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Churchbalk Derbyshire Map

Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: South Derbyshire · Region: East Midlands

Explore Churchbalk, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Churchbalk 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.

Interactive Map of Churchbalk, Derbyshire

How to Use This Churchbalk, Derbyshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Churchbalk, 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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PlaceChurchbalk
Traditional CountyDerbyshire
District / BoroughSouth Derbyshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.924943
Longitude-1.636973
Place TypeHamlet

About Churchbalk

Churchbalk retains the quiet gravity of the Derbyshire landscape, where the earth holds the memory of ancient boundaries and shifting horizons. It lies 6.6 miles west of Derby (from Derby: bearing 270°T, OS grid SK 245 364), and is situated west-south-west of Lees village. The low, pale light of the Midlands often lingers here, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the Sharrow Hall moated site. This historic ground, with its echoes of medieval industry and sunken earthworks, lends Churchbalk a sense of permanence that defies the quick pace of modern travel. To the south, the rising profile of Hardley Hill breaks the skyline, acting as a silent sentinel over the agricultural rhythms that define the daily life of Churchbalk. The soil itself seems rich with the patient labour of generations who worked these furrows long before the present age. Here, the air carries a crisp, open clarity, unburdened by the clamour of larger towns, allowing the silence of the pasture to settle deeply into the spirit. Each season marks a slow transformation of the hedgerows and lanes, creating a landscape that feels both solitary and profoundly connected to the wider history of the region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Sharrow Hall Moated Site And Associated Road, Driveway, Dovecote, Enclosures And Ridge And Furrow (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 301° WNW · 4 ha
  • Shrunken Medieval Village And Moated Site At Thurvaston (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 356° N · 2 ha
  • Hardley Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 176° S
  • Lower Thurvaston Medieval Settlement, Including Part Of The Open Field System (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 298° WNW · 14 ha
  • Nuns Clough (Valley) — 1.3 mi, 053° NE
  • Longford Brook (River) — 1.6 mi, 295° WNW
  • Shirley Brook (River) — 1.6 mi, 297° WNW
  • The Burrows Gardens (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 025° NNE
  • Dog Kennel Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 099° E
  • Cunnery Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 095° E
  • Claypit Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.8 mi, 219° SW
  • Hilton Gravel Pits Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.1 mi, 174° S · 31 ha
  • Sculpture Garden (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 171° S
  • Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.4 mi, 325° NW
  • Ednaston Manor (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.6 mi, 354° N · 12 ha
  • Mercaston Marsh And Muggington Bottoms Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.7 mi, 024° NNE · 14 ha
  • Vicar Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.8 mi, 065° ENE
  • Kedleston Hall (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 061° ENE
  • Tutbury Mill Picnic Area (Park) — 4.9 mi, 203° SSW
  • Mill Green (Park) — 5.0 mi, 218° SW
  • Tutbury Museum & Information Centre (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 204° SSW
  • Hay Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 5.2 mi, 055° NE
  • Serpentine Pond (Wetland) — 5.4 mi, 054° NE
  • Vernons Folly (Castle) — 5.6 mi, 246° WSW
  • Famous Trains Model Railway (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 085° E
  • The Children's Country House at Sudbury (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 243° WSW
  • Vernon Street Prison (County Gaol) (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 091° E
  • Derby Gaol (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 090° E
  • Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 086° E
  • Pickford's House Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 090° E

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About This Churchbalk Map Page

Explore Churchbalk, 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: 52.924943, -1.636973. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.