The village features two grocers shops, two bus stops, a beauty salon, primary school, doctors surgery, a fish and chip shop, a small church, a post office, library, park, garden centre and community centre.
However, in 1911 the construction of Coventry Colliery by the Warwickshire Coal Company near to Keresley Green brought the focus of development back to that area.
Despite this Coventry City Council propose the area can be developed as an "Eco" suburb with 3000 homes, and a separate estate of new properties is currently being built, as of January 2010.
It was designed by the Gothic Revival architect Benjamin Ferrey in the Early English style[6] and built in 1844–45.
[13] William Tallon, nicknamed "Backstairs Billy", was a resident of the village as a teenager, prior to him joining the Royal Household in 1951.
Several witnesses reported that hundreds of apples seemingly fell out of the sky landing on the ground, and several cars, below.
This incident received both local and national media coverage and, although it drew comment by the Met Office, it still remains unexplained.