It is a quiet village with a local shop and had a post office until June 2008.

A map of Shuttlewood dated 1898 shows the Brick and Tile Yard situated on Woodthorpe Road, now in the vicinity of Woodthorpe Close, the Travellers Rest public house, the chapel and the school that was later in 1918 mentioned as St Laurence's Church.

By 1918, rapid expansion of Shuttlewood had taken place due to the mining industry and the Brockley School had been built.

Also the football ground is shown behind the Travellers Rest on the side of Chesterfield Road.

The terraced houses of Bentinck Road had also been built for miners who worked at the Oxcroft Colliery at Stanfree.