Traditional county: Nottinghamshire · District / Borough: Broxtowe · Region: East Midlands
Explore Swingate, Nottinghamshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Swingate 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 Swingate, 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 | Swingate |
| Traditional County | Nottinghamshire |
| District / Borough | Broxtowe |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.990668 |
| Longitude | -1.254156 |
| Place Type | Village |
Swingate rises from the Broxtowe landscape as a quiet witness to the changing fortunes of the Nottinghamshire coalfield. It lies 0.5 miles south-south-east of Kimberley (from Kimberley: bearing 165°T, OS grid SK 501 439). The terrain here holds a stubborn, industrial memory, where the earth still remembers the weight of the deep-seam workings that once powered the local economy. A short walk to the south-east leads to the rise of Windmill Hill, where the horizon broadens and the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of open fields. To the north, the hidden depths of the Kimberley Railway Cutting SSSI offer a sanctuary for rare flora, marking a sharp contrast to the rows of brick dwellings that characterise the domestic architecture. The light in Swingate often catches the soot-stained stone of older walls, turning them into pale, flickering silver during the golden hours of the late afternoon. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that has long outlived its primary industry, relying instead on the steady pulse of the surrounding countryside. Even in the stillness of a winter morning, the geography of the district feels heavy with the echoes of men who once laboured beneath the soil.
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Explore Swingate, 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: 52.990668, -1.254156. 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. |