[2] There are approved plans to build a further 770 houses on the outskirts of the village, at White Horse Lane and the Deal Ground sites.

The Trowse village sign located opposite the church was presented to the parish in 1969 by the Women's Institute to celebrate their Golden Jubilee, it saw renovation projects in 1999 and 2023.

Trouse (or Trews north of the border) was also the slang name for the leggings worn by Scots (since they too went up and down like a gate to allow water out) – and hence the word Trouser.

The village is well endowed with leisure facilities with a sports hall, astroturf football pitch, dry ski slope, two broads in adjacent Whitlingham (one a conservation lake, the other for water based leisure activities), woodland walks, riverside picnic areas along Whitlingham Lane, and a common right in the centre.

There are two pubs, the White Horse Inn and the Crown Point Tavern; a village shop and a vegetarian café.

Although lying on the Great Eastern Main Line between Norwich and London, Trowse railway station was closed on the outbreak of World War II.