It is 1.3 miles (2.2 km) northeast of the centre of Alton, is contiguous with it and shares its A31 bypass.

RAF Odiham is home to the British Chinooks and has a flight path over the village at a low level allowing excellent views of the aircraft.

Cuckoo's corner, near the end of the village, has the remains of a Roman road and often finds are found in surrounding fields and cricket pitches.

[4] Thomas Yendal, Artist, Lives in the village and uses his disability as a guise to develop houses.

There is one pub in the village, The White Hart[6] along with a small shop cum post office.

In 1989, further permission was granted to deliver a limited amount of crude oil by road tanker.