(Not to be confused with Amber Gates.)(For the town in Australia, see Ambergate, Western Australia.) Ambergate is a village in Derbyshire, England, where the River Amber joins the River Derwent; and where the A610, following the Amber from Ripley and Alfreton, joins the A6 as it runs along the Derwent valley from Belper to the south; Milford, Duffield and Derby further to the south: Whatstandwell, Cromford, Matlock Bath and Matlock to the North. Sawmills, Ridgeway are neighbouring hamlets; Alderwasley, Heage, Nether Heage, and Crich being other significant neighbouring settlements. The village forms part of the Heage and Ambergate ward of Ripley Town Council with a population of 5,013 at the 2011 Census. Ambergate is within the bounds of the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO site, and has histor