Area Info for Denby (Derbyshire)

Overview of Denby, Derbyshire

Denby is a village located in the county of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is known for its picturesque countryside, traditional English village atmosphere, and historical significance. The village is situated near the town of Ripley and is part of the Amber Valley district.

History and Heritage

Denby has a rich history that dates back several centuries. It has historically been a centre for pottery and ceramics, with the Denby Pottery Company being one of the most notable local industries. The village retains many traditional buildings and features that reflect its historical roots.

Local Economy and Industry

The local economy has traditionally been based on pottery, agriculture, and small-scale manufacturing. The Denby Pottery Company, established in the 19th century, remains a significant employer and is renowned for producing high-quality ceramic ware that is exported internationally.

Attractions and Amenities

Denby offers a range of attractions including the Denby Pottery Visitor Centre, where visitors can learn about the pottery-making process and purchase unique ceramic items. The surrounding countryside provides opportunities for walking, cycling, and enjoying outdoor activities. The village also has local pubs, shops, and community facilities that serve residents and visitors alike.

Transport and Accessibility

The village is accessible via local roads and is within reasonable distance of larger towns and cities such as Derby and Nottingham. Public transport options include bus services connecting Denby to nearby areas. The nearest railway station is in Ripley, providing further connectivity.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Education
School
Kilburn Junior School0.36 miles
The Flat, Kilburn, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 0LA
Kilburn Infant and Nursery School0.36 miles
The Flat, Kilburn, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 0LA
John Flamsteed Community School0.41 miles
Derby Road, Denby, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 8NP
Denby Free CofE VA Primary School0.82 miles
Church Street, Denby Village, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 8PH
Horsley Woodhouse Primary School1.23 miles
Main Street, Horsley Woodhouse, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6AT
Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School1.24 miles
Church Street, Horsley, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 5BR
Street Lane Primary School1.31 miles
Street Lane, Denby, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 8NE
Belper School and Sixth Form Centre1.31 miles
John O`Gaunts Way, Off Kilburn Road, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 0DA
Holbrook Church of England Primary School1.34 miles
Moorside Lane, Holbrook, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 0TW
Holbrook School for Autism1.60 miles
Portway, Holbrook, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 0TE
Herbert Strutt Primary School1.67 miles
Thornhill Avenue, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1SH
Pottery Primary School1.70 miles
Kilbourne Road, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1HA
Richardson Endowed Primary School1.86 miles
Main Road, Smalley, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6EF
St John's CofE Primary School2.07 miles
Laund Nook, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1GY
Ripley Infant School2.25 miles
Kirk Close, Off Highfield Way, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3RY
Ripley Junior School2.30 miles
Poplar Avenue, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3PN
Health
Clinic
Specsavers Hearcare - Derbyshire - Belper2.27 miles
46-48 King Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1PL
Rivermead2.35 miles
Rivermead, Goods Road, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1UU
Riversdale Surgery2.41 miles
59 Bridge Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AY
Riversdale Medical Centre2.41 miles
57 Bridge Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AY
Unity Mill2.43 miles
Unity Mill, Derwent Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1WN
Scrivens Opticians And Hearing Care - Ripley2.68 miles
Commercial Buildings, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3AG
Specsavers Hearcare - Derbyshire - Ripley2.70 miles
22 Oxford Street, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3AL
Specsavers Hearcare - Derbyshire - Ripley Library2.74 miles
Ripley Library, 17-23 Grosvenor Road, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3JE
Ripley Resource Centre2.74 miles
