This historic village is home to one of the last operating chain ferries in the country, the only lived in cruck building in Nottinghamshire and a 13th-century Grade I listed parish Church.

White's Directory of Nottinghamshire, written in 1853, describes Normanton thus:[2] Normanton-On-Soar is a picturesque village and parish in the vale of the Soar, 13 miles south by west of Nottingham, bounded on the south by Leicestershire and on the north by the Wolds.John Throsby, writing during 1790 in his new edition of Robert Thoroton's Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, recalls his account when surveying Normanton:[3] Shenstone [s]ung while I was viewing the [s]urrounding beauties.

'The River gliding down the Dale,'The Hill with Beeches crown'd!The 1881 census reported that the village had 322 inhabitants.

[7] The Official History Project of everything to do with the Parish is conducted under the direction of the Lord and Lady and the High Steward Ivan J Manning QStJ Esq.

[11] Located in the south of the village, on Main Street, it is situated on the east bank of the River Soar.

[16] The Old Post Office, on Main Street, is a Grade II listed thatched cruck cottage dating from 1454.

[22] In June 2012 a memorial plaque was unveiled on the playing fields commemorating the crash of a Wellington Bomber in the village on 19 April 1944 during a training exercise.

The current MP for the constituency of Rushcliffe is James Naish (Labour) who replaced Ruth Edwards (Conservative) in the parliamentary election held on 4 July 2024.

The Member of Parliament for the parliamentary constituency of Rushcliffe was Kenneth Clarke, of the Conservative party, who held the seat from 1970 to 2019.

[28] The most recent election was in May 2017, when Andy Brown and Reg Adair, both of the Conservative party, won the two available seats.

The most recent election was on 7 May 2015 when Ronald Hetherington, Margaret Males and John Thurman, all of the Conservative party, won the three available seats.

Within the village there is a small primary school, located on Main Street, catering for children aged between three and eleven.

[43] The club has a membership of around 100 boats and holds its main annual rally over the spring bank holiday.

[45] Next to the Plough Inn, but separate, Soar Lane offers access to a slipway for launching river craft.