(Village near Leabrooks)
Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Amber Valley · Region: East Midlands
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| Place | Riddings |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Amber Valley |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.068633 |
| Longitude | -1.365832 |
| Place Type | Village |
Riddings, a village in Derbyshire's Amber Valley, holds a quiet dignity. It lies 3.5 km north-east of Ripley (from Ripley: bearing 51°T, OS grid SK 425 525), and is situated south-east of Leabrooks village. The landscape around Riddings, a gentle sweep of the East Midlands countryside, often carries the soft, diffused light of early autumn, lending a certain mellow grace to the scattered dwellings. Once shaped by the demands of industry, the land now breathes a more settled rhythm, with fields that speak of enduring cultivation rather than the quickening pulse of extraction. The air here, even on a blustery day, seems to retain a certain stillness, a quietude that perhaps echoes the lives lived out within Riddings’ embrace.
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Explore Riddings, 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: 53.068633, -1.365832. 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. |