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Froggatt lies on a gentle slope above the Derwent, mantled in trees and with pretty gardens that are a joy to see, a village so full with beauty that only those who have the time should seek it.
There is a charming view-point from the 17th century bridge which spans the river with two arches odd in size and shape. It is the scene of a wide stream making a marvellous curve, of the softness of lovely meadows and the grace of fine wooded slopes, of the rugged strength of Froggatt Edge stretching like a rampart behind the village.
The glory of the village is this gritstone'edge' under which it nestles, magnificent in length and in its precipitous height, with great boulders jutting from its sides and all of it softened by the green of heath and fern and tree.
A winding road climbs to a scene of great beauty at the top.
With moorland all about us and across the valley, we look deep down below to where the Derwent stretches like an endless snake of trees, winding to Grindleford Bridge and Padley Woods, on towards Hathersage, and beyond to the glorious background of Bamford Edge and Win Hill.
The land rises across the river to the heights of Eyam.
Between them and the river are the deep woods sheltering Stoke Hall, the 17th century home of Sir William Cavendish, the famous Royalist who smoked a pipe at Marston Moor and spent nearly a million pounds in the cause of Charles I, losing his estates in the end.
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