Amber Valley

Borough of 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

Districts of England – East Midlands
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
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire – Leicestershire – Lincolnshire – Northamptonshire – Nottinghamshire