[1] The parish includes the hamlets and villages of Brockton, Little Worthen, Pennerley, and Snailbeach, in addition to its namesakes and several smaller settlements.

It has an area of 6,895.55 hectares (26.6239 sq mi), and in the 2011 United Kingdom census the population of the parish was 2,078 in 877 household spaces.

[2] Worthen contains the grade I listed Church of England parish church, All Saints,[3][4] a functioning Methodist Chapel, a primary school (now called Long Mountain School)[5] with Eco-School status, a village hall built in 1977 and a post office housed within the local shop.

[12] A local folktale tells of a family named Reynolds, who were driven out of their farm by two bogies who had the appearance of an old man and woman.

When they left, the bogies managed to follow them to their new home by hiding inside a salt cellar.