| Risley | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' church | |
  Risley Location within Derbyshire | |
| Population | 711 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK458356 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DERBY |
| Postcode district | DE72 |
| Dialling code | 0115 9 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Risley (/ˈrɪzli/) is a small village and parish[1] in the Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 711.[2] It is four miles south of Ilkeston.
It is midway between Derby and Nottingham and is near junction 25 of the M1 motorway, and the A52. In 1870 it had a population of 203 when there was a grammar school that served seven neighbouring parishes.[3]
- ^ Risley Parish Council
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870