The Village Hall Social Club organises various social and fundraising events during the year, operates a members' bar, and has recently established a monthly community cinema.

[2] Sir John de Shriggeley (died after 1405), a leading statesman and judge in late fourteenth century Ireland, who held office as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, was the son of another John de Shriggeley, a Cheshire man who is thought to have taken his name from his birthplace, Pott Shrigley, and later moved to Ireland.

The village is most notable for Shrigley Hall a Grade II* listed building),[3] It was originally a private residence of the Downes family of Shrigley & Worth for almost 500 years until the early 19th century.

Some 2,000 boys were educated there by 1986 when the college closed due to growing running costs, falling vocations and decreasing missionary work.

[5] In 1989 the hall was converted into a country club with an 18-hole golf course, leisure centre and a restaurant.