Tapton Derbyshire Map

About Tapton

Tapton, a quiet suburb in Derbyshire, breathes the steady, unassuming air of the East Midlands. It lies 1.7 km north-east of Chesterfield (from Chesterfield: bearing 38°T, OS grid SK 392 725), and is situated south-west of Brimington village. The land here rolls with a gentle persistence, a landscape shaped by the patient toil of generations, where the pale Derbyshire light often catches the edges of hedgerows, giving them a luminous, almost ethereal quality. Though no grand abbey or castle dominates its skyline, the small clusters of houses and gardens in Tapton speak of a settled, enduring life, a place where the day’s work is done and the evening draws in with a quiet grace. The very air seems to carry the faint, earthy scent of well-tended gardens and the distant hum of a county that has long understood the value of quiet industry.

About This Tapton Map Page

Explore Tapton, 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: 53.248577, -1.413487. 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.