In 1951, Elizabeth Goudge[2] (1900–1984), novelist and winner of the Newberry Award for Best Children's Book (The White Horse), moved to Rotherfield Peppard, where she lived until her death.

Wyfold Court was designed by Somers Clarke and built in 1872–78 for the Lancashire cotton magnate and Conservative politician Edward Hermon (1822–81).

[9] Early in the 20th century a local man, Bert Butler, operated a bus business called the Peppard and District Motor Service.

The village has thrice been used for settings in the television drama series Midsomer Murders[12] and also for many of the scenes (including the eponymous house) in the Merchant Ivory Productions film Howards End.

[15] The village has a Church of England-sponsored primary school,[16] Pubs in the parish are the Greyhound Inn Gallowstree Road,[17] the Red Lion in at Peppard Common[18] and the Unicorn at Kingwood.

Also in the parish are a sports field and pavilion,[21] a lawn tennis club[22] and an RDA equestrian centre for people with disabilities.