The village has an active community, including a small primary school, football team, cricket team and tennis club by the park.

The Bethersden Parish Records Society holds the original parish register, maps, books, photographs and other records relating to the village.

The name 'marble' is misleading because it is a limestone packed with fossilized gastropod shells which polish well, hence the use of the term.

Several successful businesses have operated from the village: Stevenson Brothers, who produce high-quality handmade rocking horses; W & D Cole, who make iron gates and railings; and the former Colt Houses, who sold prefabricated timber homes.

The village has three public houses, The Bull, The George and The Pig & Sty.