(Other Settlement near Smalley)
Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Amber Valley · Region: East Midlands
Explore Lodge House Surface Mine, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lodge House Surface Mine 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 | Lodge House Surface Mine |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Amber Valley |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.996332 |
| Longitude | -1.377723 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Lodge House Surface Mine bears the quiet mark of its industrial past, a landscape shaped by the extraction of coal. It lies 2.6 km south-west of Heanor (from Heanor: bearing 223°T, OS grid SK 418 445), and is situated east of Smalley village. Though the scars of opencast mining are evident, the land is slowly reclaiming itself, with resilient grasses and hardy wildflowers colonising the spoil heaps, their colours a vibrant contrast against the muted earth. The air here often carries a faint, earthy scent, a reminder of the deep veins of the region's history. The horizon, once dominated by pit machinery, now offers a sweeping vista of rolling Derbyshire countryside, where the sky seems to stretch wider, its light a soft, forgiving presence over the reclaimed terrain. Even in its transformation, Lodge House Surface Mine speaks of a persistent spirit, a testament to nature's enduring power to heal and regenerate.
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Explore Lodge House Surface Mine, 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: 52.996332, -1.377723. 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. |