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Melbourne (/ ˈ m ɛ l b ɔːr n /) is a market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. It was home to Thomas Cook , founder of the eponymous travel agency , and has a street named after him. [ 1 ]
During the Second World War the line became the Melbourne Military Railway and Melbourne station became its headquarters. In 1945 the War Department returned the line and station to the LMS. In 1980 British Railways closed the line [1] and by the 1990s the track had been dismantled.
Melbourne is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 133 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, 24 are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, seven are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
It is 4.3 square miles (11 km 2; 1,100 ha) in area, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) in length and 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (5.6 km) in width at its broadest, within the far western portion of the Derbyshire Dales district, and is also to the far west of the Derbyshire county, resting against the boundary. The parish is bounded by features such as the ...
Wilson, in the English county of Leicestershire, is a small hamlet just outside Melbourne, Derbyshire. Close to East Midlands Airport, Wilson retains many 'village-like' features. It has one pub, the Bulls Head. Wilson has no amenities only a gym and swimming pool.
Melbourne Hall is a Georgian style country house in Melbourne, Derbyshire, previously owned by the 2nd Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister from 1835 to 1841. The house is now owned by the 14th Marquess of Lothian and is open to the public. [ 2 ]
The DE postcode area, also known as the Derby postcode area, [2] is a group of 23 postcode districts in central England, within 11 post towns.These cover south and central Derbyshire (including Derby, Alfreton, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Belper, Heanor, Ilkeston, Matlock, Ripley and Swadlincote), parts of east Staffordshire (including Burton upon Trent) and north-west Leicestershire, and very small ...
South Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. The district covers the towns of Melbourne and Swadlincote as well as numerous villages and hamlets such as Hilton, Hatton, Etwall, Aston-on-Trent, Repton, Weston-on-Trent and Willington. About a third of the National Forest lies within the district.