The county has an area of 2,625km2 (1,014sqmi) and a population of 1,053,316. The east of the county is more densely populated than the west, and contains the county's largest settlements: Derby (261,400), Chesterfield (88,483), and Swadlincote (45,000). For local government purposes Derbyshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eight districts, and the Derby unitary authority area. The East Midlands Combined County Authority includes Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council.
The north of Derbyshire is hilly and contains the southern end of the Pennines, most of which are part of the Peak DistrictNational Park. They include Kinder Scout, at 636m (2,087ft) the highest point in the county. The River Derwent is the longest in the county, at 66mi (106km), and flows south until it meets the River Trent just south of Derby. Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms, near Swadlincote, is the furthest point from the sea in the UK. (Full article...)
Duffield is a village, situated next to the River Derwent in Derbyshire at the lower end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England. There have been humans in the area, probably, from the Iron Age. While it has been suggested that, once farming began, they would have inhabited the plains of the Derwent and Ecclesbourne, they would most likely have retreated to higher ground during the winter floods.
Image 161 High Peak 2 Derbyshire Dales 3 South Derbyshire 4 Erewash 5 Amber Valley 6 North East Derbyshire 7 Chesterfield 8 Bolsover 9 Derby (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 21At the Rhodeswood reservoir dam, we see the outflow canal from the Torside Reservoir dam, alongside the Rhodeswood Reservoir. The Torside dam can be seen in the distance. To the right is Shining Clough Moss and Bleaklow. To the left Bareholm Moss and Black Hill (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 22The Londendale reservoirs relative to Glossop and Hadfield (from Longdendale Chain)
A quiet scene in South Derbyshire by George Turner (2 April 1841 – 29 Mar 1910) was an English landscape artist and farmer who has been dubbed "Derbyshire's John Constable".