Holme Moss, an area of high moorland with a prominent transmitter mast, overlooks the village from the south-west.

[1] On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France from York to Sheffield, passed through the village.

The only remaining parts of the school are the sides of the lower storey doorway and its rough-hewn dated headstone.

The original Holme School building near the centre of the village is a non-denominational place of worship.

[3] The schoolmaster was paid from interest accrued annually on the £300 placed in the charity.