The village green is oblong in shape and is bisected by an avenue of lime trees that crosses it diagonally.

The Quaker-owned London Lead Company developed the village through the construction of housing, a school, a library and the installation of piped water.

The inscription on the fountain reads (translated from the Latin): There is a clear pool, whose waters gleam like silver.

Local farms were in the area which became known as "the Penrith spur" where the disease proved very hard to eradicate and where the final cases of the outbreak occurred.

Dufton Ghyll Wood is an area of semi-natural ancient woodland that contains significant outcrops of St Bees Sandstone.