Other nearby places include Tamworth, Atherstone, Grendon, Wood End Village, Baddesley Ensor and Nuneaton.

There was a notable growth in the village in 1920 and Dordon became a civil parish in its own right on 1 April 1948,[2] Since the late-1990s, two of the Midlands' largest business/distribution parks (namely Birch Coppice and Core 42) have continued to expand into the countryside north of the village, including the UK head office/national hub for the United Parcel Service (UPS).

Waste collection services are provided by North Warwickshire Borough Council.

There is a small sub-post office located in the Co-Operative store on New Street,[6] and the postal town is Tamworth (in Staffordshire).

In terms of further education the area is served by North Warwickshire and Hinckley College at Nuneaton.

[16] but this is now limited to one service northbound to Crewe in the weekdays so rail links are better placed to be made in Tamworth or Atherstone.

[17] The local newspapers covering the area are the Tamworth Herald, which has a separate edition for North Warwickshire and the Atherstone Recorder.

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