Ripple is one of the most southerly parishes in the county and is situated on the A38 road with the River Severn as its western boundary.

Besides Ripple, the parish contains the settlements of Holly Green, The Grove, Naunton, Ryall, Saxon's Lode, and Uckinghall.

[1] Ripple is mentioned in passing in the Domesday Book of 1086, under the entry of Upton upon Severn, as being "also held by the Bishop of Worcester".

[3] St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed building with "exceptional" 15th-century stalls with 16 carved misericords.

[4] At Saxon's Lode, a hamlet approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Ripple village, there is archaeological evidence of human activity dating back to the Bronze Age, including a Romano-British farmstead and an Anglo-Saxon settlement.