Over a 14 month period in 1958–9, 200,000 tons of gravel were dug from a 14-acre (5.7 ha) field at Manor Farm, Broughton for the construction of the M1 motorway, by a Newport Pagnell business under contract to John Laing and Sons.

[6] The Milton Keynes grid road, Child's Way (H6), forms the district's northern boundary, Chaffron Way (H7) the southern, Tongwell Street (V11) its western, and the M1 motorway its eastern (accessible from Junction 14, roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north, via the A509).

The original Broughton village forms part of a conservation area at the northern end, bounded by the brook and Newport Road.

A small cable-stayed bridge is one of two main road crossings across Broughton Brook, the third and newest is the extension of H7 Chaffron Way (as 'Countess Way') between Brooklands and Kingston.

The facilities in the area include a 'Hungry Horse' chain public house, and a range of small shops, hair dressers and convenience stores.

Broughton Pavilion is a community recreational and sports facility owned and managed by the parish council, which is based there.

The Victoria County History of Buckingham, cites a Board of Agriculture figure from 1905 stating 75 per cent of the parish was grassland.

[19] Its promoters hope that a proposed new waterway between Milton Keynes and Bedford will run along the line of Broughton Brook.