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Where is Woodhead?

Woodhead is located in the county of Derbyshire, East Midlands, one mile west of the town of Clay Cross, five miles south of the major town of Chesterfield, and 127 miles north-west of London. Woodhead lies five miles west of the Nottinghamshire border. Woodhead falls within the district council of North East Derbyshire, under the county council of Derbyshire. It is in the S45 postcode district. The post town for Woodhead is Chesterfield.

Woodhead on a map

Map showing extent of Woodhead as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Woodhead
Map showing location of Woodhead within the UK
Location of Woodhead within the UK

Which county is Woodhead in?

Woodhead is in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, the historic county of Derbyshire, and the administrative county of Derbyshire.

Ceremonial CountyDerbyshire
Historic CountyDerbyshire
Administrative CountyDerbyshire

Where is Woodhead in Derbyshire?

Woodhead is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Derbyshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Derbyshire.

Map showing location of Woodhead within Derbyshire
Location of Woodhead within Derbyshire

What is the postcode for Woodhead?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Woodhead is S45 9AX.

Where is Woodhead in S45?

Woodhead is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the S45 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the S45 postcode district.

Map showing location of Woodhead within S45
Location of Woodhead within S45

What is the post town for Woodhead?

The post town for Woodhead is Chesterfield. Woodhead is in the S45 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Chesterfield.

What is the latitude and longitude of Woodhead?

The centre of Woodhead is located at position 53.15896° latitude and -1.44902° longitude.

Latitude53.15896°
Longitude-1.44902°

What is the easting and northing of Woodhead?

The centre of Woodhead is located at the grid reference easting 436939 and northing 362567 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting436939
Northing362567

What are the nearest towns to Woodhead?

Position of Woodhead relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Woodhead to the centre of the town.

west
1m
Woodhead is 1 mile west of Clay Cross
east
5m
Woodhead is 5 miles east of Matlock
north-west
5m
Woodhead is 5 miles north-west of Alfreton
south
5m
Woodhead is 5 miles south of Chesterfield
east
6m
Woodhead is 6 miles east of Darley Dale
north-east
7m
Woodhead is 7 miles north-east of Wirksworth
north
8m
Woodhead is 8 miles north of Ripley
south-west
8m
Woodhead is 8 miles south-west of Bolsover
west
8m
Woodhead is 8 miles west of Sutton in Ashfield
south-west
8m
Woodhead is 8 miles south-west of Staveley

What are the nearest cities to Woodhead?

Position of Woodhead relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Woodhead to the centre of the city.

south
15m
Woodhead is 15 miles south of Sheffield
north
16m
Woodhead is 16 miles north of Derby
north-west
19m
Woodhead is 19 miles north-west of Nottingham
south-west
28m
Woodhead is 28 miles south-west of Doncaster
east
32m
Woodhead is 32 miles east of Stoke-on-Trent
south
36m
Woodhead is 36 miles south of Wakefield
north-east
37m
Woodhead is 37 miles north-east of Lichfield
west
38m
Woodhead is 38 miles west of Lincoln
north
39m
Woodhead is 39 miles north of Leicester
south-east
40m
Woodhead is 40 miles south-east of Manchester