Oakmere is situated on the A556 road. It has three pubs, The Abbey Arms (named after the nearby Vale Royal Abbey), the Fishpool Inn (named after a now dried up fish pond used by the monks from Vale Royal abbey) and The Fourways, a former country club.citation needed There is also a car-sales businesscitation needed and a caravan sales company.1 The adjoining village of Delamere has a post-office, church and railway station on the Chester to Manchester line.
The area is mainly agricultural, and has a number of large sand quarries nearby, some of which are wet-workings.citation needed The lake from which the village takes its name is a site of scientific interest.citation needed