Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: High Peak · Region: East Midlands
Explore Thornsett, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thornsett 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 | Thornsett |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | High Peak |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.379787 |
| Longitude | -1.982568 |
| Place Type | Village |
Thornsett occupies a rugged fold of the High Peak, where the earth rises in stubborn defiance against the encroaching gritstone moors. It lies 1.2 miles north-east of New Mills (from New Mills: bearing 39°T, OS grid SK 012 869), and is situated west of Birch Vale village. The River Sett carves a restless, winding path through the lower ground nearby, its waters dark with the memory of the textile mills that once anchored the local economy. Beyond the houses, the horizon tilts toward the steady, brooding silhouette of Lantern Pike, a hill that captures the shifting light of the Derbyshire sky. Stone walls divide the fields into a mosaic of muted greens and browns, reflecting the hard-won character of those who worked this thin, upland soil. The air here carries a sharp, clean clarity, often tempered by the damp breath of the valley floor. Thornsett maintains a quiet presence, its narrow lanes tracing the contours of a landscape shaped by both human toil and the relentless pull of the Pennine weather.
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Explore Thornsett, 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: 53.379787, -1.982568. 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. |