The church boasts a curious memorial to a John Fox who was killed in 1806 in an accident which warns carriage drivers to be careful when driving as well as a late-Medieval font.

The church also holds memorials to members of the Barclay family, Cornet William Scott of the Bengal Light Infantry (d.1856) and to a local woman who was killed in the Boxing Day Tsunami.

[8] The John Innes Centre and Quadram Institute, both parts of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital are located within the village.

The village's national constituency is South Norfolk which has been represented by the Labour's Ben Goldsborough MP since 2024.

Colney's war memorial is located by the side of Old Watton Road and is a granite celtic cross.