Carlton Park is located in Rectory Close and features three swings, a small basketball court, a football pitch and a 1.5 meter slide.

Carlton's church is Saint Mary the Virgin, dating from 950AD with a font from c. 1150 sited outside the current village.

There is a Post Office and village shop located on Carlton's busiest through road, Bridgend.

The courts were opened in 1980 by the football manager Brian Clough, who himself was a keen squash player.

[8] In the late 1980s, Carlton fell victim to a number of "Rubber Santa" events; which saw Christmas trees appear in the middle of the village playing field and on top of the Primary School.