Belper
Town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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53.029°N 1.475°W / 53.029; -1.475
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Belper parish highlighted within Derbyshire | |
Population | 21,822 (civil parish, 2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SK351476 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BELPER |
Postcode district | DE56 |
Dialling code | 01773 |
Police | Derbyshire |
Fire | Derbyshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Belper (/ˈbɛlpər/) is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about 7 miles (11 km) north of Derby on the River Derwent. As well as Belper itself, the parish also includes the village of Milford and the hamlets of Bargate, Blackbrook and Makeney. As of the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 21,823. Originally a centre for the nail-making industry since the Middle Ages, Belper expanded during the early Industrial Revolution to become one of the first mill towns with the establishment of several textile mills; as such, it forms part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.