[1][2] The village is located in the valley of the River Tean and sits astride of the A522.

[3] The village is 5.0 miles (8.0 km) north west of the town of Uttoxeter and is 11.4 miles (18.3 km) south east of Stoke on Trent.

The nearest railway station is at Blythe Bridge, which is 5.2 miles (8.4 km) north west of the village, or at Uttoxeter, and gives access to trains on the Crewe to Derby Line, which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line.

The 2011 census recorded a population of 4,700[5] within the parish of Checkley in a total of 1,944 households.

Inside the church is a Norman font with a carving of a donkey, the effigy of a knight on a memorial from the early 14th century, and some stained glass also from the 14th century.