Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: High Peak · Region: East Midlands
Explore Shaw, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shaw 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 Shaw, 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 | Shaw |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | High Peak |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.452287 |
| Longitude | -1.975446 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Shaw occupies a quiet ridge within the High Peak district, where the air carries the cool, damp breath of the nearby Pennine slopes. It lies 1.3 miles west-north-west of Glossop (from Glossop: bearing 300°T, OS grid SK 017 950), and is situated north-east of Gamesley village. The landscape around Shaw is defined by the steady, persistent pull of the land toward the water, as the flow of the Glossop Brook shapes the lower ground in a slow, rhythmic descent. To the west, the earth holds the ghost of imperial ambition, where the silent, grassy mounds of Melandra Castle Roman Fort mark the site of a long-vanished frontier. The light here often gathers in thin, pale ribbons across the fields, illuminating the sharp contrast between the modern residential edges and the enduring, rugged horizon. Residents of Shaw find a peculiar stillness in the proximity of the Roman Gardens, where the manicured quietude serves as a buffer against the encroaching pace of the wider valley. This geography creates a sense of detachment, as if Shaw exists in the margins of a page, observing the industrial legacy of the region from a respectful distance. The terrain remains stubbornly untamed, refusing to be fully polished by the sprawl that defines the surrounding districts.
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Explore Shaw, 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: 53.452287, -1.975446. 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. |