Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Derbyshire Dales · Region: East Midlands
Explore Mercaston, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Mercaston 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mercaston, Derbyshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Mercaston |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Derbyshire Dales |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.984573 |
| Longitude | -1.604434 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Mercaston persists as a quiet arrangement of stone and pasture, defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons across the Derbyshire Dales. It lies 5.8 miles east-south-east of Ashbourne (from Ashbourne: bearing 113°T, OS grid SK 266 430), and is situated west of Mugginton village. The landscape surrounding Mercaston holds a damp, ancient vitality, particularly where the Mercaston Marsh And Muggington Bottoms SSSI preserves the boggy, untamed resilience of the local flora. To the east, the remains of the Ravensdale Deer Park, Lodge, Mill And Fishpond offer a silent architecture of earthworks that hint at the medieval mastery of the land. Sunlight often catches the low, misted hollows here, casting long, melancholic shadows that seem to stretch back toward the foundations of the older farmsteads. The terrain remains largely agricultural, reflecting a persistent focus on the yields of the soil rather than the clamour of modern industry. Mercaston retains a singular, unbothered character, where the horizon is punctuated only by the rise of Humblebee Hill and the quiet, persistent growth of the hedgerows. Such places exist in a state of suspended clarity, indifferent to the haste of the wider world.
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Explore Mercaston, 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: 52.984573, -1.604434. 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. |