There are local shops, restaurants, a chemist, post office and petrol station, doctor's surgery and Ratepayers Hall at California Crossroads.
In the early 21st century, the congregation of the Baptist Church at Finchampstead outgrew its capacity and they began worshipping at Waverley School in California instead.
It includes a scheduled monument, a round burial mound, which is the largest example of a bell barrow in Berkshire and dates from between 2000 and 1300 BC.
The area between California and Crowthorne is sometimes known 'The Rides' due to several straight roads cut through this part of Windsor Forest by Queen Anne and King George III.
[1] Longmoor Lake at California Country Park was expanded from a small pond by John Walter for the building of Bearwood House.
[1] The country park was originally a famous holiday camp, called 'California in England', complete with glass-floored pavilion and speedway racetrack.
After the Second World War the track was home for the team known as California Poppies[1] which raced in the Southern Area League.
[2] The village also has a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Local Nature Reserve called Longmoor Bog, which is part of California Country Park.