The top of the hill affords panoramic views both towards the Bristol Channel in the south and through the Vale of Usk and into the Monmouthshire countryside to the north.

Due to its elevated position, the hill is home to the Christchurch transmitter, located near the Celtic Manor Resort.

In the churchyard is the grave of Captain William Howe, skipper of the packet "Welsh Prince", which is portrayed in a carving at the head of his tombstone.

A cannonball dug up from a garden in nearby Summerhill Avenue, dating from this time, is exhibited in Newport Museum.

Traditionally, on the eve of the Feast of Corpus Christi, parishioners would bring their sick children to the "Healing Stone of Christchurch", a Medieval grave-stone in the chancel, in the hope of a cure.