[1] Situated within the National Forest area, it is near the villages of Netherseal and Lullington as well as being close to the border with Leicestershire.

[2][3] The village was once part of the district of Seal, which included a number of settlements, many of which form Netherseal and Overseal in modern times.

The small hamlet of Seale is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village, marking the border with Leicestershire near Acresford.

Overseal is located very close to the furthest point from mainland Britain's coast, at Church Flatts Farm near Coton-in-the-Elms (grid reference SK253144), approximately 3 miles to the west.

Overseal was said to be the 'population centre of Britain' in 1971 with an equal number of people living north and south of it, and similarly for east and west.

Halfway between the village and Moira, less than a mile to the east, is the Conkers activity park, the National Forest youth hostel and a Camping and Caravanning Club site all in Leicestershire, close by also to the hamlet of Short Heath (in Derbyshire).

Close by is the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway became the Leicester to Burton line, with a station for Overseal and Moira.

There is only one pub in the village, the Robin Hood Inn at the junction of Main Street and Burton Road (A444).

The Navigation Inn on Spring Cottage Road in Leicestershire was demolished in 2015 to make way for elderly accommodation lodges.

[7] A new church ("Chapel of Ease") was built in 1840–1841, on land donated by Elizabeth Pycroft, who also gave money for its construction.

[7] Her family subsequently made further donations to pay for the communion plate, altar table and velvet covering.