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.
| Place | Churchbalk |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | South Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.924943 |
| Longitude | -1.636973 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Churchbalk hums with a quiet dignity, a place where the sky often seems a shade brighter than elsewhere. It lies 10.7 km west of Derby (from Derby: bearing 270°T, OS grid SK 245 364), and is situated west-south-west of Lees village. The land here, a patchwork of fields that can catch the afternoon sun with remarkable clarity, rolls gently towards the horizon, hinting at ancient agricultural rhythms. Churchbalk itself is a scatter of dwellings, each with its own small garden, and the air often carries the scent of woodsmoke, a comforting perfume on cooler days. Though no grand monuments mark its existence, the very quietude of Churchbalk possesses a certain character, a subtle assurance that it has been here for a good while, observing the passage of seasons and lives with an unstated stoicism.
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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 built | June 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. |