It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which performs most significant local government functions.

[4] Until the church was built, Broad Town was a tithing of Clyffe Pypard; the area served by the new church comprised parts of the ecclesiastical parishes of Clyffe Pypard and Broad Hinton.

This event is held at Manor Farm and features both local and national bands playing on a Saturday evening in September.

Geoffrey Grigson (1905–1985), poet and critic, lived at Broad Town Farmhouse from 1945 to 1985.

Lionel Grigson (1942–1994), jazz musician and educator, lived for part of his childhood at Broad Town.