Ripley, Derbyshire

Ripley
Clockwise from top: Ripley Town Hall, All Saints' Church, Grosvenor Road, Former railway line-turned greenway passing through the former railway station site and Midland Railway Heritage Railway
Ripley is located in Derbyshire
Ripley
Ripley
Location within Derbyshire
Population20,176 (2021 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSK 39746 50502
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Areas of the town
List
Post townRIPLEY
Postcode districtDE5
Dialling code01773
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
53°03′00″N 1°24′25″W / 53.050°N 1.407°W / 53.050; -1.407
Arms of Ripley Town Council
CrestOn a Wreath of the Colours out of a Mural Crown Sable Flames proper issuant therefrom a Unicorn's Head Argent armed and crined Or charged with three Spearheads erect one and two Gules.
ShieldVert on a Chevron Or between in chief two Stags' Heads caboshed and in base a Fleur de Lys Argent a Chevronel Sable surmounted by a Tudor Rose barbed and seeded proper all within a Bordure also Argent thereon six Horseshoes also Sable.
MottoIngenium Industria Alitur (Skill Is Fostered By Diligence)
Granted to the urban district council on 8 April 1954.[2]

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.

  1. ^ "Ripley (Derbyshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Ripley Town Council (Derbyshire)". Robert Young. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

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