, England. The engine house of the mine survives as a ruin; it is a scheduled monument.
3.1 km · historic site in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Reform Tower
The Reform Tower, also known as the Earl Grey Tower in Stanton Moor, Derbyshire, is a monument to the 1832 Reform Act. It was built around 1833 by the Thornhill family to commemorate Earl Grey, the Whig Prime Minister who supported the 'Act to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales'.
2.1 km · building in Stanton, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Stanton Hall
Stanton Hall is a privately owned country house at Stanton in Peak in the Derbyshire Peak District, the home of the Davie-Thornhill family. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.7 km · country house in Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Parish Church of St Helen
St Helen's Church, Darley Dale is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Darley Dale, Derbyshire.
1.9 km · church in Darley Dale, Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Northwood and Tinkersley
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 43 km · Manchester (MAN), 49 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 76 km
- Stations
- Darley Dale railway station, 2.3 km · Rowsley South railway station, 800 m
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Northwood and Tinkersley40 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £4.5–6
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Northwood and Tinkersley53 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £6–8
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Northwood and Tinkersley69 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £8–11
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- 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 Northwood and Tinkersley
Northwood and Tinkersley is 24 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Darley Daletown and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England1.6 km
- Rowsleyvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England1.4 km
- Beeleyvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.6 km
- Nether Haddoncivil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.6 km
- South Darleycivil parish in Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England3.8 km
- Stanton in Peakvillage in Derbyshire, UK3.5 km