B6441

This article is about the current B6441 through the centre of Ripley.
For the former B6441 through Peasehill, south of Ripley, see B6441 (Peasehill).

Entering Ripley

The B6441 follows the pre-bypass route of the A610 through Ripley in Derbyshire.

The road starts at the A38/A610 junction on the edge of town and heads southeast. Initially we follow a new section of road, built to connect to the roundabout we have just left, but presently we join the old line of the A610; the exact spot is not obvious as the old road was destroyed when a housing estate was built on top of it but it is somewhere around where we leave the cutting.

We now climb along a residential road, with the B6374 soon coming in from the right, after which we reach the town centre. Here there's a one-way loop and so we head east along Church Street to meet the B6179 then bear right into Nottingham Road. The B6441 continues ahead along Nottingham Road whilst the one-way loop continues west into Grosvenor Road then turns right at traffic lights to skirt the Market Place to rejoin eastbound traffic. The B6179 of course shares in the one-way loop and signs give the entire loop that number, although maps aren't too sure.

Through traffic continues east along Nottingham Road and soon goes over a former railway line; Ripley station lay to the right but this no longer exists. The road remains residential to the far end and ends at a roundabout back on the A610.