Lower Withington is a thriving village widely recognised as an attractive and peaceful place to live. It is very close to Jodrell Bank: the Granada Arboretum attached to the radio telescope lies within the parish. The village itself has a large green surrounded by trees, and a strikingly handsome parish hall, built in the 1960s with funds raised locally and still maintained by the Parish Hall Committee. It has a mixed residential and farming community, and in past decades has seen the growth of an important sand quarry, and a large specialist plant producer

Within the parish of Lower Withington, the sand quarry is managed - and discreetly landscaped - by WBB Minerals. It extracts high quality sand, used elsewhere for glassmaking. The specialist plant producer is The Four Oaks Group, which has a growing area of approximately 9 acres under cover, producing plants primarily for the wholesale market. Both firms bring substantial employment to the village.
Other commercial activities, beside the mainstay of farming, include Welltrough Dried Flowers, a business that attracts visitors over long distances to see demonstrations of silk and dried flower arranging, and to buy materials. There are two pubs that serve good food, The Black Swan and The Red Lion. There is a part-time Post Office opposite the village green, and on the A535 there is a farm shop and B&B at Holly Tree Farm.

There are regular services at the Methodist Chapel and at St Peters Church, and both of these provide a focus for many village activities. For the youngest there are Mums and Tots, Brownies, Junior Church and the Tennis Club. There is also a highly successful village Brass Band, 70% of whose members are under 18. Senior Citizens meet monthly and have an annual party. They are encouraged also to participate in bowling on the well-maintained Bowling Green, and to attend WI and Chapel Guild meetings.

Each year the village organises a Rose Day, a Carol Service, the Farmers Ball, a Christmas Fair and many other events. It is a substantial programme for a village with a population of around 500 people. Yet a few yards away from the road, away from the centre of the village, peace prevails. Well-maintained footpaths beckon the occasional walker. Ducks go about their business on quiet ponds. Rabbits compete with farm animals for the grass, senses alert for the hungry fox, and the buzzard. Lapwings cry overhead. Here and there, in patches of woodland, the pattern of non-human life continues undisturbed as it always has…