The village lies on a hill above the River Sheaf which gave Sheffield its name and, until 1934, was part of Derbyshire but it is now a suburb of the city.

The Member of Parliament for the Sheffield Hallam constituency, of which Dore is part, is Olivia Blake (Labour) who was elected in 2019.

[2] Alternatively, it could be associated with the Cymric (Welsh) 'dwr' (dur) for water, as is also found in Dour in Fife, Aberdeen and Kent, Dorchester in Dorset, Durra in Cornwall, and Doro in Ireland.

This same Egbert led an army against the Northumbrians as far as Dore, where they met him, and offered terms of obedience and subjection, on the acceptance of which they returned home.

This was an independent socialist social centre which continued operating until 1967, by which time the club house was more or less defunct.

The village is served by Dore and Totley railway station on the Hope Valley Line between Sheffield and Manchester, via New Mills Central.

Abbeydale Park, a former county cricket ground for both Derbyshire and Yorkshire, lies just north of the suburb.