Carbrooke's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old Norse word for an abundance of brambles and the Old English for a brook or stream.

[3][4] Part of the former RAF Watton extends into Carbrooke[5] and there remains several bunkers dating from the Second World War which were used for the defence of the airfield.

The majority of local children attend Carbrooke Academy, a Church of England school, which was rated 'Good' by Ofsted in 2019.

Chambers, an avowed socialist who installed numerous pieces of artwork designed by his close friends John & Katin Moray-Smith.

Carbrooke's war memorial is a stone cross with a further marble plaque located in the Churchyard of St. Peter and St.