There are several Grade II listed buildings in Chalton, including Gostelow House and Yew Tree Farm.

Chalton Lower School stands in the centre of the village and accepts children between ages 4 and 9.

[3] Chalton became the centre of media attention in 2010 when, in a breakthrough case, a local woman was acquitted of keeping a brothel.

[4][5] During the second world war a German bomber jettisoned a stick of bombs in Chalton, which fell on Carters hill and on the fields between the village and The Bound Way.

The civil parish contains a main electricity substation, to the west of the M1, south of Toddington services.