Ashover

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Ashover is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. It is in the North East Derbyshire district of the county. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,905. It sits in a valley, not far from the town of Matlock and the Peak District national park. The centre of the village is a conservation area. The River Amber flows through the village. Although Ashover is a small settlement, the actual ward boundaries of the village extend for many miles, including the nearby settlements of Alicehead, Alton, Ashover Hay, Farhill, Kelstedge, Littlemoor, Milltown, Spitewinter, Stone Edge and Uppertown. The two major roads, running through the parish, are the A632 from Matlock to Chesterfield, and the A615 from Matlock to Alfreton. The area along that part of the A615 is named Doehole. Slack is a small hamlet, within the parish, which is south west of Kelstedge on the A632; nearby to there, on Robridding Road (off Wirestone Lane), is the Eddlestow Lot Picnic Site, which has been developed in the former Wirestone Quarry: it is surrounded by heathland vegetation. The picnic site provides a good base to explore the local Public Rights of Way. Circular walks are waymarked from the car park, a leaflet is available by contacting the County Council. There is public access into many of the adjacent Forestry Commission owned woodlands. The site has plants including heather and bilberry. The other numbered roads in the parish are the B5057 from near North Brittain to Stone Edge, the B6036 between Kelstedge and Dalebank running past Ashover itself, and the B6014 from near Butterley to just past Ashover Hay. Fallgate is a hamlet beside the River Amber, in the south-east corner of the parish, off the B6036 to Woolley Moor and Handley.

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Milken Lane, North East Derbyshire

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Ashover Parish Hall

Milken Lane
S45 0AD North East Derbyshire
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Milltown, Derbyshire

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Littlemoor, Derbyshire

Littlemoor is a small village near the town of Chesterfield. Its population is around 100. It is the closest village to Ashover Rock (otherwise known as the Fabrick), Ashover. Every year, near Christmas time carol singing takes place in the village green. There is an old chapel in the centre of the village which is now a holiday home. The houses in Littlemoor are a mix of mostly bungalows and semi-detached houses.

Dale Bank railway station

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Milltown Methodist Church

Milltown Methodist Church (known alternatively as Milltown Chapel, Milltown Primative Methodist Chapel and Ashover Hay Primative Methodist Chapel) is a now-closed, listed Methodist chapel in the village of Milltown, Derbyshire. The chapel was founded by Hugh Bourne who formed a society in the district. The building, which also has a graveyard (though this no longer present), was opened in 1824, and was expanded in 1870. The building is built from coursed gritstone with a roof of Welsh slate. The chapel became Grade II listed in 1995. Worship ceased at an unrecorded date after c. 2007.

Alton, Derbyshire

Alton is a very small village in Derbyshire, England. Alton is in the civil parish of Ashover, and is around 2 miles away from Clay Cross although it is not part of the town. The village does not have a church, a school or a public house; the nearest public house is in Ashover. Being a rural community, Alton is surrounded by several farms. Alton also has easy access to local landmark Ashover Rock, or the Fabrick as it is locally known.

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