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{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire}} {{About|the village and civil parish of Crich|the nearby tramway museum and recreated Victorian street|National Tramway Museum|other uses}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Crich | static_image_name = Bowns Hill Crich.jpg | static_image_caption = Bowns Hill, Crich | coordinates = {{coord|53.084|-1.479|display=inline,title}} | os_grid_reference = SK3454 | label_position = left | map_type = Derbyshire | population = 2821 | population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790351 |title=Area selected: Amber Valley (Non-Metropolitan District) |work=Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=29 September 2011}}</ref> | civil_parish = Crich | shire_district = [[Amber Valley]] | shire_county = [[Derbyshire]] | region = East Midlands | country = England | constituency_westminster = [[Derbyshire Dales (UK Parliament constituency)|Derbyshire Dales]] | post_town = [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]] | postcode_district = DE4 | postcode_area = DE | dial_code = 01773 | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20060719172219/http://www.crichweb.co.uk/ Crichweb] }} '''Crich''' {{IPAc-en|audio=En-crich.ogg|Λ|k|r|aΙͺ|tΚ}} is a [[village]] and [[civil parish]] in the English county of [[Derbyshire]]. Besides the village of Crich, the civil parish includes the nearby villages of [[Fritchley]], [[Whatstandwell]] and [[Wheatcroft, Derbyshire|Wheatcroft]]. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 2,821, increasing to 2,898 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122448&c=crich&d=16&e=62&g=6412705&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458223720100&enc=1 |title=Civil Parish population 2011 |access-date=17 March 2016 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> The village is home to the [[National Tramway Museum]] and, at the summit of Crich Hill above, a memorial tower for those of the [[Sherwood Foresters]] regiment who died in battle, particularly in [[World War I]].
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