Peat Pits Wood

Shining Cliff Woods are on the west bank of the River Derwent near to Ambergate Derbyshire. In medieval times "Schymynde-cliffe" was one of the seven royal parks within Duffield Frith and, as such, belonged to Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster. It was an estate within the manor of Alderwasley and in 1284 was given to William Foun who was given the job of maintaining the boundaries between the Pendleton and Peatpits Brooks.

Alderwasley Hall School is an independent residential special school. The school is for children and young people aged 5 to 19 with Asperger's, speech and language difficulties and Acquired Brain Injury. It is in and named after the village of Alderwasley in the Peak District, close to Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England.

All Saints’ Church, Alderwasley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Alderwasley, Derbyshire.