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Photo of Kedleston Hall, a Grade I registered house & garden in Derbyshire, central England.

Kedleston Hall© Jeff Buck / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Spondon StationSpondon

26 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Derby Cathedral, a church in Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Derby Cathedral

Church near Derby

Cathedral on Iron Gate with England's second-tallest medieval tower, Robert Bakewell's wrought ironwork and the tomb of Bess of Hardwick.

4.7 km W

Photo of the River Trent, a 95-mile river navigation running from Shardlow to Trent Falls, central England.Highlight

River Trent

River navigation

The powerhouse river of the Midlands, navigable from Shardlow through Nottingham and Newark to the tidal reaches at Gainsborough.

6.7 km SE · Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Derbyshire

Photo of Kedleston Hall, a Grade I registered house & garden in Derbyshire, central England.Iconic

Kedleston Hall

House & garden near Derby

Robert Adam's Palladian masterpiece and marble hall.

9.9 km NW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Derwent Valley Heritage Way, a 55-mile long-distance path running from Ladybower Reservoir to Shardlow, central England.

Derwent Valley Heritage Way

Long-distance path

Ladybower to the Trent down the Derbyshire Derwent, through the mill valley where the factory system began.

1 km S · Derbyshire

Photo of Elvaston Castle Country Park, a country park in Derbyshire, central England.

Elvaston Castle Country Park

Country park near Derby

A country park in Derbyshire.

2 km SE

Photo of Elvaston Castle, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Derbyshire, central England.

Elvaston Castle

House & garden near Derby

A Gothic-revival house whose topiary grounds became one of England's first country parks.

2.8 km SE

Photo of Derby Arboretum, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Derbyshire, central England.

Derby Arboretum

House & garden near Derby

The country's first park built purely for public use, laid out by J.C. Loudon in 1840.

4.1 km W

Photo of the Trent & Mersey Canal, a 93-mile canal running from Preston Brook to Shardlow, England.

Trent & Mersey Canal

Canal

Brindley's Grand Trunk of 1777 — Potteries bottle kilns, the Anderton Boat Lift and the long darkness of Harecastle Tunnel.

6.1 km SE · Staffordshire, Cheshire & Derbyshire

Photo of Cat and Fiddle Mill, a windmill near Dale Abbey, Derbyshire, central England.

Cat and Fiddle Mill

Windmill near Dale Abbey

A rare preserved Midlands-type post mill at Dale Abbey, one of only a handful left standing in the country.

6.2 km NE

Photo of the Erewash Canal, a 12-mile canal running from Trent Lock to Langley Mill, central England.

Erewash Canal

Canal

A Derbyshire coalfield canal of 1779, climbing the Erewash valley from the Trent to Langley Mill.

8.3 km E · Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire

Photo of Shipley Country Park, a country park near Eastwood, Derbyshire, central England.

Shipley Country Park

Country park near Eastwood

A country park in Derbyshire.

9 km NE

Everything else within 10 km (15) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.