"[2] In the 19th century there was a cotton mill in the village[3] and also a railway station on the West Coast Main Line which ran from 1841 until 1939.

[4] The village has three churches, a primary school, village hall, the Priory Hotel, Daisy Clough Nurseries and Wyresdale Park, and is home to The Barn garden centre, gift shop, cafe and restaurant.

The annual Scorton Steam show takes place on Fathers' Day weekend in June each year [5] and the Lancashire Game and Country Festival which takes place at the same purpose-built showground.

[6] The hills around include Nicky Nook, on the edge of the Forest of Bowland.

Wyresdale Hall, a grade II listed country house and estate with licensed wedding barns, fishing lake and host to the Apple Store Cafe is located near the village.