Pidley is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

[3] The land rises from about 3 ft. above the ordnance datum in Warboys Fen in the north to over 100 ft. in the middle and south parts of the parish.

A parish council is responsible for providing and maintaining a variety of local services including allotments and a cemetery; grass cutting and tree planting within public open spaces such as a village green or playing fields.

For Pidley the highest tier of local government is Cambridgeshire County Council which has administration buildings in Cambridge.

[8] Cambridgeshire County Council consists of 69 councillors representing 60 electoral divisions.

[9] Pidley is part of the electoral division of Somersham and Earith[7] and is represented on the county council by one councillor.

The Victorian replacement was constructed between 1864 and 1865 using much of the original stone for the facing and has a west tower with spire.

The only features surviving from the original church are a 14th-century window reset in the vestry, and a circular sundial in the north wall.