Great Wilne Derbyshire Map

About Great Wilne

Great Wilne, a quiet hamlet in South Derbyshire, breathes a gentle stillness. It lies 5.1 km south-west of Long Eaton (from Long Eaton: bearing 235°T, OS grid SK 448 309), and is situated east of Shardlow village. The land here, a subtle tapestry of field and hedgerow, seems to hold the quiet murmur of generations who have worked its soil, a quietude broken only by the occasional call of a curlew from the nearby Trent floodplain. The light, when it falls across the modest dwellings and the small, ancient church of St. Michael, possesses a soft, almost buttery quality, lending an air of timelessness to the scene. Though small, Great Wilne carries the echoes of a working landscape, its fields a testament to enduring agricultural practice rather than grand pronouncements.

About This Great Wilne Map Page

Explore Great Wilne, 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: 52.873725, -1.334521. 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.