[citation needed] It also has a pub-restaurant, The Great Shefford,[2] a shop and a petrol station.

Unlike the three round-towered churches in Sussex, where the towers are plain flint cylinders with few openings, the Great Shefford one consists of sections with ample fenestration, more like the East Anglian type.

St Mary's belongs to the West Downland benefice group of eight neighbouring churches.

The north-south A338 between Wantage and Hungerford runs through the village and connects to Junction 14 on the M4 motorway.

The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 937,[9] and 880 are listed on the Millennium Stone opposite the petrol station.