It is situated in the Corvedale on the B4368 road about 5 miles (8 km) north east of Craven Arms.

[1] St Peter's parish church has unusual but distinctive herringbone internal stonework facing to the north wall of the nave from Anglo-Saxon times.

The civil parish of Diddlebury is large, encompassing land on both sides of the River Corve.

Between the River Corve and the Pye Brook, to the east of Diddlebury, lie the ringwork and other remaining earthworks of Corfham Castle.

The parish forms part of the electoral division (for electing members to Shropshire Council) of Corvedale.