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South Wingfield sits in the Amber Valley, just a couple of miles west of Alfreton, where the landscape begins to roll toward the edge of the Peak District. It is a village shaped largely by its agricultural roots and the local gritstone that builds its older houses, centered around a triangular green and the Oakerthorpe Brook. The skyline is dominated by the impressive ruins of Wingfield Manor, a 15th-century palatial manor house that once held Mary, Queen of Scots captive and was later slighted during the Civil War. For day-to-day life, the village maintains a functional layout with a local primary school, a handful of long-standing pubs, and a parish church, St Lawrence’s, which sits slightly apart from the main cluster of houses. While it feels distinctly rural, the proximity to the A38 and the M1 means it is well-connected for those commuting toward Derby, Nottingham, or Mansfield, offering a quiet pace of life without being isolated from the practicalities of the nearby market towns.