It is served by Riding Mill railway station and by a frequent bus service on the route from Hexham to Newcastle.

In recent times the road from the south coming into Riding Mill was a notorious traffic hazard because of the steep slope and the bends.

[2] Riding Mill is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham, Joe Morris of the Labour Party is the Member of Parliament.

Prior to Brexit, for the European Parliament its residents voted to elect MEP's for the North East England constituency.

It was a good source of profit because all the tenants had to bring their corn to be ground here and hand mills were forbidden by law.

In 1673 she accused Anne, wife of Thomas Baites of Morpeth, a tanner, of frequenting witches' meetings at Riding Bridge-end, where she danced with the devil.

[1] Other significant buildings include Oaklands Manor,[3] Wentworth Grange, Underwood Hall, and former vicarage The Glebe.

Shepherd's Dene, a retreat house shared by the Church of England's dioceses of Durham and Newcastle, is located nearby at Ridingmill Burn.