The Church of England parish church is dedicated to St. Lawrence and is a Victorian building, the original church of St. Lawrence had to be demolished after it fell into disrepair.
Watership Down, location of Richard Adams' novel of the same name, is just south of Ecchinswell. Ladle Hill on Great Litchfield Down, also lies to the south. Part of the hill is a Script error: No such module "convert".biological SSSI, first notified in 1978. The hill has a partially completed Iron Agehill fort on its summit, and the surrounding area is rich in Iron Age tumuli, enclosures, lynchets and field systems. Ladle Hill and Watership Down are easily accessed from the Wayfarer's Walk cross-county footpath that passes through the parish.
