Codnor Park and Ironville railway station

Codnor Park and Selston railway station was a former railway station to serve the villages of Codnor Park and Selston on the border between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire and was actually in Jacksdale. In some timetables it was listed as Codnor Park and Selston for Ironville and Jacksdale. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire Extension in 1875-6 and closed in 1963.It lay on the branch from Awsworth Junction, to Pinxton, Codnor Park being important for an ironworks belonging to the Butterley Company. Codnor Park and Ironville railway station opened nearby in 1847 on the Midland Railway Erewash Valley Line. The tracks are still in place today; however, the line is not in use. They can be seen from trains running between Langley Mill and Alfreton

Pye Hill is a hamlet in the Erewash Valley, Nottinghamshire, England. The B600 road runs east–west through it. It was once served by the Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station.

Ironville in Derbyshire, England, was built about 1830 by the Butterley Company as a model village to house its workers. The population of the civil parish was 1,930 at the 2021 Census. It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park. John Wright and William Jessop had purchased the land adjacent to the Cromford Canal from Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall in 1809. The village was notable for its large gardens, and its rural setting. The Mechanics Institute was built in 1846; schools were provided in 1850 and a parish church in 1852. The local authority modernised parts of the village in the late twentieth century. Nearby is Pye Hill and the bend in the Cromford Canal where it turns southward down the Erewash Valley and the junction with its extension to Pinxton. About a quarter of a mile north east is another transport landmark, Pye Bridge at the junction of the Erewash Valley railway line and the extension to Ambergate. Part of the line to Ambergate is now preserved as Midland Railway - Butterley, which terminates just south of the former Pye Bridge Station.

Christ Church, Ironville is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England: 253  in Ironville, Derbyshire.

Jacksdale is a village in the Ashfield local-government district of Nottinghamshire, England, once a mining community. The population of Jacksdale ward in Ashfield district was recorded as 3,158 in the 2011 census, and was estimated at 3,097 in 2019. Lying close to the Derbyshire border, Jacksdale is the westernmost community in its county. Neighbouring villages include Selston, Brinsley, Pye Hill and Ironville. Jacksdale and Westwood are interlinked, although houses in Westwood are usually newer, whereas 86 per cent of the housing in Jacksdale was built before 1918.

St. Mary's Church, Westwood is a parish church in the Church of England in Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire.

Pye Bridge railway station served the village of Pye Bridge, Derbyshire, England from 1849 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.

Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire Extension on the branch between Kimberley and Pinxton. It served the villages of Pye Hill and Somercotes. The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway on 24 March 1877, and was originally named Pye Hill; it was renamed Pye Hill and Somercotes on 8 January 1906, and closed on 7 January 1963. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

Codnor Castle is a ruined 13th-century castle in Derbyshire, England. The land around Codnor came under the jurisdiction of William Peverel after the Norman conquest. The building is registered as a Scheduled Ancient Monument a Grade II Listed Building and is officially a Building at Risk.

Aldercar and Langley Mill is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It includes the villages of Aldercar and Langley Mill, along with the hamlets of Stoneyford and Woodlinkin. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 5,405.

Golden Valley is a small hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It is between the larger villages of Codnor and Riddings, and near Ironville and Codnor Park to the east. There was once a road to Ripley, but this is now disused. It is best known for the now derelict Cromford Canal, being at the eastern portal of Butterley Tunnel, from which the canal merges into Codnor Park Reservoir, which has an unexploded German bomb from World War II marooned at the bottom. The Pinxton arm of the canal also starts at Golden Valley. It is also known for its picturesque cottages on the canalside, which were originally built to accommodate miners, and also the Newlands Inn, which closed down in 2007 and is currently in a state of disrepair. On 6 August 2011, a fire broke out and the building was gutted. As of 2018, the site still remains derelict.

St James’ Church, Riddings is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England: 309  in Riddings, Derbyshire.