[19] A Brooke resident, Arthur Bunbury, died from fever whilst serving as assistant paymaster aboard HMS Hermione during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.

Local children may attend Brooke Church of England Primary School which is located in a Seventeenth Century schoolhouse.

[23] Amenities within the village include the King's Head Pub and Inn[24] which dates from the Eighteenth Century[25] as well as Brooke House Care Home,[26] a cafe called The Rural Kitchen and Chapelfield Veterinarian Practice.

[28] Brooke's parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates to the Twelfth Century.

[29] The church was restored in the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Centuries and boasts an elaborate font dating from 1470 and depicting the sacraments.

Additionally, there is stained-glass in the church designed by William Morris depicting Faith, Hope and Charity.

[30] Brooke is an electoral ward for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is South Norfolk which has been represented by the Labour's Ben Goldsborough MP since 2024.