Located south of Derby on the Trent and Mersey Canal, it consists of two villages, Stenson and its smaller neighbour Twyford.

Stenson Fields is constituted as a separate parish wholly within South Derbyshire District, but it is essentially contiguous with the Sunny Hill, Sinfin and Littleover suburbs of Derby city.

Sinfin Moor is a Regionally Important Geological Site (RIGS) which formed over the bed of an ice age lake.

There is one mill rendering 2 shillings and 24 acres (97,000 m2) of meadow, woodland pasture one furlong long and one much broad.

TRE[6] worth eight pounds now four pounds.“St Andrew's Church at Twyford is an unusual sight as from the outside it appears to be of brick construction with stone extensions and steeple.

Local tradition tells of food being handed out to wayfarers from a stone-framed window in a nearby farmhouse.

The chain ferry linked the village with Milton on the far side of the river saving a long detour via Swarkestone Bridge.