Derwent Heights is the name of a small private housing estate in Derby, United Kingdom, situated next to Chaddesden, which it is almost part of. A housing estate is a medium-to-low density residential area, usually part of a suburb of a town or city in a developed country. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Chaddesden is a large suburb of Derby, United Kingdom, formerly known as Cedesdene. ...

The houses are typical of the modern look adopted in the nineteen eighties. The estate is known for being selective amongst viewers, and in particular first time buyers due to the small size of the mostly semi-detached housing, although the estate does have a range of larger detached properties. Semi-detached housing (usually abbreviated to semi, as in three-bedroom semi) consists of pairs of houses built side by side as units sharing a party wall and usually in such a way that each houses layout is a mirror image of its twin. ...

In comparison to other housing estates in the area it is incredibly small, especially in comparison to the nearby estate Oakwood, which dwarfs Derwent Heights. Oakwood is a modern housing estate in Derby, UK. It is one of the largest new housing estates in Europe and, as such, is a major settlement in its own right. ...

The estate is known for its height above Derby, hence the name and because of this it has good views of the city. It is not far from a public house called the Paddocks and a retail park called the Meteor Centre. A retail park is a grouping of three or more retail warehouses with associated car parking. ...