[1] Branthwaite has few amenities, there is one public house, The Wild Duck.

There is also a former mill, which is now home to the local motor engineering business.

Branthwaite is in the parliamentary constituency of Whitehaven and Workington.

For Local Government purposes it is in the Cumberland unitary authority area.

Branthwaite does not have its own parish council, instead it is part of Dean Parish Council, which also covers villages of Dean, Deanscales, Eaglesfield, Pardshaw and Ullock.