Village in Derbyshire, England

Alvaston

Alvaston is a village and ward of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England.

Plan a trip to Alvaston→From Birmingham, West Midlands

Every way there

Birmingham, West Midlands → Alvaston
56 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £7–9
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Manchester, Greater Manchester → Alvaston
84 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £12–16
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Liverpool → Alvaston
48 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · £5–7
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Alvaston, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Alvaston has

YScheduled flightsNottingham, Leicestershire (EMA), 10 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Derby, 5 km.

52.898°, -1.423°

Alvaston is on the A6 three miles south-east of Derby city centre and probably owes its name to an individual called Ælfwald.

How locals move

Getting around Alvaston the local way

Get inThe airport mainly supports low-cost airlines such as Jet2.com, Ryanair and tour operators like Thomson Airways which serve a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations.

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