Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gai ...

is a city in Derbyshire, England. Derby or The Derby may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Derby, Tasmania Derby ( ) is a small Australian town located in the northeast of Tasmania. History The greater Derby area was inhabited by the indigenous North East nation for over 10,000 years prior to the British colonisation of Tasmania. The area was sur ...

, a town *

Derby, Western Australia Derby ( ) is a town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. At the 2016 census, Derby had a population of 3,325 with 47.2% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. Along with Broome and Kununurra, it is one of only three towns i ...

, a town * Derby Highway, Western Australia

Canada

Derby, British Columbia Derby is a locality on the lower Fraser River in northwestern Langley. The site of the original Fort Langley, established in 1827 by the Hudson's Bay Company, and was the first post established in Coast Salish territory. The Fort was later move ...

, a locality * Derby Parish, New Brunswick ** Derby, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community therein

South Africa

Derby, North West Derby is a small town situated in North West Province of South Africa that was named after the British Secretary of State Lord Derby. Derby began as a refuge for destitute people. Village 117 km west-north-west of Johannesburg, 60 km s ...

, a town

United Kingdom

Derby (UK Parliament constituency) Derby is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of ...

, Derbyshire *

Derby (ward) Derby is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the area of the town of Bootle Bootle (pronounced ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a pop ...

, a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward, Merseyside *

Diocese of Derby The Diocese of Derby is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, roughly covering the same area as the County of Derbyshire. Its diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Derby whose seat (cathedra) is at Derby Cathedral. The diocesan ...

, a Church of England diocese

United States

Derby, Colorado Derby is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of t ...

, a census-designated place *

Derby, Connecticut Derby is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, approximately 8 miles west-northwest of New Haven. It is located in southwest Connecticut at the confluence of the Housatonic and Naugatuck Rivers. It borders the cities of Ansoni ...

, a city * Derby, Ford County, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Derby, Saline County, Illinois, an unincorporated community *

Derby, Indiana Derby is an unincorporated community along the Ohio River in far southern Union Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It lies at the intersection of State Roads 66 and 70 above the city of Tell City, the county seat of Perry Co ...

, an unincorporated community *

Derby, Iowa Derby is a city in Lucas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 90 at the time of the 2020 census. History Derby was platted in 1872. Geography Derby is located at (40.930972, -93.456913). According to the United States Census Bureau ...

, a city *

Derby, Kansas Derby is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States and the largest suburb of Wichita. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 25,625. History For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America were inhabited by Nativ ...

, a city *

Derby, New York Derby is a hamlet in Erie County, New York, United States. It is the postal address for much of the town of Evans, within which Derby is fully contained. The Derby ZIP code is 14047, and includes the neighborhood of Highland-on-the-Lake. Derby is ...

, a hamlet *

Darby Township, Pickaway County, Ohio Darby Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,492 people in the township, 3,486 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Geography Located in the northwestern ...

Derby, Ohio Derby is a census-designated place in central Darby Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily locate ...

, a census-designated place * Derby, Texas, an unincorporated community *

Derby, Vermont Derby is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 4,579 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous community in Orleans County. The town contains four unincorporated villages: Beebe Plain, Clyde Pond, Lake Sa ...

, a town * Derby, Wise County, Virginia, an unincorporated community and coal town *

Derby Dam Derby Dam is a diversion dam built from 1903 to 1905 on the Truckee River, located about east of Reno, Nevada, Reno in Storey County, Nevada, Storey and Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe counties in Nevada, United States. It diverts water into the Tr ...

, Truckee River, Nevada, United States *

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border ...

, nicknamed "Derby City" because it hosts the Kentucky Derby

People

* Derby (surname) *

Derby Carrillo Derby Rafael Carrillo Berduo (born September 19, 1987) is a Salvadoran professional goalkeeper who plays for Cobán Imperial in Guatemala. Early life Carrillo was born in La Mirada, California and attended St. John Bosco High School. He began p ...

(born 1987), Salvadoran footballer * Derby Makinka (born 1965-1993), Zambian footballer

Sports

Clubs

BK Derby BK Derby is a Swedish sports club located in Linköping, Sweden. It now only active in football club but was previously involved in bandy and other sports. The club was formed on 15 April 1912. The bandy department has formed a club of its own, ...