Ripley Resource Centre, 17-23 Grosvenor Road, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3JE
Ripley2.74 miles
11a Grosvenor Road,, DE5 3JE
The Mews2.78 miles
The Mews, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3BU
Alexin Healthcare Ltd - Duffield3.01 miles
36 King Street, Duffield, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 4EU
Scrivens Opticians And Hearing Care - Heanor3.09 miles
1A Market Street, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7NR
Heanor Clinic3.14 miles
Wilmot Street, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7EF
Ilkeston Resource Centre4.79 miles
Ilkeston Resource Centre, Heanor Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8TL
Church Walk Surgery5.14 miles
Church Walk, Eastwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 3BH
GP
The Arthur Medical Centre0.88 miles
Main Street, Horsley Woodhouse, Derby, DE7 6AX
Whitemoor Medical Centre1.62 miles
Whitemoor Medical Centre, Whitemoor Lane, Derbyshire, DE56 0JB
Ivy Grove Surgery2.28 miles
Church Farm Primary Care Centre, Steeple Drive, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3TH
Jessop Medical Practice2.28 miles
Church Farm Medical Centre, Steeple Drive, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3TH
COOKE D2.41 miles
59 Bridge Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AY
Ripley Medical Centre2.54 miles
Derby Road, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3HR
CODNOR SURGERY2.99 miles
7 Market Place, Codnor, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 9RE
Appletree Medical Practice - Duffield3.08 miles
47a Town Street, Duffield, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 4GG
AHMED I3.26 miles
The Park Surgery, 60 Ilkeston Road, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7DX
Appletree Medical Practice - Little Eaton3.32 miles
10 The Town, Little Eaton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 5DH
KELVINGROVE MEDICAL CENTRE3.34 miles
28 Hands Road, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7HA
Brooklyn Medical Practice3.62 miles
65 Mansfield Road, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7AL
The Dales Medical Centre4.35 miles
The Village, West Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6JA
West Hallam Medical Centre4.37 miles
The Dales, West Hallam, Derbyshire, DE7 6GR
Park Lane Surgery, Dr Nichols & Partners4.51 miles
Park Lane Surgery, 2 Park Lane, Allestree, Derby, DE22 2DS
Jessop Medical Practice4.84 miles
Greenhill Primary Care Centre, Greenhill Lane, Leabrooks, ALFRETON, Alfreton, DE55 1LU
Hospital
Babington Hospital2.38 miles
Babington Hospital, Derby Road, Belper, Derby, Derbyshire, DE56 1WH
Ripley Hospital2.43 miles
Sandham Lane,, DE5 3HE
Ilkeston Community Hospital4.86 miles
Heanor Road,, DE7 8LN
London Road Community Hospital7.04 miles
London Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2QY
Kingsway Site7.39 miles
Kingsway Site, Kingsway, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3LZ
Cygnet Hospital Derby7.39 miles
City Gate, London Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8WZ
Royal Derby Hospital7.53 miles
Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3LZ
Radbourne Unit7.73 miles
Radbourne Unit, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3WQ
Nuffield Health, Derby Hospital9.27 miles
Rykneld Road, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 4SN
Ashfield Community Hospital9.68 miles
Portland Street, Kirkby-In-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7AE
Highbury Hospital9.96 miles
Highbury Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 9DR
Clay Cross Hospital10.72 miles
Market Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S45 9NZ
Whitworth Hospital11.24 miles
330 Bakewell Road,, DE4 2JD
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - Queen's Medical Centre Campus11.24 miles
Derby Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 2UH
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - City Campus11.34 miles
Nottingham City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 1PB
CircleNottingham NHS Treatment Centre11.44 miles
Nottingham NHS Treatment Centre, Lister Road, Nottingham, NG7 2FT
Pharmacy
Amber Pharmacy0.88 miles
Main Street, Horsley Woodhouse, DE7 6AX
Manor Pharmacy1.62 miles
Whitemoor Medical Centre, Whitemoor Lane, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 0JB
Manor Pharmacy2.18 miles
57 King Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1QA
Boots2.25 miles
Ripley Medical Centre Church Farm Road, Ripley, DE5 3TF
Boots2.33 miles
12 King Street, Belper, Derby, DE56 1PS
Morrisons Pharmacy Plc2.40 miles
Chapel Street, Belper, Derby, DE56 1YA
Lloydspharmacy2.41 miles
