Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: High Peak · Region: East Midlands
Explore Higher Gamesley, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Higher Gamesley 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 | Higher Gamesley |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | High Peak |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.440038 |
| Longitude | -1.987737 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Higher Gamesley, a hamlet etched into the Derbyshire Peak District, evokes a sense of quiet resilience. It lies 2.6 km west of Glossop (from Glossop: bearing 262°T, OS grid SK 009 936), and is situated north-north-east of Charlesworth village. The land here unfolds with a gentle, yet determined, sweep, hinting at the ancient tracks that once traversed these heights, their passage softened by centuries of wind and rain. A subtle interplay of light often graces the scattered stone dwellings, catching the moss that clings to their weathered walls like a verdant memory of the surrounding moors. The air itself seems to carry the faint, clean scent of damp earth and distant heather, a balm to the senses. Higher Gamesley, though modest in its outward appearance, holds within its unassuming bounds a quiet dignity, a testament to lives lived in harmony with the rugged beauty of the East Midlands.
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Explore Higher Gamesley, 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: 53.440038, -1.987737. 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. |