Oaks Green

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Oaks Green
Derbyshire

A515 at Oaks Green.
Location
Grid reference: SK157334
Location: 52°53’53"N, 1°46’4"W
Data
Post town: Ashbourne
Postcode: DE6
Local Government
Council: Derbyshire Dales

Oaks Green is a village in Derbyshire, in the west of the county, just a mile north of the River Dove which marks the border of Staffordshire. The closest town is Uttoxeter, four miles to the west, in the latter county.

The village stands just north of the A50 trunk road, along the A515. There is a prison just outside the village, HM Prison Sudbury, named after the village of Sudbury, just the other side of the A50.

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