[2] The parish lies in the Vale of Belvoir close to the county boundary with Nottinghamshire to the west, where the nearest places are Granby, Sutton-cum-Granby and Elton on the Hill.

[5] The most recent Ofsted report, in October 2013, found the school outstanding in all five of the main assessment criteria.

[6] St Peter's Church dates from the 13th century: the earliest references are to an earlier building, to whose parish the prior of Belvoir Priory was patron in 1155 and whose first rector was installed in 1220.

[8] Three late 17th-century gravestones in the churchyard, also listed, exemplify a local type known as "Belvoir Angels", made of Swithland slate.

[12] The village featured as the fictional town of Kings Oak in some location scenes for the 2001 revival of the television soap Crossroads.