Borough of Amber Valley
local government district and borough
Ripley, the administrative centre of Amber Valley and the second largest settlement in the borough
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	102.5 sq mi (265.4 km2)
• Rank	146th
Population  (2021)
• Total	126,206
• Rank	Ranked 185th
• Density	1,200/sq mi (480/km2)
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[1]
Website	www.ambervalley.gov.uk

Alfreton, is the largest settlement in the Amber Valley district

Heanor, is the third-largest settlement in Amber Valley

Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in the east of Derbyshire, England, taking its name from the River Amber. It covers a semi-rural zone with 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 population at the 2011 Census was 122,309.^[2]

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

Towns of Amber Valley

Council headquarters at Ripley Town Hall

The offices of Amber Valley at Alfreton House in Alfreton.^[3]

• Alfreton
• Belper
• Heanor
• Ripley

Main villages of Amber Valley

• Ambergate
• Codnor
• Crich
• Denby
• Duffield
• Heage
• Holbrook
• Horsley
• Horsley Woodhouse
• Kedleston
• Kilburn
• Langley Mill
• Lea & Holloway
• Mackworth
• Milford
• Quarndon
• Riddings
• Smalley
• Somercotes
• Swanwick
• Whatstandwell

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Alfreton, Belper, Heanor and rural districts of Ripley and Belper. The Amber Valley district was granted borough status in 1988.

Crich Stand

Parishes

• Aldercar and Langley Mill, Alderwasley, Alfreton, Ashleyhay
• Belper
• Codnor, Crich
• Denby, Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Duffield
• Hazelwood, Heanor and Loscoe, Holbrook, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse
• Idridgehay and Alton, Ironville
• Kedleston, Kilburn, Kirk Langley
• Mackworth, Mapperley
• Pentrich
• Quarndon
• Ravensdale Park, Ripley
• Shipley, Shottle and Postern, Smalley, Somercotes, South Wingfield, Swanwick
• Turnditch
• Weston Underwood, Windley

Council

Amber Valley Borough Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district council
Structure
Seats	45
Political groups	Conservative (25)   Labour (9)   Reform UK (5)   Green (3)   Independent (3)
Elections
Last election	5 May 2022
Website
https://www.ambervalley.gov.uk/

Elections to the borough council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 45 seats on the council being elected at each election. The council has been run by the Conservative Party since they gained control from the Labour Party at the 2000 election except for a single year after the 2014 election and for two years after the 2019 election. Following the 2022 election the council is composed of the following numbers of councillors:

Arms