Derwent
Derwent derives from the Brythonic term Derventio, meaning "valley thick with oaks". It may refer to:
Places
Australia
- Derwent River (Tasmania)
- Derwent Valley Council, a local government area of Tasmania, Australia, covering the upper part of the Derwent River, from the major town of New Norfolk (just north-west of Hobart) to the remote south-west Hydro town of Strathgordon
- Electoral division of Derwent, Tasmania
- Derwent Barracks, an Australian Army barracks in the Hobart suburb of Glenorchy, near the Elwick Racecourse and Hobart Showgrounds
United Kingdom
- Derwent College, a college of the University of York
- Derwent, Derbyshire, a now-submerged village.
- Derwentwater, Lake District
- River Derwent, North East England
- River Derwent, Cumbria, a river in the Lake District of the county of Cumbria in the north of England
- Above Derwent, a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England, bounded to the east by Derwent Water, the River Derwent and Crummock Water, and includes sections of both lakes
- River Derwent, Derbyshire, a river in the county of Derbyshire, England, joining the River Trent south of Derby
- River Derwent, Yorkshire, a river in Yorkshire in the north of England
- Sutton upon Derwent, a small village and civil parish on the River Derwent in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately 8 miles (13 km) to the south-east of York
- Derwent Ings, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Upper Derwent Valley, an area of the Peak District National Park in England
- Derwent Park (Rowlands Gill)
- Derwent Mouth, a location on the River Trent, which at that point forms the border between the English counties of Derbyshire and Leicestershire
- Derwent Rural District, a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1935 to 1974
- Newton upon Derwent, a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Ouse and Derwent, a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the westerly part of the county
Canada
United States of America
Vehicles
- Derwent (locomotive), steam locomotive
- HMS Derwent, one of three warships of the Royal Navy
- HMAS Derwent, a naval base and a warship of the Royal Australian Navy
Companies
- Derwent Cumberland Pencil Company, a manufacturer of pencils and other stationery. The business began in 1832, and is well known in Cumbria. The company was bought by Acco UK (known then as Rexel), and became a brand of their product range
- Derwent London, commercial developer in London
- Derwent Capital Markets, hedge fund in London
- Derwent Drug File, formerly known as Ringdoc, is an information monitoring, abstracting and documentation service, specifically designed to meet the information needs of people requiring information on pharmaceuticals
- Derwent Living, an independent, not-for-profit provider of affordable and specialist housing in the Midlands, Yorkshire and the South East
People
- Derwent Hall Caine (1891–1971), British actor, publisher and Labour politician
- Derwent Coleridge (1800–1883), third child of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a distinguished English scholar and author
- Lavinia Derwent (1909–1989), MBE
- Derwent Lees (1885–1931), Australian landscape painter
Other
- Rolls-Royce Derwent, jet engine
- Derwent (patent), patent indexing system
- Baron Derwent, of Hackness in the North Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Derwent flounder, Taratretis derwentensis, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae
- Derwent Cricket Club, established in 1835 and is the oldest cricket club in Tasmania
- Derwent Park Road, a major link road that connects the Brooker Highway to the Main Road, in the northern suburbs of Hobart, Tasmania
- Derwent Way Bridge, a small road and rail swing bridge over the Annacis Channel of the Fraser River in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, connecting the community of Queensborough, part of New Westminster on Lulu Island, to Annacis Island in Delta
- Derwent House, on Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, Bromley, is one of a number of the locally renowned 'Willett-built' houses erected on the Camden Park Estate by high-class speculative builder William Willett in the 1900s
- Derwent Island House, an 18th-century Italianate house situated on Derwent Island, Derwent Water, Keswick, Cumbria, and in the ownership of the National Trust
- Derwent Power Station, a 214MWe gas-fired power station on Holme Lane near Spondon in Derby, England, built on the site of the former Spondon Power Station
- Derwent Tower, a 29-storey residential apartment building in Dunston, United Kingdom
- Derwent Reservoir (disambiguation)
- Derwent Valley (disambiguation)
- Derwent Valley Railway (disambiguation)
- River Derwent (disambiguation)
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