Located to the south west of Maghull and to the north east of Great Crosby, it is on the flood plain of the River Alt.

The village is bisected by the B5422, Brickwall Lane, which cuts also through the site of the moat of Sefton Old Hall, a recognised National Monument.

The Georgian Rectory to nearby Sefton Parish Church was demolished in the 1970s, however the gate piers still stand at the entrance to Glebe End.

As a result of boundary revisions for the 2010 general election the village now forms part of the new Sefton Central constituency which is represented by the Labour MP Bill Esterson.

[6] In Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834, an engraving of a picture by Thomas Allom of the interior of the church, with a bridal couple, is accompanied by a short sketch by Letitia Elizabeth Landon in which the arrival of the groom is patiently awaited until it is learnt that he has taken fright and absconded, whereupon a young lieutenant bravely steps in and takes his place.