Amber Valley

Borough of Amber Valley
Non-metropolitan district and borough
Ripley, the administrative centre of Amber Valley and the second largest settlement in the borough
Coat of arms
Shown within Derbyshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Ceremonial county	Derbyshire
Admin. HQ	Ripley
Government
• Type	Amber Valley Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• MPs:	Nigel Mills, Pauline Latham, Sarah Dines
Area
• Total	102 sq mi (265 km2)
• Rank	132nd
Population  (2022)
• Total	126,944
• Rank	Ranked 187th
• Density	1,200/sq mi (480/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 97.3% White 1.2% Mixed 1% Asian 0.3% Black 0.2% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 50.2% no religion 48.2% Christianity 1.3% other 0.3% Islam
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode	DE
ONS code	17UB (ONS) E07000032 (GSS)
Ethnicity	97.8% White 0.9% S.Asian[2]

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.

The seat in the House of Commons of Amber Valley is of smaller scope.

The village of Crich and other parts of the district were the setting for ITV drama series Peak Practice.