Shown within Derbyshire

Borough of Amber Valley
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Derbyshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 170th 265.39 km²
Admin. HQ:	Ripley
ONS code:	17UB
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	99.1% White
Politics
Amber Valley Borough Council http://www.ambervalley.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
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 village of Crich and the Amber Valley area were the setting for the ITV drama series Peak Practice.

Towns and places in the district include:

• Alfreton
• Belper
• Heanor
• Heage
• Ripley

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.

Parishes

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• 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

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