[2] The borough's landscape is primarily of the mildly undulating agricultural variety, with the North Warwickshire plateau rising to 177 m (581 ft) above sea-level at Bentley Common, 2.5 miles southwest of Atherstone.

The neighbouring districts are Nuneaton and Bedworth, Coventry, Solihull, Birmingham, Lichfield, Tamworth, North West Leicestershire and Hinckley and Bosworth.

[4] The district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.

[9] The council has been under no overall control since the 2023 election, being led by a Conservative minority administration with informal support from two of the three independent councillors.

The parishes are:[17] North Warwickshire is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central with television signals received from the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter.