Most of the houses in the village are located close to the church, which lies just west of the B1332 road from Norwich to Poringland.

Syfer Technology, an electronic components manufacturer, is based at Old Stoke Road, close to the River Tas.

In 1929 a prehistoric timber circle and henge monument site was discovered 1½ miles (2½ km) northwest of Arminghall village by Gilbert Insall VC who had been taking air photos of the area in search of new archaeological sites.

Whilst flying at around 2,000 feet (600 m) he noticed cropmarks of a circular enclosure made of two concentric rings with a horseshoe of eight pit-like markings within it.

Crawford, who pronounced it to be the Norwich Woodhenge but it was not until 1935 that it was first excavated, by Grahame Clark.