Situated in the Bourne Valley, Newton Tony is about 9 miles (14 km) north-east of its post town, Salisbury.

[2] A settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Newentone, on seven carucates (ploughlands) of land held by Alfred of Marlborough.

The parish forms part of the electoral division of Winterslow and Upper Bourne Valley, which elects one councillor.

[4] The Grade II listed building is in flint with limestone dressings, and above the south porch rises a short tower with a shingled spire.

[13] The five-bay former rectory, uphill from the church, was built for Reverend John Akins in 1778, in Flemish brick on a stone plinth.

[16] West Farmhouse, at the north end of the village, is a flint and limestone building from the 17th century which incorporates part of a 15th-century house.

In 1857 the London and South Western Railway company opened a line from Andover to Milford station at Salisbury, which crosses the parish south-east of Newton Tony village, parallel to the Port Way.

The railway remains in use as part of the West of England Main Line; the nearest station is Grateley, some 3 miles (5 km) east of Newton Tony village.

The Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway, opened in 1902, connected with the main line to the east of the village.

There was a station with two platforms, a goods siding and cattle yard west of Newton Tony, to the south of the Allington road.

[23] The nature reserve abuts Porton Down, where there is further protected grassland and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.