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Derbyshire is one of England's upland counties. Its 1,000
square miles extend from the Peak District in the southern Pennines
southwards to the River Trent and to the northern borders of the Midland
Plain. Only 23 per cent of the land is arable, since large parts of the county
are bleak moorlands, and the deep valleys of the Wye and Derwent are used only
for hay and grazing. In the east is a section of the York, Derby and
Nottingham coalfields. The population of about 1 million includes
the large towns of Derby, Chesterfield, Buxton and Matlock,
the county headquarters.
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