Sites of Special Scientific Interest include Honeybrook Farm and Colerne Park and Monk's Wood, both near Slaughterford.

It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

[16][13] Apart from changes to the windows and the 15th-century rebuilding of the chancel arch and addition of a short octagonal stone spire to the bell-turret, the church was unaltered until the mid-19th century.

Then the roofs were renewed and stone from the demolition of St Peter's church was used to extend the chancel to form a sanctuary.

[14] The stone font with zigzag decoration is from the 12th century, and the eroded or defaced heads at the corners of its base may be 13th-century.

[15] The panelled west gallery on thin iron columns is from the late 17th century, and the box pews are from c.1800.

[19] Its bell-cote was acquired by G. P. Scrope and made into a garden seat at his house, Castle Combe Manor.

A small Methodist chapel stands at the northern extreme of the village, at the junction with Slaughterford Road.

[23] Honeybrook Farm, in the Bybrook valley in the west of the parish, is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

A music festival called Biddstock was founded in 2015 by Matt Powell and Gordon Stanley, and is held at the village playing fields.