Riddings
Riddings is a large village in Derbyshire, England.
Riddings is a large village in Derbyshire, England. The appropriate ward of the Amber Valley Council is called Ironville and Riddings. The population of this ward as at the 2011 census was 5,821. It is located 2 miles (3 km) south of Alfreton near the hamlet of Golden Valley. The name derives from Ryddynges, a clearing or riding in a wood. This was the ancient forest known as Alfreton Grove within the manor of Alfreton. The settlement goes back at least to the 12th century, when Hugh de Ryddynges received half of the manor of Riddings and half of Watnall from his relative Ralf Ingram of Alfreton.
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Worth seeing in and around Riddings
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.
2.6 km · ruins of a castle in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Christ Church
Christ Church, Ironville is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ironville, Derbyshire.
1.2 km · church building in Ironville, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St James
St James’ Church, Riddings is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Riddings, Derbyshire.
600 m · church in Riddings, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Matthew
St Matthew's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Pentrich, Derbyshire.
3.5 km · Grade I listed church in Pentrich, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05All Saints' Church, Ripley
All Saints’ Church, Ripley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ripley, Derbyshire.
3.1 km · grade II listed church in Ripley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Midland Railway – Butterley
The Midland Railway – Butterley is a heritage railway and museum complex at Butterley, near Ripley, in Derbyshire, England.
2.1 km · Heritage railway centre, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07War 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.
3.7 km · war memorial in Alfreton, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Carnfield Hall
Carnfield Hall is a privately owned country house located at South Normanton, near Alfreton in Derbyshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.7 km · country house in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St Mary's Church, Westwood
St. Mary's Church, Westwood is a parish church in the Church of England in Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire.
2.6 km · church in Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Ripley 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.
3.2 km · town hall in Ripley, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Riddings
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 26 km · Manchester (MAN), 68 km · Birmingham (BHX), 73 km
- Stations
- Alfreton railway station, 3.7 km · Codnor Park and Selston railway station, 2.2 km · Codnor Park and Ironville railway station, 1.9 km · Swanwick Junction railway station, 1.1 km · Hammersmith railway station, 2.8 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Riddings74 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £9–12
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Riddings74 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £9–12
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Riddings82 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £9–12
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No local-transport research exists yet for Riddings
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 Riddings. 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 Riddings
Riddings is 19 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Alfretontown and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England3.8 km
- Swanwickvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK2.2 km
- Ironvillevillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England, UK1.3 km
- Pentrichvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.5 km
- Somercotesvillage and civil parish in the district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England1.3 km
- Codnorvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, UK2.7 km