Marchington Woodlands is part of the Crown ward in East Staffordshire and is represented by the Conservative Charles Hardwick.

And the Dove ward in Staffordshire County council and is represented by Bob Fraser who is also Conservative.

Marchington Woodlands is part of the Burton constituency in the House of Commons.

Prior to Brexit in 2020 it was part of the West Midlands constituency and was represented by 6 MEPs.

[2] Waste collection services are provided by East Staffordshire Borough Council.

Marchington Woodlands uses a Stoke-on-Trent (ST) postcode and the Postal Town is Uttoxeter.

Marchington Woodlands uses two telephone area codes, Burton upon Trent (01283) and Uttoxeter (01889).

The local newspapers covering the area are The Uttoxeter Advertiser and The Uttoxeter Post and Times; also on a wider area scale there is The Sentinel from Stoke-On-Trent and Burton Mail from Burton-On-Trent.

Marchington Woodlands receives both BBC West Midlands and ITV Central television.