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Pentrich

Pentrich is a small village and civil parish between Belper and Alfreton in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England.

Pentrich
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The place

Pentrich is a small village and civil parish between Belper and Alfreton in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 191.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Pentrich

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
    Wingfield Manor

    Wingfield Manor is a Grade I listed ruined manor house left deserted since the 1770s, near the village of South Wingfield and some four miles west of the town of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire. There is a working farm that forms part of the old manor.

    2.6 km · ruined manor house in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Matthew

    St Matthew's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Pentrich, Derbyshire.

    100 m · Grade I listed church in Pentrich, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St James

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

    3.9 km · church in Riddings, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Midland Railway – Butterley

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

    1.6 km · Heritage railway centre, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    All Saints' Church, Ripley

    All Saints’ Church, Ripley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ripley, Derbyshire.

    2.3 km · grade II listed church in Ripley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    All Saints' Church, South Wingfield

    All Saints’ Church, South Wingfield is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in South Wingfield, Derbyshire.

    3.2 km · church in South Wingfield, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Luke

    St Luke's Church, Heage is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Heage, Derbyshire.

    2.9 km · church in Heage, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    War Memorial and Railings

    Alfreton War Memorial is a 20th century Grade II listed war memorial in the town and civil parish of Alfreton, in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England.

    3.6 km · war memorial in Alfreton, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Ripley Town Hall

    Ripley Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Ripley, Derbyshire, England. The town hall is the headquarters of Amber Valley Borough Council.

    2.3 km · town hall in Ripley, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Butterley railway station

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

    1.5 km · heritage station in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Pentrich

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 27 km · Manchester (MAN), 65 km · Birmingham (BHX), 72 km
Stations
Hammersmith railway station, 1.1 km · Swanwick Junction railway station, 2.5 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Pentrich
    71 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £8–11
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Pentrich
    73 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · £8–11
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Pentrich
    81 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £9–12
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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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.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Pentrich

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 Pentrich. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Matlock, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    265 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    306 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    368 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    403 km
  5. 05
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    427 km

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

Around it

Next door to Pentrich

Pentrich is 22 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Swanwickvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK1.6 km
  • South Wingfieldvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.1 km
  • Somercotesvillage and civil parish in the district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England3.7 km
  • Heagevillage in Derbyshire, England, UK2.9 km
  • Riddingsvillage and unparished area in Amber Valley, Derbyshire3.5 km
  • Fritchleyvillage in Derbyshire, England, UK3.2 km