Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Ashbourne
St Oswald's Church, the parish church of Ashbourne and a grade I listed building.
Ashbourne is located in Derbyshire
Ashbourne
Ashbourne
Location within Derbyshire
Population8,377 (Parish, 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSK1846
Civil parish
  • Ashbourne
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townASHBOURNE
Postcode districtDE6
Dialling code01335
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
England
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53°00′58″N 1°43′52″W / 53.016°N 1.731°W / 53.016; -1.731
Ashbourne Town Hall and town centre

Ashbourne is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales district in Derbyshire, England. Its population was measured at 8,377 in the 2011 census[2] and was estimated to have grown to 9,163 by 2019.[3] It has many historical buildings and independent shops. The town offers a historic annual Shrovetide football match. Its position near the southern edge of the Peak District makes it the closest town to Dovedale, to which Ashbourne is sometimes referred to as the gateway.

The town is 14 miles (23 km) west of Derby, 21 miles (34 km) south-east of Buxton, 22 miles (35 km) east of Stoke-on-Trent, 49 miles (79 km) south-south-east of Manchester, 35 miles (56 km) south-west of Sheffield and 27 miles (43 km) north of Lichfield. Nearby towns include Matlock, Uttoxeter, Leek, Cheadle and Bakewell.

  1. ^ "Neighbourhood Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Ashbourne (Derbyshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ^ "City Population. Retrieved 6 January 2021". Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.