Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Derbyshire is both a county in England. It is situated in the East Midlands and boasts some of England's most attractive hill and mountain scenery. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains part of the National Forest. It is currently 225,074 hectares in area, and has a two-tier local government, with a county council based in Matlock and eight district councils. Population: about 750,000 (2002). Apart from 13 towns with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, there is a large amount of sparsely populated agricultural upland: 75% of the population live in 25% of the area. Before 1998 the county included Derby, and had an area of 658,885 acres. Derby is now a unitary authority, but remains part of Derbyshire for ceremonial purposes. Derbyshire is divided into a number of districts Amber Valley Bolsover Chesterfield Derbyshire Dales Erewash High Peak Derbyshire South Derbyshire North East Derbyshire Table of contents 1 Towns and villages 2 Places of interest 3 External links Towns and villages Alfreton, Alton, Ashbourne, Ashford-in-the-Water Bakewell, Bamford, Baslow, Beeley, Belper, Birch Vale, Bolehill, Bolsover, Borrowash, Bretby, Brimington, Burbage, Buxton Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Charlesworth, Chelmorton, Chesterfield, Clay Cross, Clowne,Cressbrook, Creswell, Cromford, Crowden, Curbar Derby, Dronfield, Duffield Earl Sterndale, Eckington, Edale, Edensor, Eyam Fernilee Gamesley, Glossop, Great Hucklow Hadfield, Hartington, Hathersage, Hayfield, Heanor, Hope Ilkeston Little Hucklow, Long Eaton Marston Montgomery, Marston on Dove, Matlock, Melbourne, Miller's Dale, Morley New Mills, Newhaven Over Haddon Peak Forest Riber, Ripley Shipley, Shirebrook, Staveley, Stoney Middleton, Stretton, Sudbury, Swadlincote Tansley, Taxal, Thornhill, Tibshelf, Tideswell, Tunstead Milton Walton, Wardlow, Whaley Bridge, Whitwell, Wirksworth Youlgreave Places of interest Alfreton Hall Alsop Hall Arbor Low Stone Circle - English Heritage Barlborough Hall Bradbourne Hall Bradley Hall Bretby Hall, see also: Earls of Chesterfield Buxton Hall Buxton Museum & Art Gallery Calke Abbey - National Trust Carsington Reservoir Chatsworth - a stately home, part of Treasure Houses of England; see also: Dukes of Devonshire Coxbench Hall Derwent Reservoir Derwent Valley Mills - a World Heritage Site Ednaston Manor Eyam Hall Fenney Bentley Old Hall Flagg Hall Glossop Hall Great Longstone Hall Haddon Hall Hartington Hall Heights of Abraham Hob Hurst's House - English Heritage Howden Reservoir Ilam Hall Kedleston Hall Ladybower Reservoir Longdendale chain of reservoirs Longdendale Trail, a long distance footpath Longford Hall Mam Tor National Stone Centre, Wirksworth Nine Ladies Stone Circle - English Heritage Norbury Hall Parwich Hall Peveril Castle Renishaw Hall Riber Castle Speedwell Cavern Sudbury Hall Sutton Scarsdale Hall - English Heritage Thornbridge Hall Well dressing - an ancient custom Wingfield Manor - English Heritage External links Derbyshire County Council - Official site This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.