Amber Valley
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 village of Crich and the Amber Valley area were the setting for the ITV drama series Peak Practice.
Towns of Amber Valley
Main villages of Amber Valley
- Ambergate
- Crich
- Denby
- Duffield
- Heage
- Holbrook
- Horsley
- Kedleston
- Kilburn
- Lea & Holloway
- Mackworth
- Quarndon
- Somercotes
- Swanwick
The district was formed on April 1, 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.
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
