The Old Nick Cottage is located in the village of Warslow. Warslow is a smallish village standing at just over 1000 feet above sea level, on the eastern edge of the staffordshire moorlands, in the Peak District National Park.

Warslow has a long history dating back to the 7th Century BC. This had been identified from the Bronze Age Barrow on the north-eastern side of the village, with two others further East and another at Brownlow to the Southwest.

Warslow, Lower Elkstone and Upper Elkstone were at one time a township within the Alstonefield Parish but as Warslow is mentioned in its own right in the DOOMSDAY BOOK, it is thought to have been a separate estate before the Roman Conquest. It was part of the Alstonefield Manor until 1516 A.D. After that date it held its own great court. The Parish of Warslow and Elkstone was created in 1902 A.D.

It is a former estate village, once owned by the Harpur-Crewe family of Calke Abbey. Warslow has some pleasant 18th and 19th century cottages and a welcoming pub called the Greyhound, a 250 year old coaching inn, once known as the Greyhound and Hare.
UPDATE: The Greyhound Public House, at the time of writing, is re-opening soon under new management.

The church of St Lawrence seems to dominate the village and has an unusually wide chancel, and windows by William Morris.

Mining was once the foremost industry. At nearby Ecton, mines which produced considerable quantities of copper ore can still be observed from the roadside. The main mine reached a depth of over 1400 feet, the deepest in Britain in the 18th century, and made a considerable fortune for the Duke of Devonshire, its owner. It has an early example of a Boulton and Watt steam engine, an underground canal for haulage purposes and several other unusual features including a waterwheel for pumping.