It neighbours the villages of Exfords Green and Dorrington, and is closely bypassed by the A49.

It is near the town of Shrewsbury and near the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The Stapleton parish contains the hamlets of Upper and Lower Moat, Netley, Shady Moor, and Vinnels.

235 people lived in Stapleton in 1831 but by 1961 the population had shrunk to 191,[3] and it is estimated that in 2011 it had grown to 245.

[6] The church notable for the fact that on the top of the thick walls of a Saxon or Early Norman building a second church (on one side presently above the level of the churchyard soil) was built in the 12th century, thus creating two storeys, which were then moved into the current lofty building.

The church organ is among the top six hundred in the country and there is a small tapestry piece in the nave said to have been worked by Mary, Queen of Scots.