[1] Wrea Green has approximately 1,600 residents,[citation needed] many of whom work at the nearby Warton Aerodrome 2 miles away, where BAE Systems is a major local employer.

[3] The property at the northern end of Church Row was for many years the office of J. Wareing & Son (Wrea Green) Ltd, a long established farm-building construction company[4] but before this was a sub-branch of the District Bank Ltd.

[5][6] The large Grade II listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.

These include an artificial grass supplier and installer, a hair salon, a construction design services consultancy, a pub, a holiday hotel, sports and conference centre, a tearoom, a Thai restaurant, a shop with post office, a hotel with restaurant and a dentist.

[10] Agricultural construction company J. Wareing & Son Ltd has now relocated from the village centre and the site has been re-used for a small development of detached houses.

The Wrea Green Horticultural Society is hosting its first show in September 2016 which will include classes, exhibits and a beer festival.

After the major success of July 2007's trip to France by 40 Wrea Green residents, a return exchange took place in August 2008, when a similar number of French guests came to the UK.

In 2010 plans for a new housing estate, comprising 55 houses on land on Richmond Avenue in the village, were announced by developer Les Blanc Bois Holdings Ltd. Additionally, Fylde businessman David Haythornthwaite announced plans to create the "Greenland Sports Village", featuring a football stadium for non league AFC Fylde, at Greenlands Farm on Ribby Road.