Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: High Peak · Region: East Midlands
Explore Dove Head, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Dove Head 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 Dove Head, 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 | Dove Head |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | High Peak |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.215982 |
| Longitude | -1.940973 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Dove Head marks a high, windswept threshold where the limestone bones of the earth begin to surrender to the rugged, peaty expanse of the uplands. It lies 2.9 miles south-south-west of Buxton (from Buxton: bearing 201°T, OS grid SK 040 687), and is situated south of Ladmanlow village. The horizon here is dominated by the looming presence of Axe Edge, a mere half-mile to the northwest, which gathers the grey, shifting light of the Peak District National Park into its deep, folded shadows. Within this protected landscape, the land feels spare and ancient, stripped of artifice by the persistent, cold winds that scour the hillsides. Dove Head maintains a quiet, solitary character, defined more by the movement of clouds over the open summits than by the reach of human industry. Below the ridge lines, the terrain softens slightly, yet it remains a place where the sky feels vast and indifferent to the scattered stone walls that trace the boundaries of the fields. Travellers passing through find that the air carries a sharp, clean clarity, as if the altitude itself has rinsed the world of its daily clutter. Life at such an elevation demands a certain resilience, a slow-turning patience that mirrors the endurance of the gritstone outcrops nearby.
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Explore Dove Head, 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: 53.215982, -1.940973. 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. |