Hempnall lies on the B1527 road, with neighbouring villages including Tasburgh and Saxlingham Nethergate.

Facilities in Hempnall include a village hall, playing field, a primary school, and a doctor's surgery.

This ward stretches east also south to Shelton and Hardwick with a total population at the 2011 census of 2,560.

According to John Wesley's journal, on 4 September 1759 he walked the nine miles from Norwich to preach in Hempnall market place.

This was quickly thrown away by one of the crowd, and the others were soon deeply attentive to John Wesley's message: "By grace ye are saved through faith".