Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: South Derbyshire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Smisby, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Smisby 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 | Smisby |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | South Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.768368 |
| Longitude | -1.484831 |
| Place Type | Village |
Smisby holds its ground, a quiet presence in the South Derbyshire landscape. It lies 2.5 km north-north-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch (from Ashby-de-la-Zouch: bearing 340°T, OS grid SK 348 190), and is situated east-north-east of Blackfordby village. The village, like a weathered stone, bears the marks of centuries, its houses clustered around a modest green where the light often falls in soft, elongated shafts. Historically, Smisby was linked to ironstone mining, a past that has left subtle imprints on the surrounding fields, a whisper of industry beneath the cultivated surface. The gentle rise of the land here offers a quiet panorama, the horizon a soft blur of hedgerows and distant trees. Smisby’s lanes, worn smooth by generations of passage, invite a slow exploration, each turn revealing a quiet corner or a glimpse of enduring brickwork.
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Explore Smisby, 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: 52.768368, -1.484831. 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. |