It has a village shop, bakery, estate agency, pub (The Bramley Inn, opened in 1897 as The Six Bells) and a railway station.

Bramley is on the Chichester to Silchester Way Roman road and has remains of a Romano-British villa nearby.

[5] The Church of St James stands at the west of the village and originally dates from 1160, however it features many historical alterations and additions up to the 20th Century.

[7] The famous physicist Lise Meitner is buried in the burial ground next to the church, near the grave of her brother Walter.

Bramley Camp is a military training area south of the village, used mainly by 21 SAS (reserves).

Because the 900-acre (360 ha) site is not open to the public and in many ways is undisturbed; it is a valuable haven for wildlife, being home to badgers, deer and pheasant.