St Lawrence Church, North Wingfield

The church sits quietly at the heart of North Wingfield, a proper medieval affair that creeps up on you without any fanfare. St Lawrence is the real deal - 13th-century bones with later additions that tell the story of five centuries of worship in one small Derbyshire village. The interior rewards a proper look: decent medieval stonework, a handful of interesting monuments, and that particular smell of old wood and stone that never gets old. It's the sort of place where you'll spend twenty minutes at most, unless you're deeply into ecclesiastical architecture, in which case you could happily potter about for longer studying the details. Free to wander in, as these village churches tend to be, though opening times can be hit or miss - worth ringing ahead or checking the church noticeboard when you arrive. The walk here from Alfreton takes about thirty minutes through fairly ordinary suburban paths, so you're better off driving. For families camped at Yew Tree Farm just down the road, it's a sensible half-hour loop that breaks up the day without demanding much effort. History buffs will find it worthwhile; small kids might find fifteen minutes enough. The real value is combining it with a decent walk around the surrounding villages - there's proper countryside once you get past the edge of the towns. Not a destination in itself, but absolutely worth dropping into if you're based nearby at one of the local campsites.