It includes the settlements of Caus Forest, Lake, Marche, Newtown, Stoney Stretton, Vennington, Wallop, Westbury, Whitton, Winsley and Yockleton.

It lies 8 miles (13 km) west of Shrewsbury, close to the Wales-England border.

Amenities include a Marstons Pub called 'The Lion', a medical practice surgery, and a cemetery on Hinwood Road.

[3] Westbury’s strategic importance was diminished after the Norman Conquest when Montgomery Castle was built.

After the lapse of the suzerainty of the Earls of Shrewsbury in 1102, the manor was held by the barony of Caus until the end of feudal tenures.

In 1870–72, Westbury was described by John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales like this: In 1831 the dominating occupation was working in agriculture and farming.