It is between the suburb of Stannington and the village of Dungworth in the civil parish of Bradfield at a height of 210 metres above sea level between the Loxley and Rivelin valleys.

Although historically a farming settlement, water-powered milling on the Storrs Brook and small-scale cutlery making has also taken place in the hamlet.

The proposal, which was put forward by Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk and other landowners in 1787, met with some hostility by "several of the freeholders and inhabitants" as the usage of the land became controlled by the owner.

[1] In 1881 it was recorded that nine men from Storrs were working at the pot clay drift mine at Load Brook, 2 km to the west.

Storrs Hall was the home for a time of Thomas Wragg, owner of the nearby fire brick factory.

The park consists of a few children's swings and an area of grass on land leased and maintained by Bradfield Parish Council.