It lies on the A53 between the town of Market Drayton and Woore, Shropshire's most northeasterly village and parish.

[2] Also within the village are Norton in Hales Church of England Primary School, the Hind's Head Inn, and a large playing field.

The monument to Frances, Lady Cotton (d. 1606) in St Chad's was designed by Inigo Jones around the year 1611.

It was said by local tradition anyone caught working after noon on Shrove Tuesday would be "bumped" upon the stone.

[2] Tunstall Hall is a Grade II* listed building, built in about 1732, formerly a girls' school, and now a residential home offering specialist care in dementia.