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Hazelwood lies on an airy upland between the valleys of the Derwent and the Ecclesbourne, glorying in its fine views. It has a pleasant group with the gabled vicarage and the gabled schools, gathered round the churchyard, from where one can see Alport Height and the tower on Crich Stand.
The church, built in 1840 was restored after a fire in 1902. Some of its lancets have memorial glass, one commemorating one of the Strutts who helped to make Belper famous, another to the Alleynes, one of whom made for the church its finely carved lectern. Above the altar are three fine new windows by Carl Edwards.
To the east of Hazelwood stretches the long sandstone ridge of The Chevin, sometimes called 'the last of the Pennines' From it there are wide views, both up and down the beautiful valley of the Derwent.
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