What is Ashbourne?
[[Image:St Oswalds Ashbourne.jpg|thumb|right|St Oswald's church in Ashbourne]] '''Ashbourne''' is a small [[town]] in the county of [[Derbyshire]] in [[England]]. 7,000 people live there. Ashbourne is known for a football match where one half of the town plays the other at [[football]], using the whole of the town with the goals three miles apart.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ashbourne-shrovetide-football.com/ |title=Ashbourne Shrovetide Football |access-date=2009-05-16 |archive-date=2010-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131181314/http://www.ashbourne-shrovetide-football.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Tourism == A walk and cycle path starts on the northern part of the town, and follows the course of the former railway to [[Buxton]]. The walk is called the ''Tissington Trail''. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Towns in Derbyshire]] [[Category:Market towns in England]] {{Derbyshire}} {{authority control}}