It is located near to the larger village of Kingsbury (where population details are included), and is four miles south of Tamworth.

It had been turned into a pub named The Jewel in the Crown but this has now been demolished and social housing built.

In the center of the wall there is a miner's lamp that is always lit to commemorate those who have died and those who remember working down the mines.

In 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 it became part of the newly formed district of North Warwickshire.

Inside North Warwickshire it is part of the Hurley and Wood End Ward, and because of the mining connection the village often elects Labour councillors.

It is part of the North Warwickshire constituency and the current MP is Conservative Craig Tracey.

In terms of further education, the area is served by North Warwickshire and Hinckley College at Nuneaton.

The village uses a Birmingham (B) Postcode unlike Wood End which uses a Coventry (CV) post code, The postal town is Tamworth which makes it often written as being part of Staffordshire despite being in Warwickshire.

The nearest place of worship is St Michael & All Angels Church in Wood End.

The village has a bus stop on Trinity Road which is served by Route 118, which connects Piccadilly to Kingsbury and Tamworth.

The village is covered by the Central ITV and BBC West Midlands TV regions broadcast from the nearby Sutton Coldfield transmitting station.