[3] It is located about 5 kilometres (3 miles) outside the town of Stratford-upon-Avon on the banks of the river Avon and has views south over the Cotswolds.

The Domesday Book of 1086 states that the chief tenant at that time was the Count of Meulan, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester; the hamlet consisted of "20 villagers, 9 smallholders, ... 9 ploughlands ... 5 lord's plough teams.

One of the oldest building in the village is part of the Grade II listed Boddington Farm, portions of which were built circa 1600, or earlier.

During the English Civil War, Robert Simcock's (Simcox) barn was emptied of its "carefully stored" apples by marauding troops.

[13] The current church, Grade II listed, was built in 1871–72 on a different site and is not the one that stood in the village in Shakespeare's time; the original building had been destroyed by fire, circa 1790.

Regular transient workers living on the farm are encouraged to be involved in the village and this in 2015, there was even an "international tug-o-war competition, with finalists Lithuania vs Bulgaria showing that Luddington is a truly welcome place to be.

Following the first suspected H5N1 bird flu outbreak in the United Kingdom, when a dead swan was found in Scotland, samples were sent to Luddington's now closed veterinary research facility for testing.

The Dodwell Trading Estate to the north of Luddington on the main Stratford-Evesham road, offers another source of employment and retail including bespoke joinery, antiques and unique homewares.

The village has many events including Carols on the Green on Christmas Eve with a brass band and mulled wine.

Dodwell Farm, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the village hosts occasional motocross events during the summer.

The civil parish also includes the Dodwell caravan park about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village proper.