Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: North East Derbyshire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Holmgate, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Holmgate 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 Holmgate, 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 | Holmgate |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | North East Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.168173 |
| Longitude | -1.442032 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Holmgate carries the quiet, unassuming weight of a place that has long watched the industrial pulse of Derbyshire soften into the stillness of the countryside. It lies 1.1 miles west of Clay Cross (from Clay Cross: bearing 277°T, OS grid SK 373 635), and is situated east-south-east of Alton village. The land here slopes with a deliberate grace, dropping toward the low-lying basin where Press Brook traces its path through the meadows. To the west, the rugged profile of Fall Hill rises against the horizon, anchoring the topography with a permanence that defies the fleeting nature of human toil. The quality of light in Holmgate often possesses a silvery, diffused clarity, catching the edges of stone walls that have outlasted the coal-hewing ambitions of previous generations. Residents find themselves walking paths that feel ancient, sometimes tracing the faint, lingering ghosts of Roman engineering that once bound this territory to a distant empire. This landscape does not shout its history, yet it holds the memory of earth-movers and labourers in its very contours. Holmgate remains a modest outpost of stone and sky, where the wind carries the scent of damp grass and the persistent, unhurried turning of the seasons.
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Explore Holmgate, 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: 53.168173, -1.442032. 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. |