, a Swedish association football club located in Linköping, Sweden *

Derby City RLFC Derby City RLFC are an amateur rugby league club based in Derby, England. They were founded in 1990 and currently compete in the Midlands Rugby League Premier Division. They have been ground sharing with Ilkeston RUFC at The Stute since 2014. ...

, an English rugby league team based in Derby, Derbyshire *

Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 1884 ...

, an English football club *

Derby RFC Derby Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Derby, England. The club runs four senior sides, a veterans team, a ladies team, a colts team and a full set of junior sides. The first XV currently plays in Midlands 1 East, a sixth tier l ...

, an English rugby union team based in Derby, Derbyshire * Derby/Linköping BK, a Swedish bandy club located in Linköping, Sweden *

FC Derby Futebol Clube Derby (short form: FC Derby, second name: Derby São Vicente) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde and is Cape Verde's only affiliate of FC Porto and the oldest ...

, Cape Verde *

SC Derby Košarkaški klub Studentski centar (Abbr. KK Studentski centar), commonly referred to as SC Derby due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. The club currently competes in the Montenegrin ...

, Montenegrin basketball club

Specific sports and events

Derby (horse race) A derby ( , ) is a type of horse race named after the Derby Stakes run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in England. That was in turn named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, who inaugurated the race in 1780. Perhaps the best-known example a ...

, a race usually restricted to three-year-old horses **

Epsom Derby The Derby Stakes, also known as the Epsom Derby or the Derby, and as the Cazoo Derby for sponsorship reasons, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey o ...

, also known as the Derby Stakes, the most prestigious of Britain's horse races **

Kentucky Derby The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year ...

, often referred to in the United States as simply "The Derby" *

Local derby Local may refer to: Geography and transportation * Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand * Local, Missouri, a community in the United States * Local government, a form of public administration, usually the lowest tier of administrat ...

, sports match (usually association football) between two rivals that are based in areas of close geographical proximity *

Demolition derby Demolition derby is a non-racing motorsport usually presented at county fairs and festivals. While rules vary from event to event, the typical demolition derby event consists of five or more drivers competing by deliberately ramming their vehic ...

, an intentionally destructive motor sport *

Roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States. Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...

, a roller-skating contact sport

Arts and entertainment

Films

* ''The Derby'' (1895 film), a British documentary film * ''The Derby'' (1919 film), a German silent mystery sports film * ''Derby'' (1926 film), a German silent film * ''Derby'' (1949 film), a West German horse racing film directed by Roger von Norman and starring Hannelore Schroth * ''Derby'' (1971 film), an American documentary film by Robert Kaylor about the world of 1970s professional roller derby

Music

* Derby mute, a horn mute that resembles a derby hat *

Derby Records Derby Records was an independent record label founded by Larry Newton in 1949. The label's logo featured a Derby hat. First headquartered in New York City, it moved to Los Angeles shortly before going out of business in 1964. The label offered s ...

, a short-lived American record label

Brands and enterprises

Derby (French car) Derby ( ) is a former vintage era automobile maker based in Courbevoie, Seine, France. Wise, David Burgess. "Derby: Financed in Britain, Built in France", in Ward, Ian, executive editor. ''World of Automobiles'' (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 5, p ...

, a defunct French automobile marque * Derby (cigarette), a brand name of cigarettes sold in Latin America, particularly Costa Rica *

Derby Cycle Derby Cycle AG, based in Cloppenburg, Germany, is one of the three largest manufacturers of bicycles in Europe. During the 2010/11 fiscal year Derby employed 756 people. Derby Cycle has a 14% market share in Germany. The Derby Cycle AG is listed i ...

, a large German bicycle manufacturer * Derby Oil Company, a former oil company purchased by the

Coastal Corporation Coastal Corporation was a diversified energy and petroleum products company headquartered at 9 Greenway Plaza (Coastal Tower) in Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas. The company was founded in 1955 by Oscar Wyatt and incorporated in 1955 as Coasta ...

in 1988 *

Volkswagen Derby Volkswagen Derby was the name first given by German automaker Volkswagen for the commercialization of the booted saloon (three-box) version of its Volkswagen Polo Mk1 supermini, between 1977 and 1981 in Europe. Later, the Derby name was used ...

