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Shottlegate Derbyshire Map

Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Amber Valley · Region: East Midlands

Explore Shottlegate, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shottlegate 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.

Interactive Map of Shottlegate, Derbyshire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shottlegate, 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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PlaceShottlegate
Traditional CountyDerbyshire
District / BoroughAmber Valley
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.021148
Longitude-1.525074
Place TypeHamlet

About Shottlegate

Shottlegate occupies a modest rise of Derbyshire land where the horizon feels perpetually wide and watchful. It lies 1.8 miles west of Belper (from Belper: bearing 265°T, OS grid SK 319 472), and is situated west-south-west of Blackbrook village. The lane-ways here possess a singular, clipped gravity, winding through fields that hold the afternoon light with a pale, steady persistence. To the west-north-west, the waters of Franker Brook carve a quiet furrow through the terrain, providing a cool, rhythmic accompaniment to the otherwise hushed agricultural expanse. The shadow of the Derwent Valley Mills looms in the collective memory of the region, their industrial legacy casting a long, historical influence over the local character of Shottlegate. Residents observe the changing seasons across a landscape that remains largely defined by its sturdy, open-field heritage rather than grand architectural flourishes. A certain austere beauty clings to the stonework of the older boundary walls, which have weathered the damp winters and brisk winds with a grim, stoic endurance. Shottlegate retains a sense of detachment from the more frantic pace of the nearby valley floor, favouring a deliberate, slow-moving sobriety.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Franker Brook (River) — 0.9 mi, 301° WNW
  • Derwent Valley Mills (World Heritage Site) — 0.9 mi, 035° NE · 13k acres
  • Firestone Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 123° ESE
  • Former Target Wall (Historic Ruins) — 1.4 mi, 122° ESE
  • Beaurepaire Garden (Park) — 1.7 mi, 070° ENE
  • Strutt's North Mill (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 072° ENE
  • Flying Geese (Public Artwork) — 1.7 mi, 090° E
  • River Gardens (Park) — 1.9 mi, 071° ENE
  • Coppice Brook (River) — 1.9 mi, 090° E
  • The Ritz (Cinema) — 1.9 mi, 086° E
  • Gun Hills (Hill / Mountain) — 2.0 mi, 197° SSW
  • Moated Site North Of Dannah Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 349° NNW
  • Mount Pleasant Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.2 mi, 273° W · 3 ha
  • Lower Slades (Valley) — 2.2 mi, 028° NNE
  • Belper Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.3 mi, 062° ENE · 6 ha
  • Windley Moated Manorial Complex (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 172° S · 1 ha
  • Twelfth Century Tower Keep Castle, Including Sites Of An Eleventh Century Motte And Bailey Castle, An Anglian Cemetery And A Romano-British Settlement (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 143° SE · 1 ha
  • Kilburn Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.1 mi, 097° E
  • Serpentine Pond (Wetland) — 3.5 mi, 185° S
  • The Great British Car Journey (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 023° NNE
  • Mercaston Marsh And Muggington Bottoms Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.6 mi, 229° SW · 14 ha
  • Heage Windmill (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 053° NE
  • Hay Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.8 mi, 186° S
  • Quarndon Topograph (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 160° SSE
  • Kedleston Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 4.0 mi, 185° S · 400 ha
  • Carsington Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.3 mi, 303° WNW
  • Horston Castle (Historic Ruins) — 4.3 mi, 126° SE
  • Denby Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 089° E
  • Vicar Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.7 mi, 184° S
  • Millfields (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 291° WNW

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About This Shottlegate Map Page

Explore Shottlegate, 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: 53.021148, -1.525074. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.