Edlaston and Wyaston touches the parishes of Clifton and Compton, Osmaston, Rodsley, Shirley, Snelston and Yeaveley.

[6] Edlaston and Wyaston, as an ecclesiastical and subsequent political entity, the two settlements have been combined as a parish since medieval times.

[7] Edlaston and Wyaston is surrounded by the following local areas: 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.

[7] As well as the regularised agricultural roles because of its rural location, primarily for dairy farming,[8] the area has also supported much gravel mining for many centuries, with several pits previously recorded in the vicinity.

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.

[4] 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.