Other nearby places include Wood End, Hurley Common, Coleshill, Water Orton, Curdworth, Atherstone and Tamworth.

[3] Most residents commute to work in Tamworth, Atherstone, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Coventry,[4] with manufacturing being the most common type of employment, followed by wholesale and retail.

In 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 Hurley became part of the newly formed district of North Warwickshire.

Inside North Warwickshire it is part of the Hurley and Wood End Ward, and because of the mining connection the village often elects Labour councillors.

Hurley is part of the North Warwickshire parliamentary constituency and the current MP is Conservative Craig Tracey.

The village has a small GP's office on Knowle Hill which is part of a larger practice in Kingsbury.

The village has seven bus stops and is served by routes 766, 767, 115, 118 and 119, linking it to Atherstone, Kingsbury and Tamworth.

The local newspaper covering the area is the Tamworth Herald, which has a separate edition for North Warwickshire.

The village is covered by the Central ITV and BBC West Midlands TV regions broadcast from the nearby Sutton Coldfield transmitting station.