Heanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It lies 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administered area of Heanor and Loscoe, which had a population of 17,251 in the 2011 census.
Heanor Town Hall (left), with St Lawrence's Church (right)
The market place
Shipley Hill, part of Shipley Country Park to the south of the town
St Lawrence's Church
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
