The parish is located on the southward slope of the North Downs to the east of the county town, Maidstone.

The North Downs Way National Trail passes through the village, as does the Pilgrims' Way, an ancient trackway historically associated with pilgrimage routes to Canterbury.

[6] The parish hosts (adjacent to the historic village) part of the M20 motorway and the High Speed 1 rail link to the Channel Tunnel, and residents in 2007 joined forces with the neighbouring village of Bearsted in voicing their objections to the proposed Kent International Gateway development.

[10] All Saints’ Church is a Grade I listed building,[11] made of flint and stone, parts dated 14th, 15th and 17th centuries.

;[12] its listing describes it as 16th century, restored 1859, timber framed with plaster infilling, 10-light ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed oriel window with moulded cornice and plastered ogee base immediately below each eaves dormer, and one of six lights to first floor of porch, three rectangular ground-floor bays with 10-light ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed windows on stone bases.

Totnams was an ancient farm in the Eyhorne district, and is now the site of Grade II listed Cotuams Hall.