It lies within the civil parish of Wraxall and Failand and the unitary authority area of North Somerset.

The Anglican parish church of St Bartholomew in Lower Failand was built in 1883-1887 by E. W. Barnes of Bristol.

[3] Richard Long, the Turner Prize winning Land Artist, is a longtime resident of Lower Failand.

The X6 bus runs to Bristol city centre about once per hour, via Clarken Combe, Bower Ashton and Hotwells.

Their purpose-built training facility, the Robins High Performance Centre, opened on land adjacent to QEH in 2021 and also hosts regular U18, U21 (and some Bristol City Women) fixtures.

Several members have gone on to have successful careers as professional golfers, including Chris Wood, Andrew Sherborne and Kitrina Douglas.

[4] Bristol & Clifton Golf Club was founded in 1891 with the intention of building a course on Purdown before opting for Failand when their preferred land became unavailable.