 The central premises of the Nottingham Co-operative Society Building, Upper Paliament Street, which was opened for business on 27 Oct 1916, and closed in 2000. The tramway terminus was situated outside the above premises.
 Freeman's Almshouses, Alfreton Road, an interesting building which consisted of twelve houses, each containing four rooms, at the entrance to the cemetry.
 Alpine Street, Old Basford, where, in 1917 one foggy day the tramcar skidded round the bend too fast, left the track and crashed into the cemetry wall
 Bentinck Primary School, Alfreton Rd. Originally opened as Alfreton Bpard Schools, on 19 Nov 1880. The present name commemorates the Dukes of Portland of Welbeck Abbey
 J. Shipstone & Sons Ltd Star Brewery, Basford, Radford Road, New Basford, built in 1852 by James Shipstone
 Thomas North. The tombstone of Thomas North (1811-1868) of Basford Hall, mining entrepreneur and proprietor of the Babbington and Cinderhill (18420 Collieries. He died in 1868 and the inscription reveals that his employees subscribed to the building of the obelisk to his memory.
 The Cemetry. The cemetry, an extension to the ancient churchyard, encloses an area of one and a half acres of land given by the Duke of Newcastle in 1843.
 Basford House. Basford House on Church Street, was once a fine old English Mansion. The spout-head at the front of the house bears the initials and date: 'L.T.C.1739' The front gateway is a fine example of local wrought iron work. Basford House was once the home of Thomas Bailey (1785-1856) the historian and analist, author of 'Annals of Nottinghamshire' which was published in 1853, and of his son Philip Bailey (1816-1902), poet, who is best remembered for his work 'Festus".
 Dark Lane. So named for its lonely setting, was once the route of the tramway that ran through the avenue between stockhill and Nuthall Road. The raised bed of the tramway is still discernable.
 Roman Fort Site. On the top to the south of the colliery there once stood a Roman Fort. It was a former post garrisoned by legionaries during the Conquest of Britain c45-75 AD. The remains are buried beneath the pre-war housing estate.
 Cinderhill No 1 Colliery. Known as Babbington, sunk between 1841-1843 by Thomas North. Cinderhill derived its name from its association with the burning of lime years ago.
 The Nuthall Insitute was built in 1876 by Rev A. Holden of Nuthall temple for the benefit of the village men. It served as a reading room and club, where newspapers, periodicals, cards, dominoes. bagatelle, draughts and a billiard table were available to members.
 Nuthall Temple was a beautiful 18th century house built for Sir Charles Sedley by Thomas Wright in 1754. the house was a Palladian style villa with landscaped gardens, pleasure grounds and three ponds. It was demolished in 1929, the foundations now being buried beneath the M1 motorway.
 Gate Pier, c1754, one of a pair that flanked the driveway to the Nuthall Temple Estate
 The Rectory is a very handsome Georgian house (1761) attributed to Thomas Wright
 The Ancient Yew Tree, reputed to be the oldest in the county, immortalised in the booklet 'An Ancient Yew Tree's Story.
Parish church of Nuthall, dedicated to St Patrick is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The oldest part of the building is the lower part of the tower which was built in the 12th century. The fabric is mostly 13th and 15th century. There is an alabaster effigy of a Knight in armour, said to represent Sir Robert de Cokefield who was Lord of the Manor of Nuthall and Knight of the Shire for this county in 1389 and 1392.
 The Wall, the boundary to The Nuthall estate, was eight foot high, extending from the village centre to the boundary with Kimberley. Remnants of theis wall can be seen on the south side of the main road.
 The Stag Inn, an 18th century coaching inn that stands on a former turnpike road.
 Substation, James St, was the Derbys & Notts Electric Power company's subsation at James st, Kimberley. this housed the cable drums, transformers, batteries and dynamos. From the substation power went into the streets by the underground cable to selected standards approximtely half a mile apart.
 Site of Bridge carrying line of the Great Northern Railway. It was at this point that one of the first tramcars to pass under the bridge became wedged when its trolley pole gear failed to negotiate the restricted headroom. The road was lowered as a result.
 Great Northern Railway Station, Kimberley
 Kimberley Brewery. Hardys and Hansons, Kimberley Brewery, the home of Kimberley Ales, master brewers since 1832. The imposing redbrick building dates from 1861.
 Gilthill Primary school, formerly Gilthill Board School. Opened 1894.
Greasley Castle. Once the manor house of Nicholas de Cantelupe, a trusted counsellor of King Edward 3. All that remains now are the remnants of masonary and tell tale mounds.
 Greasley Beauvale Infants School, Dovecote Road. Opened in 1878, D.H.Lawrence was a pupil here from 1890. The name reflects ita association with the ancient monuments of Greasley Castle and the Beauville Priory, founded in 1338, which inspired D.H.Lawrence to write his short story 'A fragment of Stained Glass'.
 Hilltop. In D.H.Lawrence's time there was a Reading Room above the present Co-op shop, where the young writer would read through the situations vacant column.
 8A Victoria Street. D.H.Lawrence was born here on 11 Sep 1885. He was the fourth child of Arthur and Lydia Lawrence. The family lived here until 1887. Mrs Lawrence supplemented her husband's income by selling linens, hats and baby clothes, which were displayed in the large shop-type window.
 Sun Inn, Eastwood. It was here in 1832 that the local iron masters and coal owners met and subsequently resolved to bring about the construction of a railway to serve their needs, an event which culminated in the Midland Railway.
The Great Northern Basin. At the Basin the Erewash Canal, 1779, connects to the navigable remains of the Cromford, 1794 and Nottingham, 1796, canals.
 Langley Mill BasinNear here was Langley Mill Depot, now a bus garage, where the original tramcars were assembled and maintained. The building also housed a restroom and social club.
 The Great Northern Inn is an ancient hostelry once known as The lawbone. It was here that the Penrich rebels tarried for refreshment on their fateful march to Nottingham in 1817.
 Church Hill, Heanor, half a mile long, dropping 175 '. This is the gradient on which tramcar drivers took their test.
Heanor Market Place, opened in 1894 on land given by Edward Miller-Mundy of Shipley Hall.
 Market Hotel, originally called the King of Prussia, but its name was promptly changed in 1914 on the outbreak of WW1.
 Heanor Town Hall. From 1909 it was known as Buxton's Picture Palace, for it was here that Fred Buxton showed his early moving pictures.
 Heanor Red Lion Square was named after the town's oldest public house. The Empire opened in 1913 as a variety theatre and ended its days as a cinema.
 I & R Morley's hosiery factory at one time employing over 1000 people in the manufacture of knitwear, stockings and socks.
 Burns Street, Loscoe. The Electricity transformer substation building, one of two which supplied power to the tramcars.
 The Market Place, Codnor was the focal point of the village, which today still retains many features of the tram eraCodnor Castle. The ruins of a once great castle built by the Lords Grey of Codnor in the reign of Henry 3. The builders selected an ideal location for commanding views of the countryside below.
 Ripley Market
The Derbyshire terminus of the Ripley Rattlers was situated in the Market Place, within sight of the clock on the Ripley Co-op Society Building.
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