Oaks Green
Built-up area in Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.895, -1.768 |
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| OS grid ref: | SK 15 33 |
Oaks Green is a small rural locality in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, set amid the rolling limestone dales and patchwork fields that characterise this part of the county. The setting is typically English countryside - dry stone walls, hedgerows and small copses of oak give the area a gently wooded, pastoral feel, with the upland edges of the Peak District National Park often close enough to influence local walks and views.
Economically and socially it follows the pattern of many tiny Derbyshire settlements: agriculture remains important, supplemented by tourism and people commuting to nearby market towns. Historic features are largely vernacular - stone cottages, farmsteads and field boundaries dating back centuries - and community life tends to centre on neighbouring villages and parish amenities rather than in the hamlet itself, making it a quiet, close‑knit place popular with walkers and those seeking a rural pace of life.
Postcode districts covering Oaks Green
Most populated places nearby
- Derby 12.3 miles19.7 km
- Stoke-on-Trent 18.3 miles29.4 km
- Walsall 23.6 miles37.9 km
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 21.7 miles35 km
- Burton upon Trent 8.2 miles13.1 km
- Sutton Coldfield 23 miles37 km
- Cannock 17 miles27.4 km
- Tamworth 19.3 miles31 km
- Stafford 15.3 miles24.6 km
- Loughborough 24.3 miles39.2 km
- Long Eaton 19.9 miles32.1 km
- Swadlincote 11.9 miles19.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Sudbury Parish 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Doveridge & Sudbury Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Somersal Herbert Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Marchington Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Boylestone Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Doveridge Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Church Broughton Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Foston Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Foston and Scropton Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Draycott in the Clay Built-up area 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Barton Blount Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Cubley Parish 3.4 miles5.4 km
Example postcodes in Oaks Green
Transport links
- East Midlands Airport 18.9 miles30.4 km
- Birmingham International Airport 30.5 miles49.1 km
- Uttoxeter Railway Station 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Tutbury and Hatton Railway Station 4.2 miles6.7 km
Hotels near Oaks Green Ad
- The Boars Head Hotel 3 1.5 miles2.4 km
- The White Hart Hotel 4.1 miles6.5 km
- The Duncombe Arms 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Stables Ashbourne 8.7 miles14 km
- Hilton at St George's Park, Burton Upon Trent 4 6 miles9.7 km
- Ibis Styles Burton on Trent 3 8 miles12.9 km
- Dovecliff Hall Hotel 4 7.2 miles11.5 km
- Holiday Inn Express Burton Upon Trent 3 8 miles12.9 km
- The Boot Inn 4 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Bank House Hotel 3 4 miles6.4 km
Local points of interest
- Uttoxeter Racecourse Recreation 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Greaves's Wood Forest 6.2 miles10 km
- East Wood Forest 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Pirelli Stadium Stadium 7.8 miles12.5 km
- Rough Wood Forest 7.8 miles12.6 km
- Job's Wood Forest 8.7 miles14 km
- Chartley Castle Estate 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Blithfield Hall Estate 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Ingestre Hall Estate 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Pride Park Stadium 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Radmore Abbey Historic site 15 miles24.2 km
- Acton Hill Estate 15.3 miles24.6 km