The civil parish includes the hamlets of Maudlin (on the Roman road Stane Street, now the A285) and Waterbeech to the northeast, and Westerton and Woodcote to the north. Maudlin derives its name from the former small hospital of St Mary Magdalen. To the north the parish extends just to Goodwood Racecourse high on the South Downs, including Goodwood House and most of Goodwood Airfield and motor racing circuit. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 460 people lived in 161 households, of whom 234 were economically active.