Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Derbyshire Dales · Region: East Midlands
Explore High Peak Junction, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the High Peak Junction 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 | High Peak Junction |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Derbyshire Dales |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.100291 |
| Longitude | -1.534911 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
High Peak Junction emerges from the Derbyshire landscape, a place where the echoes of industry meet the quietude of rolling hills. It lies 3.2 km north-east of Wirksworth (from Wirksworth: bearing 53°T, OS grid SK 312 560), and is situated west-south-west of Holloway village. Once a vital hub for the railway, the remnants of its past are etched into the very contours of the land, where disused tracks whisper tales of steam and industry. The surrounding terrain, part of the wider Derbyshire Dales, offers a gentle, yet firm, embrace of green fields and ancient woodland, often bathed in a light that seems to soften the edges of the world. The air here carries a faint minerality, a ghost of the quarrying that once defined the region, now overlaid with the scent of damp earth and wild growth.
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Explore High Peak Junction, 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: 53.100291, -1.534911. 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. |