Oakwood

Worth seeing in and around Oakwood

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
   Derby Museum and Art Gallery

   Derby Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Derby, England. It was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass.

   4 km · museum and art gallery in Derby, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Pride Park Stadium

   Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Derby, England, which is the home ground of English Football League club Derby County. With a capacity of 33,597, it is the 16th-largest football ground in England.

   3.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Museum of Making

   Derby Silk Mill, formerly known as Derby Industrial Museum, is a museum of industry and history in Derby, England. The museum is located on the former site of Lombe's Mill, a historic silk mill which marks the southern end of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.

   3.6 km · museum in Derby, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Derby Cathedral

   The Cathedral Church of All Saints, Derby, better known as Derby Cathedral, is a cathedral church in the city of Derby, England. In 1927, it was promoted from parish church status to that of a cathedral, creating a seat for the Bishop of Derby, which new Episcopal see was created in that year.

   3.7 km · Grade I listed cathedral in Derby, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Derby Racecourse Roman settlement

   The Derby Racecourse Roman settlement was the third settlement in Derby or Derventio which was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. It lies 600m east of Derventio fort in Little Chester, on the outskirts of Derby, in the English county of Derbyshire.

   2.4 km · archaeological site in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Alkmund's Church

   Saint Alkmund's Church was a Victorian church, which stood in a Georgian square between Bridgegate and Queen Street in Derby; this was the only Georgian square in the city. The church and its yard were demolished in 1968 for construction of a road to improve traffic flow.

   3.7 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   County Cricket Ground, Derby

   The County Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Derby, England. It has been the home of Derbyshire County Cricket Club since 1871.

   2.7 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Diocese of Derby

   The Diocese of Derby is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, roughly covering the same area as the County of Derbyshire. Its diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Derby whose seat is at Derby Cathedral.

   3.7 km · Church of England dioceese · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Exeter House

   Exeter House was an early 17th-century brick-built mansion, which stood in Full Street, Derby until 1854. Named for the Earls of Exeter, whose family owned the property until 1757, the house was notable for the stay of Charles Edward Stuart during the Jacobite rising of 1745.

   3.5 km · house in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Midland Railway War Memorial

    The Midland Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial in Derby in the East Midlands of England. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled in 1921.

    3.8 km · war memorial in Derby, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Oakwood

Airports

East Midlands (EMA), 14 km · Birmingham (BHX), 58 km · Manchester (MAN), 72 km

Stations

Derby railway station, 3.7 km · Spondon railway station, 3.7 km

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