It has its own primary and pre-schools,[3] Church, Scout, Cubs and Beaver Building at Queensway, and a retirement home, Hunter's Lodge.

In 2019 the prominent Turkey oak that stood at the village green was found to be diseased; it was initially pollarded rather than felled outright but finally removed in February 2024.

[8] is the meeting place of several local societies, including the,[9] Wine Club, yoga classes, the crafters and a "drop in" mornings.

Events designed to further knowledge of the village's heritage and history have included a Feast Day with a visit from Tony Rotherham, a lecture on archaeology by Carenza Lewis and lessons in Edwardian dress and manners for children from the local school.

Amongst the finds were an array of clay pipes, 8th century earthernware and, from near the long gone Queensway Camp guardhouse, a soldier's cap badge.

During lockdown, in 2020, many of the activities were suspended but the village hall committee worked hard to design and produce a display of the history of Old Dalby.

This takes the form of a 3 metre long wall chart hung inside the hall at the end of December 2020.

A fence remained around the base for many years and the gates were actually locked and guarded for a while after IRA attacks on mainland Britain in the 1980s.

[11] In July 1984 the track was used to run a Class 46 locomotive and train into a stationary nuclear flask in order to prove the safety of the container.

[12] In the early 2000s, the track was taken over by Alstom and electrified on the 25 kV overhead system in order to test the Class 390 Pendolinos it was building for Virgin Trains West Coast.

[13] During this upgrade phase the centre of operations moved from Old Dalby to Asfordby (on the outskirts of Melton Mowbray) where a depot was converted from the former National Coal Board's buildings.