page_title: Amber Valley
section_title: Main villages of Amber Valley
hierarchical_section_title: Amber Valley / Main villages of Amber Valley
caption_attribution_description: English: Highfields
context_page_description: Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in the east of Derbyshire, England. It takes 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 human population at the 2011 Census was 122,309.
  The village of Crich and other parts of the district were the setting for ITV drama series Peak Practice.
context_section_description: Ambergate
  Codnor
  Crich
  Denby
  Duffield
  Heage
  Holbrook
  Horsley
  Kedleston
  Kilburn
  Langley Mill
  Lea & Holloway
  Mackworth
  Milford
  Quarndon
  Somercotes
  Swanwick
  Whatstandwell
  The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Alfreton, Belper, Heanor and Ripley Rural District and Belper Rural District.  The district was granted borough status in 1988.
caption: Crich Stand
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