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.
| 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 rests in the quiet heart of Derbyshire, a cluster of stone and sky. It lies 5.7 km 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 fields around Knockerdown fall away in gentle sweeps, their green so deep it seems to absorb the very light of day, giving the air a luminous quality. The stone of the cottages, weathered by centuries of wind and rain, speaks of a resilience born from the land itself. Though small, Knockerdown possesses a stillness that feels ancient, a place where the passage of time is measured more by the shifting seasons than the ticking of a clock.
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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 | 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. |