Nearby villages include Hough, Shavington, Weston and Wybunbury in Cheshire and Betley in Staffordshire.

The area was agricultural, with a roughly equal mix of dairy and arable land in the 19th century.

[6] From 1974, the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East.

[2][15] The Crewe-to-Stafford railway line runs north west to south east through the civil parish; there are no stations within Chorlton.

[2][15] The Crewe and Nantwich Circular Walk and South Cheshire Way long-distance footpaths cut through the north of the parish; the route of both follows part of Chorlton Lane and then crosses the railway at a footbridge near Heath Farm.