The M6 motorway now also runs through the parish.

There was a branch line of the North Eastern railway that ran through the parish.

The village street runs north-west to south-east through the parish.

The A12 main road runs through the parish to the east of the village.

The A51 trunk road runs north-south through the civil parish.

The A500 formerly ran through the parish, but now has been diverted to bypass it to the north.

It is named from the River Holme that runs through the parish.

The valley of the River Lynher runs through the parish.

The A39 main road runs north to south through the parish.

The River Weaver runs through the parish from the north west to the south east.