The village is on the B4039 road near Castle Combe, about 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Chippenham, and about the same distance to the east of the county border with South Gloucestershire.

[5] In 1764, deeds show its name as "The Old Inn" and mention outhouses, stables, a brew house, garden and orchard, remains of which are still visible.

[8] The nearby hamlet of Tiddleywink made national news in 2003 following a campaign by residents to get it officially recognised on maps.

[2] The village and the western part of the parish lie within the southern tongue of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

[10] Sir William Keynell built the parish church in 1250 as thanks for his safe return from The Crusades; as a result, it bears the unusual dedication to St Margaret of Antioch.

[20] For Westminster elections, the parish is within the South Cotswolds constituency, where it has been represented since 2024 by Roz Savage for the Liberal Democrats.

[23] Numbers had fallen to 27 in 1986 but then increased, reaching 52 in 1995 – still using the Victorian building, supplemented by a mobile classroom and the village hall.

The southern part of the Castle Combe motor racing circuit (on the site of a Second World War airfield) falls within the parish.