Population centres in the parish are Dinder, Wookey Hole and East, West and South Horrington.

It now has an output of approximately 0.25M tonnes per year of Carboniferous Limestone, for general purpose construction aggregates.

[9] Twinhills Woods and Meadows south of Dulcote is a 21.2 hectare (52.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

[13] The former Mendip Hospital at Horrington was built in 1845–47 as the County Lunatic Asylum, by Sir George Gilbert Scott and W. B. Moffatt, supervised by Richard Carver.

[15] The Mendip transmitting station is within the parish, on Pen Hill; its 293m high mast is the tallest structure in south west England.

The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning.

It is also part of the Wells and Mendip Hills county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

They are (with the number of councillors each elects to the parish council, in brackets): North (five), South (three), East (four) and West (five).