St Lawrence's Church in Heanor - geograph

Amber Valley is a local government district and

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle ...

in the east of Derbyshire, England, taking its name from the River Amber. It covers a semi-rural zone with four main towns whose economy was based on

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and remains to some extent influenced by engineering, distribution and manufacturing, holding for instance the headquarters and production site of Thorntons confectionery. The seat in the House of Commons of Amber Valley is of smaller scope. The population at the 2011 Census was 122,309. The village of Crich and other parts of the district were the setting for ITV drama series '' Peak Practice''.

Towns of Amber Valley

* Alfreton *

Belper Belper is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Non-metropolitan district, local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about north of Derby on the River Derwent, Derbyshire, River Derwent. As w ...

Heanor Heanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It lies north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administered area of Hea ...

Ripley Ripley may refer to: People and characters * Ripley (name) * ''Ripley'', the test mannequin aboard the first International Space Station space station Dragon 2 space test flight Crew Dragon Demo-1 * Ellen Ripley, a fictional character from the Ali ...

Main villages of Amber Valley

* Ambergate * Codnor * Crich * Denby * Duffield * Heage * Holbrook * Horsley * Horsley Woodhouse * Kedleston * Kilburn * Langley Mill * Lea & Holloway * Mackworth * Milford * Quarndon * Riddings * Smalley * Somercotes * Swanwick * Whatstandwell The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Alfreton,

and rural districts of Ripley and

. The Amber Valley district was granted borough status in 1988.

Parishes

* Aldercar and Langley Mill, Alderwasley, Alfreton, Ashleyhay *

* Codnor, Crich * Denby, Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Duffield * Hazelwood, Heanor and Loscoe, Holbrook, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse *

Idridgehay and Alton Idridgehay and Alton is a civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 275. Idridgehay and Alton forms part of the non-metropolitan district of Amber Valley. Its principal settl ...

, Ironville * Kedleston, Kilburn, Kirk Langley * Mackworth, Mapperley *

Pentrich Pentrich is a small village and civil parish between Belper and Alfreton in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 191. Pentrich rising The village gave its name to the Pentrich r ...

* Quarndon *

Ravensdale Park Ravensdale Park is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire roughly WSW of Belper, Derbyshire, England, midway between Turnditch and Brailsford. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100 ...

* Shipley,

Shottle and Postern Shottle and Postern is a civil parish within the Amber Valley district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Sparsely built up with much rural expanse, its population was 270 residents in the 2021 census. The parish is north west of Lon ...

, Smalley, Somercotes, South Wingfield, Swanwick *

Turnditch Turnditch is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 301. It is around north of Derby on the A517 road from Belper to Ashbourne. It is built on bo ...

* Weston Underwood, Windley

Council

Elections to the borough council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 45 seats on the council being elected at each election. The council has been run by the Conservative Party since they gained control from the Labour Party at the 2000 election except for a single year after the 2014 election and for two years after the 2019 election. Following the 2022 election the council is composed of the following numbers of councillors:

Arms

References

External links

Amber Valley Borough Council website

Amber Valley Centre for Voluntary Services

Amber Valley Info Web Site
{{Authority control Non-metropolitan districts of Derbyshire Boroughs in England