The River Rother flows through the village at the bottom of Hepthorne Lane, next to the Midland Main Line.

Parts of the current church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, date from the Norman era, with some features being Anglo-Saxon in origin.

Now, partly due to its location near to the M1 motorway and its school, the village has experienced an influx of residents in recent years, and many housing developments have taken place.

This gave Derbyshire County Council the opportunity to implement plans to close the school, which, with only 473 students at that time, they felt to be too small to be viable.

This school building scheme was scrapped by Educational Minister Michael Gove when a Conservative-led coalition Government was elected in 2010.

Because of the lack of space at Tibshelf School, students continued to be taught at the Deincourt Site in North Wingfield until June 2012.