It is situated on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor northwest of Caradon Hill approximately four miles (6 km) north of Liskeard.

[3] The village is dominated by Caradon Hill, standing at 371 metres (1,217 ft) high, on which there is a TV transmission mast on the summit.

The climate of Minions is Oceanic but, like the rest of Bodmin Moor, due to its higher altitude, it is often cooler, windier and wetter.

A museum dedicated to the mining history of the local area is located to the north of the village in a disused engine house.

[8] A previous resident of Minions and his rather unusual bovine friend were featured in an award-winning short film "Tony & The Bull".

Scrunch, a Highland bull, was found as a calf on the moor, and Tony house-trained him and lived in a former run-down pub close to Minions.