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Lullington lies in the extreme south of Derbyshire, near the Staffordshire border.
A fine lime shades its tiny green in summer; a glorious daffodil carpet spreads in the grounds of its great house in spring. Its 19th century church is at the corner of a tree-shaded road. Yews and hollies make the churchyard beautiful, and the pleasant gardens of the vicarage open out beyond the church tower.
The 14th century tower is all that is left of the mediaeval church. The spire, rebuilt in 1766, is most unusual, for its eight sides rise from the edge of the tower in an almost upright line for several feet, forming a kind of lantern. Among the treasures of the church are an ancient unused font with crude carving, said to be more than 600 years old; a reading desk of wood finely carved by an Italian craftsman, and two unusual windows in the chancel.
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