Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Chesterfield · Region: East Midlands
Explore Markham Vale, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Markham Vale 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 | Markham Vale |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Chesterfield |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.240471 |
| Longitude | -1.328518 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Markham Vale, a settlement in the Derbyshire district of Chesterfield, lies where the old coal measures begin to soften into gentler country. It lies 2.8 km west-north-west of Bolsover (from Bolsover: bearing 300°T, OS grid SK 449 717), and is situated east-north-east of Long Duckmanton village. The air here, particularly on a late autumn afternoon, can carry a certain wistful clarity, a faint scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, as if the land itself remembers the turning of seasons and the labour of generations. Once a landscape defined by the deep scars of industry, Markham Vale now bears witness to a gradual reawakening, where the skeletal remains of past endeavours are softened by the creeping green of reclamation and new growth. The very ground seems to hold a quiet resilience, a patient turning towards the light.
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Explore Markham Vale, 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: 53.240471, -1.328518. 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. |