Bradwell is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District of England.

[1] It lies south of the main body of the Hope Valley but is usually included among its settlements.

[10] A possible Bronze Age round barrow 19 m in diameter has been found near to Minchlow Lane.

Coins from the reign of Vespasian[14] and Constantine the Great[15] have been discovered and a Roman pig of lead has also been found in the village.

Ceramic finds and the fact that the feature overlays the Roman road Batham Gate indicate that Grey Ditch is post-Roman.

No firm date has been established for the earthwork with speculation that the feature might have been designed to halt the advance of the Angels or Anglo-Saxons in the 5th to 7th centuries.

Other suggestions are the Grey Ditch might have formed the boundary between the Kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia during the Heptarchy or that it was constructed in the Viking period.

[25] Historically Bradwell was part of Hope ecclesiastical parish until 1868 when the Anglican Church of St. Barnabas opened.

Samuel Fox, inventor of the Paragon umbrella frame, donated £100 towards the cost of constructing the church.

[27] The other sources of income are the landmark local cement factory in the adjacent parish of Hope,[28] pubs, B&Bs, an eponymous locally made ice cream,[29] and some subsidised farming.

[37] One bus every day of the week runs on the Chesterfield to Buxton route, operated by Hulleys of Baslow (in 2017).

[42] Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.