 John Strand Jones (1877–1958), former Wales Rugby Union football international, was a resident Rector of Hanwood from 1929 to 1934.Bill Longmore (1938-2018), Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia Police 2012-2016, lived in Hanwood where he was a parish councillor.The "Hanwood & Cruckton Herald" is a newsletter distributed free to all 550 households in Hanwood and Cruckton four times a year with an associated website ().