It is located on the B4392 road and a disused branch of the Montgomery Canal starts nearby.

[3] In 1862, a hoard of metalwork from the late Bronze Age was discovered near the village.

[1] Although the feast of Saint Aelhaiarn is recorded as 2 November, his local fair was traditionally held six days later on the 8th.

[1] Brookland Hall, to the SE of the village, is a Grade II listed building[7] and its Victorian garden is listed, also at Grade II, on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

[8] The Garth, to the west of the village, was an unusual architectural work by John Claudius Loudon, more usually known for his landscape gardening.