[4] Young plants, seed plugs, apples, cauliflowers and asparagus, or gras, are grown locally.

Meon Hill, which lies to the north of the village, is the scene of the so-called 'witchcraft' murder of Charles Walton in 1945 and is said to have inspired Tolkien's 'Weathertop' in The Lord of the Rings.

Sited on a green in front of the hotel is a memorial fountain by the Victorian architect William Burges.

Utrecia had been the fiancée of the writer Richard Graves (who broke off their engagement); she died in 1744 aged 30.

Local market towns and villages include Broadway, Chipping Campden, Stratford-upon-Avon, Moreton-in-Marsh and Evesham.