Shirland
Shirland is a former pit village in Derbyshire, England.
Shirland is a former pit village in Derbyshire, England. Together with the neighbouring villages of Higham, Stretton and Stonebroom, it forms part of the civil parish of Shirland and Higham, which had a population of 4,802 at the 2011 Census. The River Amber flows through the parish.
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Worth seeing in and around Shirland
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.
- 01All 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.
2.8 km · church in South Wingfield, England · Wikipedia - 02Ogston Hall
Ogston Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house situated at Brackenfield, near Alfreton, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.1 km · country house in Brackenfield, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of Holy Cross
Holy Cross Church, Morton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Morton, Derbyshire.
2.2 km · church in Morton, North East Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Leonard's Church
St Leonard's Church, Shirland is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Shirland, Derbyshire.
500 m · church in Shirland, North East Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05War 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 km · war memorial in Alfreton, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Peter's Church, Stonebroom
St Peter's Church, Stonebroom is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Stonebroom, Derbyshire.
2.6 km · church building in Shirland and Higham, North East Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Carnfield 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.
3.9 km · country house in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Ogston Reservoir
Ogston Reservoir is a reservoir operated by Severn Trent Water in Derbyshire. It is near the villages of Brackenfield and Ashover and the town of Clay Cross.
2.6 km · reservoir in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shirland
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 33 km · Manchester (MAN), 63 km · Birmingham (BHX), 78 km
- Stations
- Alfreton railway station, 3.6 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Shirland68 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Shirland79 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £9–12
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Shirland76 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Shirland
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 Shirland. 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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If you know how people move in Shirland – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Shirland
Shirland is 26 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Alfretontown and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England3 km
- Strettonvillage and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England2.9 km
- Mortonvillage and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England2.2 km
- Brackenfieldvillage and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England2.3 km
- Wessingtonvillage and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England2.4 km
- South Wingfieldvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.4 km