Ripley | |
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Clockwise from top: Ripley Town Hall, All Saints' Church, Grosvenor Road, Former railway line-turned greenway passing through the former railway station site and Midland Railway Heritage Railway | |
Location within Derbyshire | |
Population | 20,176 (2021 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SK 39746 50502 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Areas of the town | List
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Post town | RIPLEY |
Postcode district | DE5 |
Dialling code | 01773 |
Police | Derbyshire |
Fire | Derbyshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Ripley is a market and industrial town as well as a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England. It is located to the north-northeast of Derby, northwest of Heanor, southwest of Alfreton and northeast of Belper. The town forms a continuous urban area with Heanor, Eastwood and Ilkeston as part of the wider Nottingham Urban Area.