Shottle is a village approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the market town of Wirksworth in Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish (Shottle and Postern) at the 2011 Census was 266. In Norman times, the manor of Shottle, referred to as Sothille in the Domesday Survey, belonged to the Ferrers family. In 1086, the book notes that Shottle Park was one of the seven parks within Duffield Frith. The gate at its south-east corner is still known as Shottle Gate. To the south was the much smaller Postern Park. The present-day parish is known as Shottle and Postern.