Amber Valley

Borough of Amber Valley
Shown within Derbyshire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Derbyshire
Area:   Total:	Ranked 152nd 265.4 km²
Admin. HQ:	Ripley
ONS code:	17UB
Demographics
Population:   Total (2008 est.):   Density:	Ranked 171st 121,100 456 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.8% White 0.9% S.Asian[1]
Politics
Amber Valley Borough Council http://www.ambervalley.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Judy Mallaber, Patrick McLoughlin

Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. It takes its name from the River Amber and covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns formerly based around coal mining and engineering. The parliamentary constituency of Amber Valley covers a similar area.

The village of Crich and the Amber Valley area were the setting for the ITV drama series Peak Practice.

Towns of Amber Valley

The offices of Amber Valley at Alfreton House in Alfreton.^[2]

• Alfreton

• Belper
• Heanor

• Ripley

Main villages of Amber Valley

• Ambergate
• Codnor
• Crich
• Denby
• Duffield
• Heage
• Holbrook
• Horsley
• Kedleston
• Kilburn
• Lea & Holloway
• Mackworth
• Quarndon
• Somercotes
• Swanwick

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Alfreton, Belper, Heanor and Ripley and Belper Rural District. The district was granted borough status in 1988.

Crich Stand

Parishes

• Aldercar and Langley Mill, Alderwasley, Alfreton
• Belper
• Codnor, Crich
• Denby, Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Duffield
• Hazelwood, Heanor and Loscoe, Holbrook, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse
• Idridgehay, Alton and Ashleyhay, Ironville
• Kedleston, Kilburn, Kirk Langley
• Mackworth, Mapperley
• Pentrich
• Quarndon
• Ravensdale Park, Riddings, Ripley
• Shipley, Shottle and Postern, Smalley, Somercotes, South Wingfield, Swanwick
• Turnditch and Windley
• Weston Underwood

See also

• List of places in Derbyshire

References

External links

• Amber Valley Borough Council website
• Amber Sound FM

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Coordinates: 53°00′N 1°24′W / 53.00°N 1.40°W / 53.00; -1.40