Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Derbyshire Dales · Region: East Midlands
Explore Upper Biggin, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upper Biggin 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 | Upper Biggin |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Derbyshire Dales |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.028900 |
| Longitude | -1.621265 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Upper Biggin maintains a quiet stillness, defined by the limestone ridges that catch the pale, thinning light of the Derbyshire Dales. It lies 4.2 miles south-south-west of Wirksworth (from Wirksworth: bearing 208°T, OS grid SK 254 480), and is situated north-north-west of Hulland Ward village. The horizon here is broken by the sharp, persistent rise of The Mountain to the north-east, a landmark that commands the surrounding fields and dictates the movement of the wind. Below the slopes, the land retains the memory of older, more laborious centuries in the form of the Duncote Farm Moated Site, where the earth holds a dark and heavy silence. Biggin Brook meanders through the lower pastures, its water cutting a narrow, insistent path that reflects the grey-blue sky of the East Midlands. This landscape does not offer itself easily to the casual observer, requiring a steady eye to discern the subtle shifts in topography that define the local character. Upper Biggin remains a place of austere permanence, where the stone walls and open fields speak only of the slow, indifferent passage of the seasons.
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Explore Upper Biggin, 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: 53.028900, -1.621265. 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. |