Key facts
- Population
- 11,986 (Census 2021)
- Os grid reference
- SK298601
- Civil parish
- Matlock Town
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Shire county
- Derbyshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- MATLOCK
- Postcode district
- DE4
- Dialling code
- 01629
- Police
- Derbyshire
- Fire
- Derbyshire
- Ambulance
- East Midlands
- Uk parliament
- Derbyshire Dales
- Website
- matlock .gov .uk
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Matlock is the county town of Derbyshire, England. It is in the south-eastern part of the Peak District, with the National Park directly to the west. The spa resort of Matlock Bath is immediately south of the town as well as Cromford lying further south still. The civil parish of Matlock Town had a population in the 2021 UK census of 10,000.
Matlock is 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Chesterfield and in close reach of the cities of Derby (19 miles), Sheffield (20 miles) and Nottingham (29 miles). Matlock is within the Derbyshire Dales district and is the headquarters of Derbyshire County Council.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matlock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.