[1] The church in the village is the oldest building in Catherington and dates to the mid 12th century.

[1] There are two Georgian era mansions in the village (St Catherines and Catherington House).

Prior to Brexit in 2020, it was represented by the South East England constituency for the European Union parliament.

[5] The church contains a notable tomb monument to Sir Nicholas Hyde and his wife which occupies the east end of the north chapel.

In the churchyard is the tomb of Admiral Sir Charles Napier and a monument to another Admiral, Sir Christopher Cradock, as well as the tomb of Edmund Kean, an actor who had a house in Horndean (some of his later family paid the restoration of the church in the late 19th century).

[6] The church has an early 14th-century painting of the Weighing of souls (also known as the Psychostasia) on the wall of the nave.

The nearest railway station in 3.3 miles (5.4 km) southeast of the village, at Rowlands Castle.