[3] The village is notable for its reservoir, the eldest of the three situated in the area (the others being Royd Moor and Scout Dike).

There is an agricultural supplies and hardware shop on the edge of the village on Huddersfield Road.

This and a number of other properties in the older part of the village are Grade II listed.

On 6 November 2015, a newly commissioned war memorial was dedicated on a site on Wellthorne Avenue.

However, a handful of "honesty box" local producers have opened up in the last couple of years.