The settlement is at an altitude of about 1,044 metres on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.

[4] St John's Anglican Church original timber building was built in 1896 at Kellys Plains and consecrated in 1897.

Several members of the Perrott family were buried in the churchyard prior to the construction of the 1923 church and their headstones are the only surviving ones.

[5] The Kellys Plains-Dangarsleigh Country Women's Association meets once a month in the CWA Rooms, Dangarsleigh Road.

There many small properties and lifestyle blocks in the area with their occupants commuting to nearby towns for work.