(Other Settlement near Smalley)
Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Amber Valley · Region: East Midlands
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| 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 occupies a scarred expanse of the Derbyshire landscape where the earth has been turned to reveal the heavy, dark history of coal beneath the topsoil. It lies 1.6 miles south-west of Heanor (from Heanor: bearing 223°T, OS grid SK 418 445), and is situated east of Smalley village. The terrain here holds a stark, industrial silence, broken only by the wind moving across exposed seams that once powered the furnaces of the Midlands. To the south-west, the quiet waters of Smalley Dam reflect a sky that often seems wider and more indifferent than the fields surrounding it. A short distance to the east, the rising silhouette of Shipley Hill provides a vantage point over this reclamation site, where the jagged edges of human intervention begin to soften under the encroaching scrub. Lodge House Surface Mine remains a reminder of the raw extraction that defined the regional economy, now slowly yielding to the persistence of wild grasses. Sunlight catches the ridges of the disturbed ground, highlighting the contrast between the deep, iron-rich earth and the pale, returning vegetation.
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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 | 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. |