[4][5] Knipton's village hall was built as a Church of England primary school in 1850–1854 in a Mock Tudor style, on orders from the Duke of Rutland, and extended to the rear in 1868.

The building has been Grade II listed since 1979,[6] but ceased to serve as a school in the late 20th century.

[8] Knipton Reservoir, built in the 1790s to supply water for the Grantham Canal, lies to the west of the village.

The quarry closed in 1951, to be replaced by Granby pit, closer to the village on the east side of the road.

Granby closed in 1955, when quarrying began on the opposite side of the road at Harts Pit.

[11] The village public house is now named the Manners Arms,[12] after the family of the Duke of Rutland.

The Manners Arms occupies a late 18th-century brick building known as the Red House, with three bays and two-and-a-half storeys.

It retains its slate roof and 19th-century plate-glass sash windows and shutters, and internally features an original closed-string staircase with a ramped handrail and turned balusters.

[citation needed] Knipton is served by three weekday buses a day between Melton Mowbray and Grantham.

The main A607 road between Melton Mowbray and Grantham runs to the south of the village.