Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: South Derbyshire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Rosliston, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rosliston 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 | Rosliston |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | South Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.748324 |
| Longitude | -1.641997 |
| Place Type | Village |
Rosliston breathes with the quietude of the South Derbyshire landscape. It lies 6.4 km west-south-west of Swadlincote (from Swadlincote: bearing 244°T, OS grid SK 242 168), and is situated north of Coton in the Elms village. The earth here, once yielding coal, now offers a gentler embrace, the former mining scars softened by the slow work of reclamation and the patient growth of trees. Sunlight, when it breaks through, catches the dust motes dancing in the air above the village green, a subtle shimmer that hints at the enduring life beneath the surface. The air itself carries a faint scent of damp soil and distant hedgerows, a testament to the agricultural heart that still beats softly in this corner of the East Midlands. Rosliston, though modest in its outward show, holds a quiet strength, a place where the land remembers its past and looks forward with a steady gaze.
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Explore Rosliston, 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: 52.748324, -1.641997. 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. |