The hamlets of Wressle,[4] Castlethorpe, and part of Scawby Brook lie within the parish boundaries.

Pottery was discovered at a house on Ermine Street in 1956, thought to date back to the Bronze Age period.

Broughton's St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed building, with a very rare Saxon staircase tower, one of four in the country.

[6] Gokewell Priory was founded nearby in the late 12th century to house a community of nuns.

To the west and north, Broughton has extensive woodlands that stretch toward Dragonby, Scunthorpe and Appleby.