Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Amber Valley · Region: East Midlands
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| Place | Park Head |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Amber Valley |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.089603 |
| Longitude | -1.468328 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Park Head rises as a cluster of stone and slate upon the high, firm ground of the Amber Valley. It lies 3.4 miles west of Alfreton (from Alfreton: bearing 261°T, OS grid SK 357 548), and is situated north-east of Crich village. The horizon here is dominated by the looming, silent presence of Crich Stand, a stone beacon that watches over the undulating folds of the Derbyshire landscape like a sentinel of the clouds. Beneath this watchful eye, the earth carries the deep, resonant memory of industry, where the remnants of the Butterley Gangroad trace the ancient paths once worn by iron and coal. Light catches the sharp edges of the drystone walls that partition the fields, marking the boundaries of a terrain that has long demanded a rugged, stoic labour from its inhabitants. Park Head remains a place of hard-won clarity, where the air moves with a brisk, unhindered purpose across the open ridges. Visitors find themselves walking through a geography defined by the grit of the past, where the shadow of the nearby medieval ruins at Wingfield Manor adds a heavy, historical gravity to the quietude of the fields. Every lane and boundary fence acknowledges the weight of the land, grounding the spirit in a reality that is both ancient and enduringly present.
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Explore Park Head, 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: 53.089603, -1.468328. 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. |