Borrowash and Risley. Environment Landscape The area lies on the banks of the River Derwent and its valley, and is relatively flat, the land rising gradually to the north of the parish, with no hills. The parish outside of Draycott village is primarily farmland. Areas of trees are few, with a small coppice to the north west, and a cluster surrounding St Chad's Water at Church Wilne. Geology Throughout much of the southern areas of the parish and surrounding the River Derwent, the bedrock of the parish consists of mudstones, siltstones and sandstones of various types, formed between 250 and 200 million years ago during the Triassic period. Also throughout the area are sand and gravel deposits due to the geological feature known as the Allenton Terrace, which is the fluvial terrace of alluvium in the lower valley of the River Derwent that the area is built upon. This is notably around Church Wilne where historic mining took place. Hydrological features The parish southern edge is mainly formed by the River Derwent, although there are deviations from this either by the course of the river changing over time or following field boundaries on its banks. At Church Wilne a millrace was formed for a historic mill, and some of this channel is culverted to allow access to a factory presently located there. The hamlet also hosts St. Chad's Water, a repurposed gravel quarry that is flooded and is now a nature reserve. Work is presently ongoing by a charity trust to re-water the former Derby Canal, one of the first areas being worked on is a mile-long stretch north of Draycott. Although the Church Wilne Water Treatment Works and associated reservoir (which hosts the Church Wilne Water Sports Centre) are named after the hamlet, those facilities are within the adjacent Breaston civil parish. A related piece of infrastructure which runs alongside this, the Leicester branch of the Upper Derwent Valley aqueduct, does however come through the north east of the Draycott and Church Wilne parish. Land elevation The parish is relatively low lying being within the Derwent Valley, its lowest point is along the far south boundary along the River Derwent by Church Wilne, at . The land rises towards the north and west, with Draycott village marginally higher, in the range of . The highest section is adjacent to the far north parish boundary, within an area hemmed in