On 1 April 2023, Selby District was abolished and Brayton became part of the new North Yorkshire unitary authority area.

Brayton is almost entirely residential with the exception of a few local shops, including a butchers and a post office.

The house is now a private residence, and the old school room is now a small part of the extended building.

It is reputed that John Wesley, the founder of Methodism who travel widely throughout the country, preached on the original Village Green (the triangle adjacent to the chapel) but there is no documentary evidence to prove this.

Within the church is a tomb to Lord D'Arcy (died 1558), and his wife, its effigies damaged during the 17th-century Interregnum.