Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Amber Valley · Region: East Midlands
Explore Upper Hartshay, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upper Hartshay 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 | Upper Hartshay |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Amber Valley |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.049642 |
| Longitude | -1.434255 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
The quietude of Upper Hartshay unfolds across the Derbyshire landscape. It lies 1.8 km west of Ripley (from Ripley: bearing 272°T, OS grid SK 380 504), and is situated east of Heage village. The fields surrounding Upper Hartshay, often catching the low, diffused light of the East Midlands, suggest a patient cultivation, a long conversation between human hands and the soil. The very air here seems to hold a memory of coal dust, a whisper from the Amber Valley's industrial past, now softened by the greening of time. A sense of measured existence prevails, where the distant hum of the A38 is a faint counterpoint to the rustle of leaves and the slow passage of clouds.
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Explore Upper Hartshay, 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: 53.049642, -1.434255. 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. |