Grindleford
Sign in to saveGrindleford is a village and civil parish in the county of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 909. It lies at an altitude of in the valley of the River Derwent in the Peak District National Park. The 17th-century Grindleford Bridge crosses the river on the western side of the village.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Grindleford Sir William Hotel 005579 75384d5d 213x160.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Sir William Hotel
- UK place.official_name
- Grindleford
- UK place.map_type
- Derbyshire
- UK place.population
- 909
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Grindleford
- UK place.shire_district
- Derbyshire Dales
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Derbyshire Dales
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Derbyshire Dales
- Population
- +909
- Shares border with
- Baslow and Bubnell
- Image
- Grindleford Sir William Hotel 005579 75384d5d 213x160.jpg
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Grindleford is a village and civil parish in the county of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 909. It lies at an altitude of in the valley of the River Derwent in the Peak District National Park. The 17th-century Grindleford Bridge crosses the river on the western side of the village.
On the west side of the valley is the high Sir William Hill, and to the south-east lies the gritstone escarpment of Froggatt Edge. Grindleford became a parish in 1987, merging the parishes of Eyam Woodlands, Stoke, Nether Padley and Upper Padley.