Edlaston and Wyaston

Edlaston and Wyaston is surrounded by the following local areas:

• Clifton to the north
• Hales Green, Rodsley and Yeavesley to the south
• Osmaston and Shirley to the east
• Snelston to the west.

The parish is roughly bounded by Dobbinhorse Lane along the north, the A515 road to the west, Darley Moor Sports Centre and Brown's Brook along the south, and Poor Plantation and Wyaston Brook to the east.

The two settlements within the parish are:

• Edlaston
• Wyaston

The smaller of the two areas, it is sited centrally within the parish, east of the A515 road, with nearly all properties aligned along Edlaston Lane. The village supports a church and public house. Edlaston Hall is a farmhouse also within the village.

Wyaston village

This is 1⁄4 mile (1⁄2 km) southeast of Edlaston, It is aligned to a number of roads including the Ashbourne to Tutbury route, and maintains more residences than Edlaston, as well as the village hall.

Primarily farmland throughout the parish outside the villages, there is some small forestry plots throughout the parish, with a stretch surrounding Wyaston Brook. There is a plateau which currently is used for cycle and bike racing.

Two streams exist by the boundary of the parish: Brown's Brook along the south, and Wyaston Brook to the east.

The parish contains some of the highest land locally, ranging from 120–180 metres (390–590 ft), the parish peak is by the central road junction in Wyaston.

As well as the regularised agricultural roles because of its rural location, primarily for dairy farming,[7] the area has also supported much gravel mining for many centuries, with several pits previously recorded in the vicinity. In the mid 1950s, maps showed a water treatment plant and a reservoir in the west of the parish.

The church dates from the 14th century, but rebuilt in the 17th, based on a year inscribed on a date stone.[6]

There was previously a Wesleyan church until the middle 20th century in Wyaston, which was later demolished.[8]

There are 220 residents recorded within the parish for the 2011 census.[1]

The settlements Edlaston, Wyaston and their surrounding rural areas are combined as one parish for administrative identity. This is managed at the first level of public administration by Edlaston and Wyaston Parish Council. At district level, the wider area is overseen by Derbyshire Dales district council. Derbyshire County Council provides the highest level strategic services locally.

Route 68 of the National Cycle Network follows the Ashbourne to Tutbury road (Wyaston Road).

Darley Moor Airfield is used for some civil aviation activities, but also has a dual use as an occasional motor bike and cycling circuit. Based on the site of a former RAF airfield, it is south of Edlaston with the bulk of the circuit within the parish despite the moor being mainly in Snelston.

Derbyshire and the wider region has a centuries-old established well dressing ritual, a regular ceremony takes place at a well on Edlaston Lane and in Wyaston village.[9]

There are seven listed structures in the parish, most including Edlaston Hall are Grade II, with the church at the higher designation of Grade II*.[3]

There is a number of tumulus (historic burial mounds) throughout the wider region, with one site in the south east of the parish known as the Wyaston Hlaew, it is recorded as a scheduled monument.[10]

A moat west of Edlaston Hall is also listed in the area.[11]