Child Okeford lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village.

Under the leadership of the rector of nearby Compton Abbas, 2,000 of them assembled on the hill and defied Oliver Cromwell's requests to lay down their arms.

[6] A century later General James Wolfe used the hill's steeper sides to prepare his troops; they later surprised the French at Quebec by scaling the Plains of Abraham under cover of darkness.

Child Okeford has a village hall,[12] community centre,[13] playing field (including a football pitch and cricket pitch),[14] doctor's surgery,[15] post office and general store,[16] Church of England primary school,[17] and a nursery or educational support centre for children age 0–11 years.

Kethe wrote the hymns O worship the King, all glorious above and All people that on earth do dwell,[19] the latter adapted from Psalm 100 and set to the tune of The Old Hundredth.