Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Derbyshire Dales · Region: East Midlands
Explore Knockerdown, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Knockerdown 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.
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| Place | Knockerdown |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Derbyshire Dales |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.064209 |
| Longitude | -1.653607 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Knockerdown commands a quiet vantage over the rolling limestone ridges of the Derbyshire Dales, where the air often carries the sharp, clean scent of approaching rain. It lies 3.6 miles west-south-west of Wirksworth (from Wirksworth: bearing 249°T, OS grid SK 233 519), and is situated north-north-west of Hognaston village. The land here slopes with a deliberate grace toward the expansive reservoir, reflecting a sky that seems wider and more restless than in the sheltered valleys below. To the north-north-west, the Wall Lands Sssi preserves a fragile, ancient ecology of wildflowers and grasses that have weathered the changing seasons for centuries. Knockerdown observes the modern bustle of the Carsington Water Visitor Centre from a distance, maintaining a reserved character that prefers the slow rotation of the sun to the movement of passing traffic. Fields of rough pasture and drystone walls frame the horizon, creating a geometry of grey and green that defines the local horizon. The light in the late afternoon catches the stone of the scattered dwellings, turning them a pale, luminous gold that briefly defies the encroaching shadows. This terrain, shaped by glacial retreat and centuries of pastoral husbandry, remains an unpretentious witness to the quiet persistence of the Peak District fringes.
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Explore Knockerdown, 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: 53.064209, -1.653607. 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. |