Ashbourne, Derbyshire
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Template:GBdot Ashbourne is a small town in the Derbyshire Dales, England. It has a population of just over 7,000.
Ashbourne became the 97th Fairtrade Town in March 2005 after many businesses, cafes, shops and community organisations started supporting Fairtrade. Activities are co-ordinated by the Ashbourne Fairtrade Town Initiative and an online Fairtrade Directory is available on their site (see below for link).
Ashbourne is known for its annual two day Royal Shrovetide Football Match in which one half of the town plays the other at football, using the town as the pitch and with the goals three miles apart.
The MP for Ashbourne is Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative), the MP for West Derbyshire.
The town advertises itself as 'The Gateway to Dovedale'.
The Tissington Trail, a popular recreational path, starts at Tissington, near Dovedale, just north of the town - it follows the course of the former Ashbourne to Buxton railway, joining the High Peak Trail (the old Cromford and High Peak Railway) at Parsley Hay. The line, which had been built in 1899, closed in the early 1950s.
The line continued down the Dove to Rocester near Uttoxeter where it joined the main North Staffordshire Railway. This southern link had opened in 1852. It closed in 1954.
Geography
Ashbourne is located at Template:Coor dms (53.0167, -1.7167)1.
External link
- Derbyshire Dales Council's page on Ashbourne (http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/tourism/places.htm)
- Ashbourne Fairtrade Town Initiative's site (http://www.ashbournefairtradetown.supanet.com/index.htm)