53-55 Bridge Street, Belper, DE56 1AY
Boots2.68 miles
3 High Street, Ripley, DE5 3AA
Manor Pharmacy2.68 miles
1-2 Oxford Street, Ripley, Derby, DE5 3AG
Hurst Chemist2.69 miles
5-7 High Street, Ripley, Derby, DE5 3AB
Lloydspharmacy3.03 miles
30 Town Street, Duffield, Derby, DE56 4EH
Holmfield Chemist Ltd3.06 miles
1 High Street, Codnor, Ripley, DE5 9QB
Sainsbury's Pharmacy3.17 miles
Butterley, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3QP
Boots3.19 miles
24 Market Place, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7AA
Manor Pharmacy3.21 miles
2 Barley Close, Little Eaton, Derby, DE21 5DJ
Manor Pharmacy3.33 miles
21 Ilkeston Road, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7DT
Leisure
Park
BELPER PARKS1.99 miles
RED RIVER2.52 miles
BELPER CEMETERY (Grade II Listed)2.54 miles
RIVER GARDENS (Grade II* Listed)2.55 miles
SHIPLEY2.88 miles
DUFFIELD MILLENIUM MEADOW2.90 miles
NETHER HEAGE RECREATION GROUND2.91 miles
CARR WOOD3.17 miles
HAMMERSMITH MEADOWS, RIPLEY3.31 miles
DERWENT VALLEY MILLS3.78 miles
MIDLAND RAILWAY CENTRE3.98 miles
BREADSALL RAILWAY CUTTING4.16 miles
ALLESTREE PARK4.38 miles
CHADDESDEN WOODS AND LIME LANE WOOD4.55 miles
HALL PARK EASTWOOD4.89 miles
WHARF GREEN4.89 miles
Shop
Groceries
Nisa V & B Retail LTD0.36 miles
53 Chapel Street, Kilburn, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 0NR
Co-op Belper1.67 miles
Whitemoor Lane, Belper, DE56 0HB
Tesco Belper (Express)1.82 miles
39 Gregory`s Way, Alton Manor, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 0HS
SPAR Heage2.12 miles
Spar Store, 257 Park Road, Derbyshire, DE56 2AB
Fisher Conv Store2.16 miles
32 Market Place,, Belper Derby Derbyshire DE56 1FZ
Co-op Belper2.23 miles
Belper, DE56 1UN
Iceland Belper2.35 miles
2 King Street, Belper, DE56 1PU
Co-op Ripley2.36 miles
Maple Avenue, DE5 3PY
SPAR Belper2.40 miles
Spar Store, Lion Garages, Derbyshire, DE56 1AX
Nisa Mahason Ltd2.40 miles
Bridge St, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AX
Morrisons Belper2.41 miles
Chapel Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1YA
Co-op Ripley2.64 miles
Ripley, DE5 3EA
Taylor Mills Conv Store2.70 miles
Wellington Street, Derby Derbyshire DE5 3EE
Farmfoods Ripley2.70 miles
22/28 Oxford Street, Ripley, DE5 3AL
Costcutter Heanor2.72 miles
Heanor Road, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7JT
SPAR Heanor2.73 miles
Spar Store, Barron`s Of Chesterfield Ltd, Derbyshire, DE75 7QL
Transport
Airport
East Midlands Airport13.54 miles
Sheffield City Airport26.42 miles
Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport36.99 miles
Birmingham International Airport Terminal 140.72 miles
Birmingham International Airport40.81 miles
Birmingham International Airport Terminal 240.85 miles
Coventry Baginton Airport44.64 miles
Bus Stop
Danesby Rise (SW)0.17 miles
Danesby Rise (NE)0.17 miles
Football Ground (SW)0.18 miles
Football Ground (NE)0.21 miles
Danesby Crescent (NE)0.25 miles
Danesby Crescent (SW)0.28 miles
Ticknallhill Farm (N)0.29 miles
Ticknallhill Farm (S)0.29 miles
John Flamsteed School (W)0.29 miles
Bottlebrook Houses (NW)0.33 miles
Chapel Street Middle (E)0.33 miles
Bywell Lane (S)0.34 miles
Chapel Street Middle (W)0.34 miles
Bywell Lane (N)0.36 miles
Bottlebrook Houses (SE)0.36 miles
Brickyard Lane (SE)0.37 miles
Railway Station
Belper Rail Station2.31 miles
Duffield Rail Station2.91 miles
Ambergate Rail Station3.88 miles
Langley Mill Rail Station4.11 miles
Whatstandwell Rail Station5.73 miles
Ilkeston Rail Station6.07 miles
Alfreton Rail Station6.51 miles
Derby Rail Station6.84 miles
Spondon Rail Station7.03 miles
Peartree Rail Station8.24 miles
Cromford Rail Station8.48 miles
Matlock Bath Rail Station9.19 miles
Kirkby in Ashfield Rail Station9.47 miles
Newstead Rail Station9.48 miles
Bulwell Rail Station9.76 miles
Hucknall Rail Station9.87 miles
Crime
Flood Data
Flood Risk Per Year (DE5 8R*)
Number of Properties in Catchment81
Very Low Risk (<0.1% chance of flooding)0
Low Risk (0.1% < 1% chance of flooding)0
Medium Risk (1% < 3.3% chance of flooding)0
High Risk (>3.3%)0
Property Sales
4, DRURY LOWE CLOSE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8RN		£235,000
2025-08-22
semidetached
freehold
75, CHURCH STREET
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PH		£192,500
2025-08-15
terraced
freehold
10, CHURCH STREET
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PA		£310,000
2025-07-07
detached
freehold
2, GREENWHEAT CLOSE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8RL		£200,000
2025-03-28
semidetached
freehold
233, DERBY ROAD
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NN		£475,000
2024-10-23
detached
freehold
9, SAPPHIRE DRIVE

RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NL		£535,000
2025-03-21
detached
freehold
8, OAKLANDS CLOSE
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PB		£440,000
2025-03-07
detached
freehold
7, STERLING CLOSE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NU		£126,500
2025-03-05
detached
freehold
10A, STATION ROAD
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8ND		£297,000
2025-02-14
detached
freehold
MAPLE LODGE, RYKNIELD HILL
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NW		£472,500
2024-10-18
detached
freehold
4, GREENWHEAT CLOSE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8RL		£210,000
2024-09-27
semidetached
freehold
16, BOURNE PLACE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8RJ		£110,000
2024-05-24
semidetached
leasehold
14, BOURNE PLACE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8RJ		£110,000
2024-05-02
semidetached
leasehold
15, CHURCH STREET
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PA		£268,000
2024-03-27
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2023-07-28   £315,000
38, SAPPHIRE DRIVE

RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NL		£325,000
2024-02-16
detached
freehold
48, BROOKVALE RISE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NT		£155,000
2024-01-10
semidetached
freehold
THE BUNGALOW, RYKNIELD HILL
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NW		£231,000
2023-12-15
detached
freehold
Sold 2022-12-20   £195,000
5, RYKNIELD HILL
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NW		£468,125
2023-11-20
semidetached
freehold
47, CHURCH STREET
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PA		£367,000
2023-11-10
semidetached
freehold
2, STERLING CLOSE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NU		£435,000
2023-09-08
detached
freehold
THE DENBY LODGE, CHURCH STREET
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PH		£900,000
2023-05-31
otherPropertyType
freehold
19, SAPPHIRE DRIVE

RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NL		£390,000
2022-12-16
detached
freehold
Sold 2021-06-30   £352,000
6, BOTTLE BROOK
KILBURN
BELPER
DERBYSHIRE
DE56 0PD		£325,000
2022-12-02
semidetached
freehold
19, STATION ROAD
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8ND		£450,000
2022-10-28
otherPropertyType
freehold
5, BOTTLE BROOK
KILBURN
BELPER
DERBYSHIRE
DE56 0PD		£287,500
2022-09-05
terraced
freehold
32, STATION ROAD
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8ND		£400,000
2022-08-19
terraced
freehold
35, CHURCH STREET
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PA		£200,000
2022-07-01
semidetached
freehold
14, STATION ROAD
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8ND		£425,000
2022-06-10
detached
freehold
ABELLS (TREDENE), CHURCH STREET
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PA		£520,000
2022-05-27
detached
freehold
6, STATION ROAD
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8ND		£220,000
2022-04-25
semidetached
freehold
31, STATION ROAD
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8ND		£225,000
2022-04-04
semidetached
freehold
12, OAKLANDS CLOSE
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PB		£170,000
2022-02-28
semidetached
freehold
ABELLS (1), CHURCH STREET
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PA		£617,000
2021-12-20
detached
freehold
16, STATION ROAD
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8ND		£460,000
2021-10-15
detached
freehold
SWALLOW BARN, FLAMSTEAD LANE
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PE		£244,000
2021-07-15
detached
freehold
LORNAY, RYKNIELD HILL
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NW		£289,950
2021-06-02
detached
freehold
20, SAPPHIRE DRIVE

RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NL		£287,000
2021-05-05
detached
freehold
230, DERBY ROAD
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NN		£350,000
2021-04-23
detached
freehold
34, FLAMSTEAD LANE
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PE		£330,000
2021-03-26
semidetached
freehold
12, SAPPHIRE DRIVE

RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8NL		£285,000
2021-02-19
detached
freehold
103, CHURCH STREET
DENBY VILLAGE
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8PH		£900,000
2021-01-20
detached
freehold
1, BOTTLE BROOK
KILBURN
BELPER
DERBYSHIRE
DE56 0PD		£222,500
2020-12-01
terraced
freehold
4, BOURNE PLACE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8RJ		£185,000
2020-11-13
terraced (New)
freehold
23, BOURNE PLACE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8RJ		£280,000
2020-11-02
detached (New)
freehold
2, DRURY LOWE CLOSE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8RN		£185,000
2020-10-01
semidetached (New)
freehold
16, DRURY LOWE CLOSE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8RN		£280,000
2020-09-18
detached (New)
freehold
14, DRURY LOWE CLOSE
DENBY
RIPLEY
DERBYSHIRE
DE5 8RN		£280,000
2020-09-07
detached (New)
freehold
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