Traditional county: Nottinghamshire · District / Borough: Bassetlaw · Region: East Midlands
Explore East Drayton, Nottinghamshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the East Drayton 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 East Drayton, Nottinghamshire, 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 | East Drayton |
| Traditional County | Nottinghamshire |
| District / Borough | Bassetlaw |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.268884 |
| Longitude | -0.838301 |
| Place Type | Village |
East Drayton remains a quiet anchor of the Bassetlaw district, where the horizon holds the flat, expansive promise of the Nottinghamshire plains. It lies 5.7 miles south-east of Retford (from Retford: bearing 131°T, OS grid SK 775 752), and is situated north of Darlton village. The East Drayton Village Sign greets travellers with a singular, iron-wrought stillness that seems to sharpen the morning light as it catches the dew on the surrounding fields. Low-lying hedgerows define the boundaries of ancient agricultural plots, holding the memory of a landscape that has long prioritised the furrow and the harvest. A short distance away, the earth rises in subtle, deliberate mounds at the Whimpton Moor Medieval Village site, where the ghost of a former settlement leaves a faint, rhythmic imprint upon the grass. East Drayton draws its character from this proximity to the soil, where the air carries the scent of damp loam and the distant, cooling breath of Laneham Beck. Time here moves with a steady, unforced pace, mirroring the slow rotation of the seasons across the open fields. Such quietude allows the architecture and the land to exist in a rare, harmonious balance, undisturbed by the hurried pulse of the modern world.
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Explore East Drayton, Nottinghamshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.268884, -0.838301. 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. |