Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Derbyshire Dales · Region: East Midlands
Explore Sheldon, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sheldon 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 Sheldon, 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 | Sheldon |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Derbyshire Dales |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.216117 |
| Longitude | -1.744092 |
| Place Type | Village |
Sheldon commands a high, limestone ridge where the wind strips the air of all artifice. It lies 2.8 miles west of Bakewell (from Bakewell: bearing 274°T, OS grid SK 171 688), and is situated west-south-west of Ashford in the Water village. Within the expansive boundaries of the Peak District National Park, Sheldon remains a place of austere horizons and thin, pale light. The landscape bears the jagged scars of past industry, most notably at the nearby Magpie Mine, where the ruined engine house stands as a stark, skeletal sentinel against the rolling sky. Below these heights, the deep, green silence of Kirk Dale carves a sharp incision into the earth, offering a sheltered contrast to the exposed plateau. Sheldon holds its stone houses with a stubborn, quiet grace, rooted deeply in the grit of the Derbyshire Dales. The earth here remembers the heavy tread of lead miners, their long-vanished labour still echoing in the muted, grey hues of the drystone walls that trace the fields like veins. Every path in Sheldon seems to lead either toward the wide, bracing heavens or down into the shadowed secrets of the limestone geology.
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Explore Sheldon, 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: 53.216117, -1.744092. 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. |