Amber Valley
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| Borough of Amber Valley | |
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| Missing image DerbyshireAmberValley.png Amber Valley Shown within Derbyshire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Derbyshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 170th 265.39 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Ripley |
| ONS code: | 17UB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 166th 117,806 444 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 99.1% White |
| Politics | |
| Amber Valley Borough Council http://www.ambervalley.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Judy Mallaber, Patrick McLoughlin |
Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. It covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns formerly based around coal mining and engineering.
The village of Crich and the Amber Valley area are the setting for the popular television programme Peak Practice.
Towns and places in the district include:
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Alfreton, Belper, Heanor and Ripley and Belper Rural District.
Parishes
- Aldercar and Langley Mill, Alderwasley, Alfreton
- Belper
- Codnor, Crich
- Denby, Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Duffield
- Hazelwood, Heanor and Loscoe, Holbrook, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse
- Idridgehay, Alton and Ashleyhay, Ironville
- Kedleston, Kilburn, Kirk Langley
- Mackworth, Mapperley
- Pentrich
- Quarndon
- Ravensdale Park, Riddings, Ripley
- Shipley, Shottle and Postern, Smalley, Somercotes, South Wingfield, Swanwick
- Turnditch and Windley
- Weston Underwood
| Districts of England - East Midlands | 
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Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire |