[2] The village shares a parish council with Elmley Castle and Netherton.

[5] Bricklehampton's parish church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels,[6] is a grade II listed building.

The medieval church was rebuilt and restored in 1875-1877 but the 12th-century font and south doorway remain.

[7][8] As of November 2020[update] there are 12 listed buildings in the parish, all at grade II, including the 1848 mansion Bricklehampton Hall,[9] now a nursing home,[10] and a K6 telephone box.

[12] Two places named Buslingthorpe (one in Leeds and in one in Lincolnshire)[13] and Buckfastleigh in Devon had previously been thought to share this honour, with 13 unique letters.