[7] 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.

[12] The red sandstone St Margaret's Church, overlooking the village green, dates from the early 16th century.

Notable features include a rare example of a dog whipper's pew and a memorial to Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere.

In the churchyard stands a small Grade II listed black-and-white cottage with brick infill, dating from the 17th century, which is possibly a former almshouse.

Wrenbury Hall was the home of the Starkey family, prominent local landowners, until 1920; parts of the house date from the 17th century, although the front was refaced in Elizabethan style in 1916–19.

[22] In 1922 the house was re-purposed as a small sanatorium of 50 beds, mainly to cater for World War I army veterans suffering from tuberculosis.

[24] The Shropshire Union Canal near the village has three rare single-span timber lift bridges dating from 1790, which are among Thomas Telford's earliest works.

They are of the drawbridge type, with a wooden platform hinged at the north end which is raised and lowered by counterbalancing beam weights.

[30] The Dusty Miller occupies a 19th-century corn mill by the canal at Wrenbury Bridge, and is listed in The Good Pub Guide.

[31] Sports facilities include a pavilion, bowling green, tennis courts and football pitches,[30] and the Wingate Centre, just outside the village, has a gymnasium.

[34] Puritan preacher Julines Herring (1582–1644/45) lived in Wrenbury in 1635–37, assisting in parish work, between ministering in Shrewsbury and Amsterdam.