 Some medieval or earlier fortification is also known to have existed in the wooded hillside at Wrinstone.The village has a village shop with a post office, a parish church, primary school, hotel, a part-time library, barber and three village halls.It is home to three pubs (two that have been in the village for hundreds of years – The Wenvoe Arms and The Horse & Jockey at nearby Twyn-yr-Odyn, both of which are protected buildings – and the more recent Walston Castle) and many acres of forestry and fields.