The parish also includes the small settlements of Carters Green, Gorstyhill, Rose Hill, Snape, Stowford and part of Englesea Brook,[2] as well as the new settlements of Wychwood Park and Wychwood Village.

Plans in 2015 to develop a golf course surrounding Wychwood Village for residential housing have been opposed by some residents.

[5] The Weston and Basford Parish Council meets monthly and discusses a wide range of community issues.

[6] From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the unitary authority of Cheshire East.

The White Lion Inn in Weston village is listed at grade II.

[17] Hugh Bourne (1772–1852), one of the founders of Primitive Methodism, is buried in the graveyard of Englesea Brook Chapel.