Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Derbyshire Dales · Region: East Midlands
Explore Wheston, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wheston 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wheston, Derbyshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Wheston |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Derbyshire Dales |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.284363 |
| Longitude | -1.802362 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Wheston remains a quiet collection of stone dwellings scattered across the limestone plateau of the High Peak. It lies 5.1 miles east-north-east of Buxton (from Buxton: bearing 67°T, OS grid SK 132 763), and is situated west-north-west of Tideswell village. The landscape here is defined by wide, open skies that pull the eye across dry-stone walls toward the distant, rugged horizon of the Peak District National Park. A medieval stone cross stands in the centre, a silent observer marking the history of Wheston as a place of transit and quiet endurance. To the southwest, the deep, shadowed folds of Peter Dale provide a stark contrast to the bleached, exposed character of the surrounding upland pastures. The quality of light in Wheston shifts rapidly as clouds race over the high ground, momentarily turning the grey gritstone to a pale, ethereal silver. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the farming year, echoing the resilience of a terrain that offers little shelter from the wind. This high, exposed solitude gives Wheston a gravity that belongs as much to the geology of the hills as it does to the people who reside there.
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Explore Wheston, 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: 53.284363, -1.802362. 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. |