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Regional Map
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Transport & Communications
Derby is located in the heart of the UK and is easily accessible by all other major UK cities through a comprehensive road, air and rail network. Nottingham East Midlands Airport, which is 15 minutes drive away, provides the gateway to access mainland Europe.
ROAD
The centre of Derby is 10 minutes from the motorway network - M1 (junction 24 and 25), main trunk routes A6, A38 (A50) and A52 connect to other main motorways M42 and M6 (junction 15)
| Miles | Time (hrs/mins) |
|
| Nottingham |
16 | 0.30 |
|---|---|---|
| Leicester |
30 | 0.40 |
| Birmingham |
42 | 1.00 |
| Sheffield |
46 | 1.00 |
| Manchester |
64 | 1.45 |
| Leeds |
75 | 1.30 |
| London |
128 | 2.30 |
| Bristol |
138 | 2.30 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
164 | 3.00 |
| Glasgow | 288 | 5.00 |
Source: The AA Route Planner
Derby City Council provides around 3,000 parking spaces in 13 car parks to meet the needs of shoppers, residents, visitors and people who work in the city. Over 1250 free spaces are provided at Pride Park and Meteor Centre park and ride sites on the west and east outskirts of the city.
There are frequent National Express Coach services to surrounding towns and London.
RAIL
Derby is a key location in the rail network offering a frequent service to London, with a typical journey taking 1 hour 40 minutes. The network connects to all major cities in the UK, and to the channel tunnel EuroStar shuttle service to Paris, Brussels and mainland Europe. Call the National Rail Enquiry Line for full timetable details. Railtrack Timetable www.chester-le-track.co.uk and real time rail information for Derby from
www.midlandmainline.com
AIR
| Miles | Time (hrs/mins) |
|
| Nottingham East Midlands Airport | 10 | 0.15 |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Airport | 44 | 1.00 |
| Manchester Airport | 75 | 1.30 |
Source:The AA Route Planner
Nottingham East Midlands Airport is situated just 10 miles to the south east of Derby. Scheduled, chartered and low-cost flights link a number of United Kingdom, European and worldwide destinations:
Aberdeen, Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Brussels, Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Glasgow, Guernsey, Ibiza, Isle of Man, Jersey, Lanarca, Malaga, Malta, Munich, Milan, Murcia, Nice, Palma, Paphos, Paris, Pisa, Prague, Toulouse, Venice
A pool of cargo-related companies, with skilled labour, have established themselves at the Airport, which has led to Nottingham East Midlands Airport becoming the largest pure cargo airport in the UK, handling over 31% of the UK’s total pure cargo (Feb 2002) and one of the world’s top 75 cargo airports.
A selection of world wide couriers, forwarders/agents/brokers (FAB) and scheduled freighter services are available, with the range of companies and destinations ever changing.
SEA
Derby's central location offers excellent motorway links to the Humber ports of Grimsby, Immingham and Hull, to the north of the region, providing excellent connections to Europe and worldwide.
| Miles | Time (hrs/mins) |
|
| Boston, Lincolnshire |
72 | 1.20 |
|---|---|---|
| Goole Docks, East Yorkshire |
72 | 1.20 |
| Merseyside, Garston Docks |
85 | 1.40 |
| Port of Hull, Kingston Upon Hull |
94 | 1.45 |
| Immingham, Lincolnshire |
95 | 1.45 |
| Fleetwood Docks, Lancs |
121 | 2.20 |
| Bristol, Avonmouth Docks |
134 | 2.25 |
| Southampton, Town Quay |
172 | 3.20 |
| Felixstowe Docks, Suffolk |
175 | 3.15 |
| Dover, Kent | 215 | 3.50 |
Source:The AA Route Planner
MEDIA
Local media coverage in Derby includes:
Local Radio
Ram FM – top 40-chart music
BBC Radio Derby - Talk; news and sport; contemporary and oldies
BBC Asian Network - Music, news and information for the Asian community
BBC
Saga 106.6 FM – music and conversation
Local Newspapers
Derby Evening Telegraph - News, sport, jobs, cars, home and leisure
Derbyshire Times - community news, events and issues
Local Broadcasting Studios
BBC News – East Midlands Today
Central News
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Derby benefits from a sophisticated telecommunications network developed by British Telecom and other operators.
Fibre optic cabling network encircles the city, enabling businesses to take full advantage of multi-media technology.
Broadband access has been provided using the existing BT infrastructure to enable instant and secure transmission quality. All city exchanges have been enabled to 512k connectivity.
For further information please visit: www.bt.com
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