The south Derbyshire village or Egginton lies 4½ miles north-east of Burton-on-Trent and 7 miles south west of Derby. The village is almost surrounded by water as the Egginton and Hilton Brooks, the River Dove and the River Trent all flow close by. The River Dove which separates Egginton from Staffordshire is spanned by two bridges, the mainly preserved medieval Monk's Bridge and Brindley's twelve arched aqueduct completed around 1773 to carry the Trent and Mersey Canal across the river.