Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Amber Valley · Region: East Midlands
Explore Butterley, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Butterley 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 Butterley, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Derbyshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Butterley and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Butterley |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Amber Valley |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.060712 |
| Longitude | -1.403864 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Butterley holds the heavy, iron-scented memory of the Industrial Revolution in its very soil, where the ghosts of the great blast furnaces still loom over the landscape like silent, brick-built titans. A quiet, contemplative stillness now settles over the mouth of the Canal Tunnel, its dark throat swallowing the echoes of long-departed barges that once carried the lifeblood of Derbyshire’s foundries. Beyond the rusted remnants of the works, the water of Butterley Reservoir spreads out in a flat, silver expanse, reflecting a sky that often hangs low and bruised with the shifting clouds of the Pennines. Footpaths weave away from the water towards the Ripley Greenway, tracing the old lines where coal-laden wagons once rattled with a relentless, rhythmic clatter. Sir Benjamin Outram, the visionary engineer, cast his long shadow across these valleys, leaving behind an infrastructure that transformed the rugged terrain into a crucible of innovation. The air here carries a peculiar texture, a blend of damp leaf mould and the faint, lingering grit of a century’s labour, grounding the senses in a geography of profound transformation. Light catches the moss-slicked stonework of the underground wharf, revealing the intricate masonry of a time when human ingenuity sought to carve its permanence into the stubborn earth. Time moves differently in these hollows, caught between the encroaching wildness of the Hartshay Brook and the enduring, rigid geometry of Victorian engineering.
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Explore Butterley, 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: 53.060712, -1.403864. 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. |