Weston is unusual amongst settlements in the United Kingdom of its size in that there is not a single shop there, the last being demolished in the 1990s, nor a pub, which was closed in 2014.

Another place to be closed in the 1990s was Weston Hospital which had previously treated people from all around the area.

On the hospital site modern houses have been built as well as a children's playground and a village hall.

In November 1605 a group of men, including Robert Catesby, who were involved in the gunpowder plot, passed through the village.

Apparently they were on their way to Wales (via Warwick Castle to steal fresh horses), after a meeting at Dunchurch, near Rugby.