The A40 road linking the M50 motorway to South Wales runs through the parish, crossing the Wye at Bridstow Bridge.

[6] The parish church, dedicated to St Bridget, has a tower in the Perpendicular style.

The rest of the exterior was rebuilt in 1862 to a design by Thomas Nicholson.

[7][8] Writing in 1870–1872, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bridstow as "a parish in Ross district, Hereford; on the River Wye, adjacent to the Monmouth and Hereford railway, 1 mile W by N of Ross.

Retail, medical and other facilities are available at Ross-on-Wye (1½ miles, 2.5 km).