Amber Valley is a local government district with borough status in the east of Derbyshire, England, taking its name from the River Amber. Its council is based in Ripley. The district covers a semi-rural area lying to the north of the city of Derby. The district contains four main towns whose economy was based on coal mining and remains to some extent influenced by engineering, distribution and manufacturing, holding for instance the headquarters and production site of Thorntons confectionery.
Ripley, the administrative centre of Amber Valley and the second largest settlement in the borough
Amber Valley
Alfreton, the largest settlement in the Amber Valley district
Heanor, the third-largest settlement in Amber Valley
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.
Image: Town Hall, Ripley geograph.org.uk 1373324
Image: All Saints Church, Ripley geograph.org.uk 3005952
Image: Grosvenor Road Ripley geograph.org.uk 3013363
Image: Ripley greenway geograph 2435421 by Trevor Rickard