Where is Chatsworth House?

Chatsworth House is located in Derbyshire 142.16 miles or 228.79 Km from the centre of London (given as below). For actual travel by rail or road we may have to add about 20% or 30% to the distance value of 142.16 miles.

"Sketch" of the U.K. showing the approximate locations of Chatsworth House & London.
This "map" is from the Microsoft® PowerPoint® Clip Art Library originally supplied with versions of MS Office®.

If you wish for more details, Chatsworth has the following GPS coordinates: latitude 53.3278°N and longitude -1.7000°E. We then look at the centre of London which is officially taken as the intersection of The Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street. This intersection is often referred to as Charing Cross, not to be confused with the nearby Victorian Eleanor Cross itself, nor the station in front of which the cross stands. The GPS coordinates of the centre of London are: latitude 51.50730°N and longitude -0.12755°E. Hence, as the crow flies on a great circle route, assuming the earth to be a sphere, Chatsworth House is 142.16 miles or 228.79 Km from the centre of London. For actual travel by rail or road we may have to add about 20% or 30% to the distance value of 142.16 miles. The bearing of Chatsworth House is +117.78°, or approximately NNW with respect to Charing Cross, the centre of London.

Location of Chatsworth House using Google© Maps

These maps are courtesy Google© and will show you the layout of Chatsworth House and also Chatsworth House in the context of both its grounds and the wider area in Derbyshire and beyond. Numbers below are heights in metres above mean sea level and indicate the resolution of the relevant map. The "Satellite" option is equivalent to an aerial photograph, the "Maps" option gives a simplified view.

Chatsworth House - Some Dates

Here are a few dates. As you can imagine, the history of Chatsworth is intertwined with English history as a whole, but a few dates may give you an historical context and overview.

♦  Approximate Dates in Brief  ♦

♦  Dates in Greater Detail  ♦

Chatsworth House - References

There are quite a few new-age online references, although online books originally published as hard copy before the age of the internet could not be found. Here you have references to "The House and Grounds" which are what you see first of all on your visit. After this you see references to "The People" many of whom were instrumental in making Chatsworth into what it is today; in this section you can see how the relevant individuals managed to assemble and deploy the appropriate social, financial and skills resources.

♦  Chatsworth - The House and Grounds  ♦ Chatsworth House (Web Site) Chatsworth House (Wikipedia) Chatsworth House (Facebook) History of Chatsworth House History of Chatsworth House - Further Reading Chatsworth House (Historic England) Chatsworth House (Picture the Past) Chatsworth House (Sotheby's, Museums) Chatsworth House (Peak District Online) Chatsworth - Room Cards Chatsworth House - Gardens ♦  Chatsworth - The People  ♦ Sir William Cavendish Bess of Hardwick Cavendish Family Duke(s) of Devonshire Jeffry Wyatville Lancelot "Capability" Brown

Web Short Cuts

The main web page on this web site on Chatsworth House - the web page from which you reached the present page - is directly accessible from your browser. Just type ONE of the following in your browser.

1. "tinyurl.com/hallochatsworth" or
2. "tinyurl.com/hallochats" or
3. "tinyurl.com/impressivechatsworth"