Wadshelf is a small village in

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...

, England. It is located between Chesterfield and Baslow, just inside the

Peak District The Peak District is an Highland, upland area in central-northern England, at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire, it extends into Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It is subdivi ...

national park. It is near to Wigley,

Holymoorside Holymoorside is a village in the civil parish of Holymoorside and Walton, in the North East Derbyshire district, in the county of Derbyshire, England, approximately two miles west of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield. It is located at 53.2 ...

, and

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. The name is believed to be a corruption of Watch Hill. The village has a pub, The Highwayman on the main A619 road. Wadshelf is in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

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Villages in Derbyshire Towns and villages of the Peak District North East Derbyshire District {{Derbyshire-geo-stub