Why visit Heage
Townapedia lists 5 museums and landmarks, 5 parks and trails, 12 places to eat, 2 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Heage Windmill, National Tramway Museum, Belper River Gardens and Wyver Lane Nature Reserve.
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About Heage
Heage is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ripley, in the Amber Valley district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is situated midway between Belper and Ripley. The village is in the Heage and Ambergate ward, which in the 2011 census had a population of 5,013.
From the Wikipedia article Heage (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks5
National Tramway Museum
Museum · 3.1 mi
United Kingdom national museum of tramways
Strutt's North Mill
Museum · 2.3 mi
Cotton mill and museum in Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Parks, trails and playgrounds5
Belper River Gardens
Park · 2.1 mi
Park in Belper, Derbyshire, England
Wyver Lane Nature Reserve
Park · 1.9 mi
Nature reserve in Derbyshire, England, UK
Restaurants and cafes12
Where to stay2
Churches and places of worship14
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries4
Healthcare2
Map of Heage
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Getting there and nearby towns
East Midlands Airport (EMA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 16 miles away.
- Ripley 2 mi southeast, about 4 min by car
- Belper 2 mi southwest, about 4 min by car
- South Wingfield 3 mi north, about 5 min by car
- Alfreton 4 mi northeast, about 7 min by car
- Smalley 4 mi southeast, about 7 min by car
- Heanor 5 mi southeast, about 7 min by car
- Shirland 5 mi north, about 8 min by car
- Pinxton 6 mi northeast, about 10 min by car
- Little Eaton 6 mi south, about 9 min by car
- Eastwood 7 mi southeast, about 11 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- Mapillary (see each image): photos
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Heage Bakers Hill 188804 d98b3600, Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0
- St Luke's Church, Heage, Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Belper mill, chevin, Public domain
- All Saints, South Wingfield 2, Poliphilo, CC0
- Denby - church tower and nave, Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0
- St Peter's Belper, Duncan Harris, CC BY 2.0
- St James, Cross Hill (i), PaleCloudedWhite, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Heage Windmill, Tina Cordon, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bullbridge - Canal Inn, Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Crich Tramway Village - National Tramway Museum - Crich - K1 Telephone Box (15185984729), Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Street-level photo, victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, ntzm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, orangutanclyde, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0
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