The parish of Swaffham Bulbeck is part of the Diocese of Ely and the Deanery of Fordham and Quy.

[3] Every year the village summer theatre company produces and performs one of Gilbert and Sullivan's operas.

This venue too has now come up for redevelopment and the production is now based at Downing Farm by kind permission of the Turner family.

During the activities, eight films were made showing oral histories of seven local residents talking about their personal experiences of World War II.

A time capsule containing objects representing different elements of the project is buried in front of the village war memorial.

The village is located just beyond the end of Swaffham Bulbeck Lode, a man-made waterway connected to the River Cam.

The street retains its 18th and early 19th century character, although the lode is now only navigable as far as Slade Farm, some 2 miles (3.2 km) away.