Shirland and Higham
Shirland and Higham is a civil parish within the North East Derbyshire district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England.
Shirland and Higham is a civil parish within the North East Derbyshire district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Mainly built up with rural fringes, its population was 5,209 residents in the 2021 census. The parish is 120 miles (190 km) north west of London, 14 miles (23 km) north east of the county city of Derby, and 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) north of the nearest market town of Alfreton. It shares a boundary with the parishes of Alfreton, Blackwell, Brackenfield, Morton, South Normanton, South Wingfield, Stretton, Tibshelf and Wessington.
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Worth seeing in and around Shirland and Higham
7 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.
3.1 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.
1.8 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 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.
800 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.
3.4 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 - 07Ogston 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.
2.2 km · reservoir in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shirland and Higham
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 33 km · Manchester (MAN), 63 km · Birmingham (BHX), 78 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Shirland and Higham67 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Shirland and Higham80 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £9–12
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Shirland and Higham74 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–11
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shirland and Higham
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 and Higham. 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 Shirland and Higham
Shirland and Higham is 26 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Alfretontown and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England3.4 km
- Strettonvillage and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England2.6 km
- Mortonvillage and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England2.1 km
- Brackenfieldvillage and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England2 km
- Wessingtonvillage and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England2.3 km
- South Wingfieldvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.6 km