The civil parish has an area of 673 hectares (1,660 acres) and also includes the small settlements of Birchall Moss, Broomlands and part of Artlebrook,[1] with a total population of 360 in 2011.

[1][5] During the First World War, eighty German prisoners-of-war were interned in Hatherton and employed as agricultural labourers,[7] and the stables of The Broomlands near Birchall Moss served as an equine hospital.

The 1967–68 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease caused major problems for dairy farms in the Wybunbury area, including Joseph Heler's in Hatherton.

[9] From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the unitary authority of Cheshire East.

[2][3] Chestnut and Blackthorn Woods, which line Birchall Brook on the boundary with Hankelow, are marked on tithe maps and might represent small patches of ancient woodland.

[14] Hatherton Flush is a Site of Special Scientific Interest on the bank of the Weaver south of Acton's Rough (at SJ672483), designated for its variety of wetland plants.

[21] Of the buildings listed at grade II, the oldest is Yew Tree Farmhouse on Audlem Road, a 16th-century, timber-framed house with a tiled roof, featuring small framing infilled with brick.

[22] Birchall Moss Hall, also on Audlem Road, is a timber-framed, rendered former farmhouse with small framing and a tiled roof, dating originally from the late 16th or 17th century.

The three-bay main façade dates from the early 19th century and uses orange-red brick with stone dressings; it features a Tuscan porch.

[24] Bank House, on Audlem Road by Oakes Corner, dates originally from the late 17th or early 18th century, and is in plum-coloured brick with stone dressings under a tiled roof.

The arched ashlar doorway features pilasters and carved wreaths; above it is a first-floor window whose stone surround is topped with a pediment.

[27] The Broomlands on Birchall Moss Lane is a large mid-19th-century former country house, now divided into three, which has a rendered finish and a slate roof.

The entrance front has a colonnade porch with stone Doric columns, and the five-bay garden façade features two small bows.