The tenant of the first house erected there was annoyed by a smoky chimney, and he contrived an ingenious apparatus to remedy the evil.

One landmark that used to run near the village, having extensive ties with the coal mining history, is the Wyrley and Essington Canal.

The most recent major housing development to be completed was the Coppice Farm estate, which was mainly built during the 1980s and early 1990s.

[citation needed] Methodist preacher John Wesley once stopped in the area after being stoned and forced out of Willenhall.

A number of public transport services operate in New Invention, due to its location on the busy main Lichfield Road.

Between July 2011 and June 2012, Arriva operated bus service X31 from Cannock through to Birmingham via the M6, calling at New Invention Square.

The nearby Coppice Farm Estate is home to a small shopping centre which includes an Aldi which opened in 2019.

This store originally opened as Somerfield then as a Co-op Food but was latterly a franchised branch of Budgens before closing to be demolished and rebuilt as an Aldi.