Museum · near Ripley · Derbyshire

Fork Truck Heritage Centre

Visitors find Fork Truck Heritage Centre, a museum, 300 m northeast of Ripley. Top of the 44 other places within 15 km is Codnor Castle, 2.8 km off.

Where

300 m

northeast of Ripley

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum near Ripley

Just outside Ripley

Fork Truck Heritage Centre is 300 m northeast of Ripley. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

The warmest afternoons in Ripley run June to September, at 18–21°C.

Jan7° / 1°68 mm

Feb8° / 1°54 mm

Mar10° / 3°50 mm

Apr13° / 4°54 mm

May17° / 7°53 mm

Jun19° / 10°69 mm

Jul21° / 12°64 mm

Aug21° / 12°64 mm

Sep18° / 10°60 mm

Oct14° / 7°78 mm

Nov10° / 4°79 mm

Dec7° / 2°78 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Ripley, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Ripley. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Ripley’s full climate →

About

Fork Truck Heritage Centre

Museum.

Type: Museum
Town: 300 m northeast of Ripley

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The way to Fork Truck Heritage Centre

Spot Fork Truck Heritage Centre in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Fork Truck Heritage Centre

Largest of the 8 is Ripley, home to 20,191. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · 300 m southwest of it

Ripley

20,191 people · 17 places to visit

2 · 600 m northeast of it

Somercotes and Swanwick

15,105 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 2 km east of it

Ironville

1,824 people · 12 places to visit

4 · 2.2 km east of it

Pye Bridge

303 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Fork Truck Heritage Centre is	People	Places to visit
Ripley	300 m southwest of it	20,191	17
Somercotes and Swanwick	600 m northeast of it	15,105	12
Ironville	2 km east of it	1,824	12
Pye Bridge	2.2 km east of it	303	10
Alfreton	2.4 km north of it	8,790	11
Jacksdale and Westwood	2.8 km east of it	2,758	12
South Normanton and Pinxton	3.4 km northeast of it	16,028	9
Heage	3.7 km west of it	2,584	14

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

While you are near Fork Truck Heritage Centre

Around it, within 15 km, lie 44 more, including 2 castles, 2 historic houses and 2 abbeys or priories.

CastleCodnor Castle2.8 km away 2

Castle · National TrustDuffield Castle10 km away 3

MuseumNational Tramway Museum7.8 km away 4Historic houseHistoric house · National TrustHardwick Hall13 km away 5

Heritage railwayMidland Railway – Butterley900 m away 6

Abbey or prioryNewstead Abbey13 km away 7

Abbey or prioryBeauvale Priory8.4 km away 8

Historic houseCarnfield Hall4.3 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Fork Truck Heritage Centre

Where is Fork Truck Heritage Centre?

Fork Truck Heritage Centre is 300 m northeast of Ripley, Derbyshire.

What is Fork Truck Heritage Centre?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Fork Truck Heritage Centre?

June to September are the warmest months in Ripley, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Fork Truck Heritage Centre?

Within 15 km: Codnor Castle (2.8 km), Duffield Castle (10 km), National Tramway Museum (7.8 km) and Hardwick Hall (13 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Codnor Castle: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Duffield Castle: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Tramway Museum: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Midland Railway – Butterley: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newstead Abbey: brianfagan from Nottingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beauvale Priory: Tina Cordon at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Carnfield Hall: Ann Ballinger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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