Welcome to my Ripley

A site for the people, businesses, clubs, organisations and anything else related to Ripley in Amber Valley, Derbyshire.

If you are a business sports club or any other organisation in Ripley and want a free listing on MyRipley.co.uk, or if you want to make general comments, suggestions or feedback, just send an email to

The idea of this site is to promote the town of Ripley and it's shops and businesses.

Ripley is an old market town, with a rich industrial heritage.

Barnes Wallace the inventor of the bouncing bomb was born in Ripley, in fact, I've been in that house, an old school mate lived there, I think his mother still does, she used to run the sweet shop down church street, it's now Jenny's Lingerie and has been for some time.

Butterley Engineering who built the roof at St. Pancras in London and more recently the Falkirk Wheel, the world’s first rotating boat lift, was formed from the Butterley Company which began as Benjamin Outram and Company in 1790. Sadly On 5 March 2009 Butterley Engineering was placed into administration

Ripley has an award winning park, Crossley Park has won several Green Flag Awards, and if I could find the link to the friends of Crossley Park, I'd put it here.

What do you think about the council charging for parking on Sundays.

Have your say on the Ripley Forum.

The town of Ripley in Derbyshire is the most English, according to a study of people’s names.

The research, which classified the ethnic background of Britain’s 42.2 million adult voters according to the origin of their names, found that 88.5 per cent of Ripley’s inhabitants were ethnically English.

Heanor, in Derbyshire, had the second highest proportion of English names, followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, and Boston, Lincolnshire.

The study, carried out by Professor Richard Webber, of University College London, on behalf of OriginsInfo marketing.

Knightsbridge Place is the former Co-op building on Nottingham Road and is Ripley's largest building. The Co-op closed in the late 1980's and the building was purchased by Tim Godkin in 2001. Derbyshire Investments David and Maginda Gill acquired the building in 2004 and have developed it into apartments and retail. Taylors Mill. Another smart development finished at the end of 2008 by Derbyshire Investments is the re-developed Taylors Mill on the corner of Crossley street and Wellington Street. The new Taylors Mill comprises, ground floor retail and three upper floors of smart luxury apartments.

ASHER LANE SERVICE CENTRE Land Rover 4x4 Specialist All Landrover models serviced Asher Lane Service Centre Asher Lane, Hammersmith Ripley, Derbyshire DE5 3RE Tel 01773 747893

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