Idridgehay and Alton

Idridgehay and Alton is a human settlement in Derbyshire, England.

Population

The population of Idridgehay and Alton is 328, in the 2021 census of the United Kingdom1.

In Idridgehay and Alton there are 164 males, and 164 females.

Location

Idridgehay and Alton is located at a Latitude of 53.038558 (53°2'18.81"N), and Longitude of -1.579124 (-1°34'44.85"W)2.

Elevation

The elevation of Idridgehay and Alton is an average of 120 metres34.

The elevation of Idridgehay and Alton ranges from a low point of about 56 metres, to a high point of about 207 metres.

Nearby to Idridgehay and Alton

Human settlements nearby to Idridgehay and Alton are Kirk Ireton, Biggin, Shottle and Postern, and Turnditch.

Woodland coverage of Idridgehay and Alton

Idridgehay and Alton has approximately 6% woodland coverage which is approximately 104.7 hectare of woodland5.

Water coverage of Idridgehay and Alton

How much of Idridgehay and Alton is water? Well, Idridgehay and Alton has 0.32% water coverage, which is 5.5 hectare of water5.

  1. Population values are aggregated by myself from the 178,605 census output areas in England, for the 2021 census of the United Kingdom, and are published on NOMIS official government census website. ↩︎

  2. location is the calculated centroid for geometries published by ONS Geography Linked Data portal. ↩︎

  3. From GDEM V3 (Global Digital Elevation Model V003) dataset I have sampled at a resolution of 13 million per degree latitude and degree longitude. In everyday terms the town of Andover, Hampshire is sampled approximately 45 thousand times. From my testing this is enough to pickup subtle changes in road elevation over small distances, such as a couple of house blocks. ↩︎

  4. The average listed is a median value for elevation samples recorded in the polygon for a given location. ↩︎

  5. Woodland, and water coverage calculated from OpenStreetMap data retrieved February 2024. ↩︎ ↩︎