Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Amber Valley · Region: East Midlands
Explore Wheatcroft, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wheatcroft 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 | Wheatcroft |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Amber Valley |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.113093 |
| Longitude | -1.478795 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Wheatcroft, a quiet scattering of dwellings, breathes the slow, steady life of the Amber Valley. It lies 5.8 km east-south-east of Matlock (from Matlock: bearing 120°T, OS grid SK 349 574), and is situated south-west of Brackenfield village. The fields around Wheatcroft, often a patchwork of deep greens and ochres under the East Midlands sky, roll with a gentle, unhurried grace, hinting at centuries of cultivation. Sunlight here can fall with a particular softness, illuminating the stone walls that delineate pastures and garden plots, lending a warm, lived-in feel to the landscape. Though small, Wheatcroft holds a sense of place, a quiet continuity that speaks not of grand pronouncements but of the enduring rhythm of the land.
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Explore Wheatcroft, 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: 53.113093, -1.478795. 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. |