Shottle and Postern is a civil parish within the Amber Valley district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Sparsely built up with much rural expanse, its population was 270 residents in the 2021 census. The parish is 120 miles north west of London, 9 miles north west of the county town of Derby, and 2+3⁄4 miles equidistant of the nearest market towns of Belper and Wirksworth.