The parish includes the small settlements of Benville and Toller Whelme to the south and in the 2011 census had a population of 445.

[1] Corscombe village is sited "into hollows and along sunken lanes"[2] on the northern scarp slope of the Dorset Downs, approximately 8 miles (13 km) south-south-west from the town of Yeovil in Somerset.

Evidence of early human occupation within the parish includes lynchets and, south of the village, three standing stones.

[2] In 1905 Sir Frederick Treves described the church as a "handsome building" with an "exceedingly fine" situation.

[5] About 2 kilometres to the south of Corscombe village, across the A356, is Toller Down, one of the highest hills in Dorset, with good views of the surrounding countryside.