Most of the streets in this area are named after trees or other plants e.g.: Oak Road, Sycamore Drive, Juniper Way.

Cumbrian developers Story Homes have as of 2018 permission to build houses in the fields behind the Cross Keys Pub and the cottages that make up Carleton Village.

The northern part of Carleton Hall's grounds are now divided between the Pategill housing estate and the Penrith Rugby Club.

Carleton at one stage had a Reading Room in the centre of the village and records show that the community here had annual harvest festivals and church services (possibly held in the Reading Room) or a makeshift wooden chapel (location unidentified) served by the Parish Church of St. Andrew, Penrith.

In more recent times, prior to the development of High Carleton, the well-known Penrith greengrocery shop, Kerrs, used the land lying in present-day Frenchfield Way as its greenhouse produce fields.

At Frenchfield just south of Carleton Village towards Brougham Castle is the Hunter Hall private preparatory school, Eden District Council-owned sports pitches and the new stadium for Penrith F.C.

To the west of Carleton Road is Winters Park where Penrith Rugby Union Football Club has its ground.