Shottle and Postern
Shottle and Postern is a civil parish within the Amber Valley district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England.
Shottle and Postern is a civil parish within the Amber Valley district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Sparsely built up with much rural expanse, its population was 270 residents in the 2021 census. The parish is 120 miles (190 km) north west of London, 9 miles (14 km) north west of the county town of Derby, and 2+3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) equidistant of the nearest market towns of Belper and Wirksworth. It shares a boundary with the parishes of Alderwasley, Ashleyhay, Belper, Hazelwood, Idridgehay and Alton, Turnditch and Windley.
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Worth seeing in and around Shottle and Postern
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.
- 01Christ Church
Christ Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Belper, Derbyshire.
3.7 km · church building in Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Belper River Gardens
The River Gardens is a public park in Belper, in Derbyshire, England. Its history dates back to 1905, and it is listed Grade II* in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens.
3.7 km · park in Belper, Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 03Strutt's North Mill
Belper North Mill, also known as Strutt's North Mill in Belper, is one of the Derwent Valley Mills, given UNESCO World Heritage Status in 2001. The mill is sited in Belper, a town in Derbyshire, England, roughly halfway between Derby and Matlock.
3.6 km · cotton mill and museum in Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Belper Baptist Church
Belper Baptist Church is a Baptist Chapel on Bridge Street in Belper, Derbyshire, England.
3.8 km · church in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 05Church of All Saints
All Saints' Church, Turnditch is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Turnditch, Derbyshire.
2.8 km · church building in Turnditch, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St John the Evangelist
St John the Evangelist's Church, Hazelwood is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Hazelwood, Derbyshire.
3.4 km · church building in Hazelwood, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Alport Height
Alport Height is a hill near Wirksworth in Derbyshire. It is a popular picnic site, since it has extensive views to the South, and is the first hill over 1,000 ft within easy reach of the Derby area.
2.6 km · hill in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shottle and Postern
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 27 km · Manchester (MAN), 60 km · Birmingham (BHX), 66 km
- Stations
- Belper railway station, 4 km · Idridgehay railway station, 2 km · Shottle railway station, 2.1 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Shottle and Postern69 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Shottle and Postern65 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · £8–10
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Shottle and Postern86 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £10–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shottle and Postern
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 Shottle and Postern. 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 Shottle and Postern
Shottle and Postern is 28 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hazelwoodvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.4 km
- Windleyvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.8 km
- Turnditchvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.1 km
- Alderwasleyvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England3.7 km
- Ashleyhayvillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England3.3 km
- Idridgehay and Altoncivil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England1.9 km