Hinton and Woodford Halse are separated by the infant River Cherwell and the former course of the Great Central Main Line railway.

Allotments northeast of the village are laid out along the ridges and furrows, and follow their uneven widths and reverse S-curve.

On 15 March 1899 the Great Central Railway (GCR) opened its main line from Nottingham Victoria to London Marylebone through the parish, using the valley of the River Cherwell to pass between Woodford Halse and Hinton.

The GCR established a new station called Woodford & Hinton,[8] a four-way railway junction, a major locomotive depot and extensive marshalling yards.

[8] Following the 1963 The Reshaping of British Railways report, BR closed the station, the main line and the Banbury branch of the former GCR on 5 September 1966.

Where the GCR's line, depot and yards were sited is now a tree plantation which was acquired by the Parish Council in 2016 as a public amenity space and a small modern industrial estate, but evidence of the railway is still visible.

Currently, public transport serving Woodford Halse consists of an hourly bus between Banbury and Daventry, operated by Stagecoach Oxfordshire.

The village's regular social events include the Annual Christmas Street Fair and Summer Boat Races.