, a car *

Derby (Canadian automobile) The Derby Motor Cars Ltd. was a Canadian automobile built in Saskatchewan between 1924 and 1927. Company principal Louis Arsenault believed that with a booming wheat trade in the Prairies, customers and investors would support a car company. Arsenau ...

, a Canadian automobile built in Saskatchewan between 1924 and 1927 * Derby (repair shops), railroad repair facilities in Milo, Maine

Clothing

* Derby, another name for a

bowler hat The bowler hat, also known as a billycock, bob hat, bombín (Spanish) or derby (United States), is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown, originally created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849. It has traditionally been worn ...

Derby shoe A derby ( , ; also called gibson) is a style of boot or shoe characterized by quarters, with shoelace eyelets that are sewn on top of the vamp.

, a style of shoe

Food and drink

* Derby (cocktail), a drink with gin, peach bitters and mint leaves *

Derby cheese Derby cheese is a mild, semi-firm British cow's milk cheese made in Derbyshire with a smooth, mellow texture and a buttery flavour. Like most of the traditional British hard cheeses it was produced exclusively on farms and was typically sold at a ...

, a British cheese * Derby pie, a chocolate and pecan tart with a pastry dough crust

Military

De Havilland DH.27 Derby The de Havilland DH.27 Derby was a large single-engined biplane designed to a heavy day bomber Air Ministry specification. It did not reach production. Development The de Havilland DH.27 Derby was designed to meet List of Air Ministry Specific ...

, a 1920s biplane bomber that did not reach production * , a First World War minesweeper *

Derby (missile) The Rafael Python is a family of air-to-air missiles (AAMs) built by the Israeli weapons manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, formerly RAFAEL Armament Development Authority. Originally starting with the ''Shafrir'' ( he, שפריר, loos ...

, a version of the Israeli Python air-to-air missile

Schools

* Derby Academy (disambiguation) *

Derby College Derby College is a further education provider with sites located within Derbyshire (Derby and South East Derbyshire – Ilkeston, Morley). It delivers training in workplace locations across England. The College is a member of the Collab Group ...

, England *

Derby Grammar School Derby Grammar School is a selective independent school in Littleover near the city of Derby, England. Founded in 1995, to recreate the historical Derby School, (which had become mixed-Comprehensive in the 1970s, and then changed name in 1989), i ...

, a Church of England secondary school * Derby High School (disambiguation) *

Derby School Derby School was a school in Derby in the English Midlands from 1160 to 1989. It had an almost continuous history of education of over eight centuries. For most of that time it was a grammar school for boys. The school became co-educational an ...

, a school in Derby, England, from 1160 to 1989 *

University of Derby , mottoeng = Experience is the best teacher , established = 1851 – Teacher Training College1992 – gained university status , type = Public , chancellor = William Cavendish, Ear ...

, England

Other uses

Apache Derby Apache Derby (previously distributed as IBM Cloudscape) is a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by the Apache Software Foundation that can be embedded in Java programs and used for online transaction processing. It has a 3.5 ...

, Java relational database management system *

Derby Porcelain The production of Derby porcelain dates from the second half of the 18th century, although the authorship and the exact start of the production remains today as a matter of conjecture. The oldest remaining pieces in the late 19th century bore onl ...

, a type of English ceramic pottery *

Earl of Derby Earl of Derby ( ) is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby, under a creation of 1139. It continued with the Ferrers family until the 6th Earl forfeited his property toward the end ...

, a title in the peerage of England *

Derby Racer Derby Racer was the name of two wooden roller coasters that operated at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts. The first coaster was built in 1911 and demolished in 1936. The second coaster of the same name was built in 1937 and demolished in 194 ...

, two former roller coasters at Revere Beach, Massachusetts *

Derby toadlet The Derby toadlet (''Uperoleia aspera'') is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Kimberley region near Derby and Broome in Western Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grasslan ...

, a species of frog