Nearby villages include Widford, Hunsdon, Babbs Green and Bakers End.

Ware railway station on the Hertford East Branch Line is located two and a half miles (4 km) away.

Holy Trinity Church was built in the Lombardic style[2] in 1841 by Thomas Smith and has been a Grade II listed building since 1967.

The Grade II Blakesware Manor was rebuilt in 1876-89 by George Devey in red-brick neo-Tudor style[4] and is set in extensive parkland.

Later that month, on 28 December 1894, the similarly named but much larger Ware Rural District came into effect as the higher tier authority.