The George and Falcon pub and hotel, which is grade II listed and dates to the 18th century[4][5] is located on the A32 near the centre of the village.

The Domesday book records Warnford and also Upwarnford, which is believed to have covered the northern part of the parish.

[10] On 4 April 1944 a Royal Air Force, Airspeed Horsa I (LG999) was taking part in a training exercise out of RAF Keevil.

The centre of the village in the more recent past was the crossroads by the George & Falcon, but the demolition of buildings for road widening, fast traffic on the A32 and closure of the village shops has shifted the focus to the main area of housing along River Lane and Lippen Lane.

From the crossroads by the pub Hayden Lane climbs a spur of the downs, rising to Old Winchester Hill and onwards to Clanfield.

The river flows under the A32 into the park and feeds a lake, originally the pond for a paper mill close to the A32 at the junction with Peake New Road.

The land rises to an extensive area of chalk plateau to the north and west, extending from Bere Farm across Pinks Hill to the side valley that carries Wheely Down Road.

To the south and east of the village Hayden Lane crosses the old railway line and climbs a spur of the chalk downs to the Old Winchester Hill National Nature Reserve, which is just outside the eastern end of the parish .

The South Downs Way links these two nature reserves and shares short sections of the Monarch's Way either side of the parish.

Ordnance Survey maps now show a southerly route past Beacon Hill via Exton, implemented as a temporary measure but now in place for the foreseeable future.

Small businesses in the parish include Huxley Golf Ltd (The Old Grain Store); Moorhen Trout Fishery (Alton Road); Larksfield Nursery (Hayden Lane); Earle Brothers Motorcycles (The Long Barn) and Charles Normandale (Wheely Down Forge).

Stagecoach Bus 67 makes a morning trip on schooldays only to collect students heading to Petersfield.