Derby
About Derby
Derby is a cathedral city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire is named after Derby, which was its original county town. As a unitary authority, Derby is administratively independent from Derbyshire County Council. The population of Derby is 274,149 (2024).
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A car park in Derby called Bold Lane was once listed among the ten most secure places on earth, alongside Saddam's Baghdad bunker, Fort Knox and Air Force One.
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More facts about Derby
In 1997 Derby's Bold Lane car park was full of crime and drug taking, so the council got Ken Wigley, who had invented security systems, to take it over.
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There must be something in the water in Derby, because it is about to get its second erotic mini-golf course.
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596: No Such Thing As Dance Floor Book Club put 3 places on the map.
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Coordinates: 52.9247, -1.4780