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.

This article is about the non-metropolitan district in the Midlands of England. For the associated constituency of the UK Parliament, see Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency). For the community in Canada, see Amber Valley, Alberta.

Borough of Amber Valley
local government district and borough
Ripley, the administrative centre of Amber Valley and the second largest settlement in the borough
Ripley, the administrative centre of Amber Valley and the second largest settlement in the borough
Shown within Derbyshire
Shown within Derbyshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Ceremonial countyDerbyshire
Admin. HQRipley
Government
 • TypeAmber Valley Borough Council
 • Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
 • MPs:Nigel Mills,
Pauline Latham,
Sarah Dines
Area
 • Total102.5 sq mi (265.4 km2)
 • Rank146th
Population
 (2021)
 • Total126,206
 • RankRanked 185th
 • Density1,200/sq mi (480/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode
DE
ONS code17UB (ONS) E07000032 (GSS)
Ethnicity97.8% White
0.9% S.Asian[1]
Websitewww.ambervalley.gov.uk
Alfreton, is the largest settlement in the Amber Valley district
Heanor, is the third-largest settlement in Amber Valley

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]

Main villages of Amber Valley

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

Council
Amber Valley Borough Council
Type
Type
Structure
Seats42
Political groups
  Labour (26)
  Conservative (7)
  Green (6)
  Belper Independents (2)
  Liberal Democrat UK (1)
Elections
Last election
4 May 2023
Website
https://www.ambervalley.gov.uk/
For historical political control and leadership, see Amber Valley Borough Council elections.

Elections to the borough council are held every four years, with all the 42 seats on the council being elected at each election. The council had been run by the Conservative Party for twenty of the last twenty-three since they gained control from the Labour Party at the 2000 election. Following the 2023 election the council is once again run by Labour and is composed of the following numbers of councillors:

YearLabourConservativeGreenBelper IndependentsLiberal Democrats
2023267621

Arms
Coat of arms of Amber Valley
Notes
Granted 18 October 1989 [4]
Crest
On a wreath of the colours the battlements of a tower Proper issuant therefrom between two abbatical crosiers Or an oak tree Proper fructed and ensigned by a crown of fleurs-de-lys Gold.
Escutcheon
Vert a pale wavy Or a bordure Argent charged with five horseshoes Sable on a chief of the second between two lozenges a cresset Sable fired Proper.
Supporters
On the dexter side a unicorn Argent armed and crined Or gorged with a collar pendent therefrom a cross flory Gules and on the sinister side a leopard Proper gorged with a collar Gules pendent therefrom a fleur-de-lys Or.
Motto
Per Laborem Progedimur (We Make Progress Through Hard Work)

See also

References
  1. Lead View Table
  2. "Local Authority population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. Alfreton House, Geograph picture, accessed September 2009
  4. "East Midlands Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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