Besides the small village of Alverdiscott, other settlements in the parish include the hamlets of Stony Cross and Woodtown, both to the west.

[3] A scheduled monument is associated with the place, a Roman marching camp fort in the west of the area, on a former Iron Age enclosure.

[5] The village has long lost pronunciation of its middle letters yet refused in the Victorian era to adjust its older spelling in favour of a more phonetic modern form except when describing "Alscott Barton",[6] the former demesne of the manor.

The low daily frequency community railway to North Devon passes in a valley 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the village.

It serves the rural request stop of Chapelton which is slightly closer than Barnstaple and can be accessed via footpaths leading up from its steep valley.