Tansley
Tansley is a village and civil parish on the southern edge of the Derbyshire Peak District, two miles east of Matlock.

Tansley is a village and civil parish on the southern edge of the Derbyshire Peak District, two miles east of Matlock.
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Worth seeing in and around Tansley
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.
- 01Derwent Valley Mills
Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001. It is administered by the Derwent Valley Mills Partnership.
3.7 km · World Heritage Site, where water-powered cotton-spinning mills were first built in the UK · Wikipedia - 02Riber Castle
Riber Castle is a 19th-century Grade II listed country house in the hamlet of Riber on a hill overlooking Matlock, Derbyshire. It is built of gritstone from a local quarry which was pulled up the 200-metre hill by a series of pulleys.
1.8 km · building in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Gulliver's Kingdom Resort
Gulliver's Kingdom is a theme park aimed at children aged 3-13 in the Derbyshire village of Matlock Bath, England. The park was founded in 1978 by Ray and Hilary Phillips as a model village, before later expanding to include a small train and some second hand rides.
3.5 km · Children's theme park resort in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire · Wikipedia - 04Church of All Saints
All Saints’ Church, Matlock Bank is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Matlock, Derbyshire.
2.8 km · church building in Matlock Town, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Willersley Castle
Willersley Castle is a late 18th-century country mansion above the River Derwent at Cromford, Derbyshire, outside Peak District National Park. The castle has been a Grade II* listed building since April 2000.
3.6 km · house in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Mary's Church, Cromford
St Mary's Church, Cromford, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cromford, Derbyshire.
3.4 km · Grade I listed church in Cromford, Derbyshire Dales, UK · Wikipedia - 07Christ Church, Holloway
Christ Church, Holloway is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Holloway, Derbyshire.
2.6 km · church in Holloway, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Peak District Mining Museum
The Peak District Lead Mining Museum is located at Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England. The Peak District Mining Museum is operated as charity by the Peak District Mines Historical Society.
3.4 km · mining museum in Matlock Bath, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Great Masson Cavern
Great Masson Cavern is one of two caves at the Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England. The other is Great Rutland Cavern.
3.3 km · cave in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Great Rutland Cavern
Great Rutland Cavern is one of two caves at the Heights of Abraham, Matlock, Derbyshire, England. The other is Great Masson Cavern.
3.3 km · cave in Derbyshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tansley
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 36 km · Manchester (MAN), 56 km · Birmingham (BHX), 77 km
- Stations
- Cromford railway station, 3 km · Matlock Bath railway station, 2.9 km · Matlock railway station, 2.8 km · Matlock Riverside railway station, 3.4 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Tansley62 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £8–10
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Tansley77 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £9–12
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Tansley74 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £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 Tansley
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 Tansley. 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 Tansley
Tansley is 28 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Matlocktown in Derbyshire, England2.3 km
- Cromfordvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England4 km
- Matlock Bathvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.8 km
- Dethick, Lea and Hollowaycivil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England, UK2.5 km
- Milltownvillage in Derbyshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Hollowayvillage in Derbyshire, England, UK3.2 km