Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: South Derbyshire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Bretby, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bretby 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 Bretby, 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 | Bretby |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | South Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.806271 |
| Longitude | -1.561476 |
| Place Type | Village |
Ancient woodland and the quiet persistence of rolling pasture define the character of Bretby. It lies 2.3 miles north of Swadlincote (from Swadlincote: bearing 356°T, OS grid SK 296 232), and is situated north-east of Stanhope Bretby village. Sunlight often lingers upon the expansive grounds of Bretby Hall, where the architecture commands the horizon with a quiet, aristocratic gravity. A short distance away, the earth holds the ghost of the past at the Bretby Castle Fortified Manor, where earthworks remain as subtle indentations in the cooling grass. Residents find a meditative stillness upon The Green, a space that serves as the literal and social anchor for those who dwell here. The landscape rises and falls with a rhythmic cadence, inviting the eye to travel across fields that have been shaped by generations of quiet agricultural industry. Beneath the wide, shifting skies of the East Midlands, the air carries a crisp, unadorned clarity that sharpens the outline of every stone and hedgerow. Bretby remains a place where the weight of history is felt not in monuments, but in the steady, enduring pulse of the land itself.
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Explore Bretby, 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: 52.806271, -1.561476. 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. |