 Until 1947 the parish also included Belluton and part of Pensford.It includes a primary school, pubs (the "Druids Arms" and the "Carpenters Arms" at Stanton Wick), church and village hall, which is the venue for a mother and toddler group and preschool as well as various village activities.The area around the village has several dairy and arable farms on neutral to acid red loamy soils with slowly permeable subsoils.