The north-western 5% of the land is Mortimer Woods or common land which blends into Wokefield Common - Mortimer Woods has a set of scheduled monuments – one large, steep Bronze Age round barrow and three further smaller bowl barrows.

The Lockram Brook flows through the middle of the parish and there is more than 10% woodland making up the parish open to the public under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 including Starvale Woods, Wokefield Common and Holden Firs.

The southern boundary is a straight footpath called the Devil's Highway because it sits on the line of the western stretch of the Roman road from Londinium (London) to Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester).

At the centre of Mortimer Common, in The Fairground, are 20 acres of land managed by the parish council for public recreation.

There is also the St John's Hall, that houses the Mortimer Pre-School, holds amateur dramatic shows and is available for hire.

[7] The village includes the Cinnamon Tree Indian restaurant, (formerly the Fox and Horn, and prior to that, the Railway Arms public house), St Mary's Church of England parish church, Mortimer St. John's Infant School, Mortimer St. Mary's Junior School and the headquarters of the Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes.