Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A giant portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire, containing the southern extremity of the Pennine range of hills which increase into the north of the county. The county consists of part of the National Forest, and borders on Greater Manchester to the northwest, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the northeast, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the southeast, Staffordshire to the west and southwest and Cheshire additionally to the west.

Kinder Scout, at 636 metres, is the best point inside the county, whilst Trent Meadows, wherein the River Trent leaves Derbyshire, is its lowest point at 27 metres. The River Derwent is the county's longest river at 106 km, and runs kind of north to south thru the county. In 2003 the Ordnance Survey positioned Church Flatts Farm at Coton within the Elms close to Swadlincote because the furthest factor from the sea in Great Britain.

Mam Tor is a 517 m hill close to Castleton inside the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. Its name way mother hill, so known as because common landslips on its eastern face have ended in a mess of mini-hills under it. Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau and National Nature Reserve within the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. Part of the moor, at 636 metres above sea level, is the very best point inside the Peak District, the highest factor in Derbyshire, and the very best factor in the East Midlands.