the civil parish has a total area of . the cholmondeley estate stretches from the a49 in the east to the cholmondeley lane to the west and the parish boundary to the south; it is designated an area of special county value. the parkland extends to 251.5 hectares. the parish contains part of the large mixed woodland of moss wood (centred on ), as well as long plantation (), marl piece (), garden covert (), nevill's wood (), coronation wood () and several unnamed smaller woods and plantations. there are two large lakes, chapel mere () and deer park mere (), as well as several smaller meres. chapel mere has been designated as a site of special scientific interest. the high point is 125 metres on castle hill in cholmondeley park, at . the river weaver runs through the parish from the north west to the south east.