[1] The Welsh Marches Line runs just outside the village and there was once a railway station.

Today, Hadnall has a primary school, a successful village shop, a pub and two AA Rosette restaurants.

General Sir Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, who lived at nearby Hardwick Grange, is buried here,[2] as was writer Charles Hulbert who lived at Providence Grove.

[3] John Bromley, future trade union leader and Labour MP, whose parents lived at Haston Grove in the parish, was born and baptised here in 1876.

[7] The village is served by the 511 bus route, operated by Arriva Midlands North, which runs between Shrewsbury and Whitchurch via Wem.