Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Derbyshire Dales · Region: East Midlands
Explore Starkholmes, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Starkholmes 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.
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| Place | Starkholmes |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Derbyshire Dales |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.125937 |
| Longitude | -1.551417 |
| Place Type | Village |
Starkholmes clings to the steep, limestone ribs of the Derwent Valley where the earth rises sharply to meet the sky. It lies 0.9 miles south of Matlock (from Matlock: bearing 172°T, OS grid SK 301 588), and is situated north-east of Matlock Bath village. High Tor watches over these dwellings like a silent, geological sentinel, its sheer rock face casting long, cool shadows that stretch across the valley floor as the sun dips behind the western ridge. Starkholmes finds its character in this dramatic verticality, where narrow lanes wind upwards toward the imposing silhouette of Riber Castle, a Victorian folly that stares down from the neighbouring summit. The air here carries a sharp, mineral clarity, a reminder of the lead workings that once scarred the surrounding hillsides and defined the labour of generations. Below, the river carves through Matlock Dale, its constant, rhythmic churning providing a low-frequency pulse to the quiet lanes above. Stone walls, built of the very gritstone that anchors the village to the slope, map out the small pastures that break the encroaching woodland. Every window in Starkholmes seems to capture a different angle of the shifting light, reflecting the restless beauty of a landscape that refuses to be tamed by the slow passage of hours.
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Explore Starkholmes, 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: 53.125937, -1.551417. 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. |