Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Derbyshire Dales · Region: East Midlands
Explore Cross o' th' hands, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cross o' th' hands 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 | Cross o' th' hands |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Derbyshire Dales |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.014592 |
| Longitude | -1.579297 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
The quiet hamlet of Cross o' th' hands rests in the Derbyshire Dales. It lies 6.6 km west of Belper (from Belper: bearing 262°T, OS grid SK 283 464), and is situated south-west of Hillclifflane village. The lanes here are often dappled with the soft, diffused light that filters through the mature trees lining the approach, a gentle illumination that seems to soften the edges of the stone cottages. Cross o' th' hands, though small, carries a certain groundedness, a feeling of being firmly rooted in the rolling landscape that surrounds it. A subtle scent of damp earth and woodsmoke often hangs in the air, particularly on cooler mornings, speaking of the lives lived here.
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Explore Cross o' th' hands, 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: 53.014592, -1.579297. 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. |