Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Derbyshire Dales · Region: East Midlands
Explore Ballidon, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ballidon map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ballidon, Derbyshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Ballidon |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Derbyshire Dales |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.088832 |
| Longitude | -1.697411 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ballidon emerges from the limestone folds of the Derbyshire Dales as a quiet study in geological patience. It lies 5.1 miles north-north-east of Ashbourne (from Ashbourne: bearing 16°T, OS grid SK 203 546), and is situated east of Parwich village. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, pale outcrops of the White Peak, where the earth seems to have been bleached by centuries of pale, unfiltered sun. To the south, the Medieval Settlement and Associated Field System provides a silent, grass-grown record of lives long since departed from the soil. The nearby rise of Blackstones Low catches the morning light, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the undulating pastures like fingers of ink. Industry has left its mark upon the terrain, as the extraction of stone has carved deep, sudden geometries into the rolling hillsides. Ballidon remains a place where the wind carries the scent of crushed rock and wild thyme, lingering in the air with a clarity that sharpens the edges of the horizon. These ridges and hollows hold a profound stillness, indifferent to the hurried passage of the modern world beyond their limestone borders.
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Explore Ballidon, Derbyshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.088832, -1.697411. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |