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The
complete 2018 Derby Sledging Guide. On here you will find out how to make the most of the snow in Derby. Including Local Weather Forcasts, Live local Webcams, Detailed interactive Sledging Location Map, Smartphone mapping drop pins, Where to buy a sledge, Derby snow photographs, Videos of people sledging in Derby. |
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Weather Forcasts : Get to know when its snowing, where and how much snow can we expect. |
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UK Snow Map : This mashup map shows you where in the UK its actually snowing
based on people submitting Tweets via Twitter. So this is
sometimes better than a weather forecast because its This app searches Twitter for real-time snow reports and displays
them on the map of the UK. BBC Radio Derby : |
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Snow Webcams : Why not have a look for yourself to see if its snowing! |
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Is it snowing right now in Derbyshire?, check out the live
webcams to see. I have a dedicated Derby and Derbyshire Web cams
feature which allows you to take a look at many webcams around the
City and the county. Some of the webcams offer streaming video so
you can even see the flakes of snow fall from the sky. Derby and Derbyshire Webcams. <-- Click to view my loca webcams feature. Also check out the nearby county of Staffordshire to see if they have worse snow than us. If I have missed any local webcams of my lists please let me know
using the contact link top right of this page. |
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Derby Sledging Map : Interactive map showing the best places in Derby to take your sledge. Use the + - buttons to zoom in and out, click on the markers for details about the sledging area. If you would like to print out my Derby Sledging Map then just click the link directly below the map, you can then also use it to get driving routes etc from your location to the sledging slope. Lower down this page you will find photographs and videos of these sledging areas. If you think you know a good place to go sledging in Derby then please let me know the location and some details about it using the contact link top right of this page and I will add it to this map so others can check it out. |
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View Best places to Sledge in Derby, the locations mapped out. in a larger map |
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Smartphone Push Pin locations: |
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Where to buy a sledge: Some Derby shops where I have seen sledges for sale in the past : Wilkinsons |
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These sledges were for sale at Wilkos, Park Farm,
Derby on 12th January 2012. £9.98 |
These sledges were on sale as ADSA Sinfin in
December 2011 They had two types of sledge one for £10 and a deluxe model (below) for £15. |
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Photographs of people sledging
in Derby: Here area few photographs I have taken of people sledging in Derby and of snowy scenes around Derby. |
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Videos of people sledging in
Derby: Here you will be able to see what Derby's sledging areas are actually like. If you have made a video of sledging in Derby then please get in touch and I may add it to this page, lots of people will see your video then! |
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Video of Sledging in Allestree Park, Derby, Derbyshire in January 2010 |
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Sledging in Darley Park, Derby, Derbyshire in January 2010 |
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School Closures This service is provided by the BBC and features an up to date list of all schools in the area that are closed due to bad weather. This is ONLY updated during bad winter weather. Derby and Derbyshire School closures. Also worth keeping BBC Radio Derby on so you can get the latest info. |
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Derby Gritting map - Will my
road be gritted? If you were wondering which roads Derby City Council are going to be gritting then you can have a look at their interactive map to see. Click this : Derby City Council Gritting Map. Then in the left menu click on the + nect to the "Transport and Streets" title, this will show a sub menu of "Derby City Maintained Winter Gritting Routes" Click in the option box to the left of that so it shows a tick. When you do that you should see blue lines appear on the map. These are the roads that will be gritted. you can zoom in and out and move the map around. As you can see its only the main roads and bus routes that get gritted, not side streets ! |
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