The villages of Kirkby Mallory and Stapleton also form part of the parish.

[2] Due east of the village is Peckleton Common, adjacent to The Glebe Fisheries, an angling centre of excellence completed in 1996.

The local church, St Mary Magdalene, is located just south of the village centre.

Notable residents of Peckleton include George Vincent (MP), heir (through his mother) to the Moton family which held the manor of Peckleton for centuries; and descendants of Charles Henry Bennett, illustrator to Charles Darwin and Lewis Carroll.

On 1 April 1935 the parishes of Kirkby Mallory and Stapleton were merged with Peckleton,[3] the merged parish was later renamed "Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton".[when?]