Grafton Barn is in the peaceful civil village of Grafton Flyford, which offers rural living yet is conveniently located for road and rail access. Grafton Flyford has a church, an active village hall with local events and Grafton Wood Nature Reserve, an ancient semi-natural broad-leaved woodland. Nearby local facilities are available in Upton Snodsbury and Flyford Flavell villages, the latter being home to The Flyford, a popular gastro pub.
The attractive Georgian market town of Pershore offers various everyday amenities, including various independent shops, a health centre, a cottage hospital, a public library, a community arts centre, public houses and restaurants. Recreational facilities include cricket, football and rugby clubs, a leisure centre with a swimming pool, the historic Abbey and surrounding park, and the River Avon.
In Pershore, there is also educational provision from nursery/pre-school through to high school, and a Sixth Form College is available at Pershore High School. In Worcester and Malvern, there are several highly regarded private schools, and Bowbrook House School is in the nearby village of Peopleton.
Broader shopping and services can be found in Worcester, which also offers county cricket in the setting of Worcester Cathedral, horse racing on the banks of the River Severn. There is international cricket at Edgbaston and hunt racing at Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon.
The village is well placed for access to the M5 at Worcester, the M42 north and the M40 east. Mainline rail services operate from Worcester Parkway and Pershore to London and Birmingham. Warwick Parkway is 26 miles to the north-east and provides a fast direct train service to London Marylebone.
Pershore train station 7 miles, Worcester Parkway train station 10 miles, Pershore 9 miles, Worcester 9 miles, Stratford-upon-Avon 16.5 miles, Birmingham 28.5 miles, M5 (J6) 7 miles, M5 (J7) 9 miles, M40 (J15) 22 miles (distances approximate).