The limestone quarry at Ardley has yielded a significant find of dinosaur tracks (ichnites), discovered in 1997 and thought to have been left by Megalosaurus and possibly Cetiosaurus.

There is a site of special scientific interest in the village with a colony of the great crested newts and an outcrop of Jurassic limestone.

Ardley Castle is a motte-and-bailey which is believed to have been built early in the 12th century during the civil war between Empress Matilda and King Stephen.

[2] The original church was demolished and completely rebuilt, but both the chancel and the bell tower of the present building contain small amounts of re-used Norman stonework.

The line passes within a few hundred yards of Ardley and the GWR opened a railway station on the main road just south of the village.