Ironville

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Ironville in Derbyshire was built by the Butterley Company as a "model village" to house its workers, around 1830. It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park.

John Wright and William Jessop had purchased the land adjacent to the Cromford Canal from Lancelot Rolleston of Watnell in 1809.

The village was notable for its large gardens, and its rural setting . The Mechanics Institute was built in 1846; schools were provided in 1850 and a parish church in 1852.

However, the local authority demolished most of the old village in the late twentieth century. Ironville today consists largely of council housing, with the adjoining Codnor Park containing more privately-owned property. The one pub in the village has recently been bulldozed, although the area is being redeveloped.

Nearby is Pye Hill and the bend in the Cromford Canal where it turns southward down the Erewash Valley and the junction with its extension to Pinxton.

About a quarter of a mile north east is another transport landmark, Pye Bridge at the junction of the Erewash Valley railway line and the extension to Ambergate. Part of the line to Ambergate is now preserved as Midland Railway Butterley, which terminates just south of the former Pye Bridge Station.