Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: Bolsover · Region: East Midlands
Explore Whitwell Common, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Whitwell Common 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 Whitwell Common, 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 | Whitwell Common |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | Bolsover |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.288118 |
| Longitude | -1.229801 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Whitwell Common occupies a quiet stretch of limestone plateau where the industrial shadow of the Bolsover district softens into open, arable fields. It lies 4.6 miles west-south-west of Worksop (from Worksop: bearing 253°T, OS grid SK 514 770), and is situated west-north-west of Whitwell village. Low-hanging clouds often catch on the high ground here, casting a grey, luminous quality over the hedgerows and the narrow lanes that bind the hamlet together. To the north-east, the dense canopy of Whitwell Wood provides a sharp contrast to the flat, exposed character of the working farmland. Ancient echoes persist in the local geology, as evidenced by the nearby Ash Tree Cave, where the earth holds the memory of prehistoric occupation beneath its weathered limestone skin. The light in the late afternoon possesses a brittle clarity, sharpening the lines of the stone walls that demarcate the sheep pastures from the road. Residents of Whitwell Common have long looked toward the deeper valleys and ridges that define the surrounding Derbyshire landscape, maintaining a rhythm dictated by the turning seasons rather than the pace of the neighbouring towns. The air remains clean and thin, carrying the faint, metallic scent of the earth turned over by the plough in early spring.
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Explore Whitwell Common, 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: 53.288118, -1.229801. 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. |