Most commercial activity takes place in Farnham Common with its shops and small supermarkets, offices, restaurants and pubs; a number of large garden centres are nearby.  There are well regarded schools in both Farnham Common (Farnham Common Infant and Junior Schools) and Farnham Royal (St Mary’s Farnham Royal Church of England Primary School, Dair House Pre-Preparatory and Caldicott Preparatory School).

Sports facilities include the members-only Farnham Common Sports Club, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009.  The club runs both rugby and football teams as well as offering facilities for tennis, cricket, hockey and squash.  Farnham Park Playing Fields, operated by South Bucks District Council, provides many rugby and football pitches.   The Farnham Park Golf Club, also owned and operated by South Bucks District Council, offers a popular and challenging 18-hole course for beginners and amateurs alike; a £2m reconstruction of the club house facilities is currently planned.

 

There are churches serving all denominations - two Anglican churches, St Mary’s in Farnham Royal and St John’s in Farnham Common; a Free Methodist chapel, the only original building still standing on the east side of the Broadway, Farnham Common; a Roman Catholic church, St Anthony’s in Farnham Royal and a Community Church. 

The Farnhams has a number of listed buildings including St Mary’s Church; Mead Farmhouse; The Green Man, Dukes Head and Crown  Public Houses; Hillside Cottages; the Farnham Pump; Yew Place and the War Memorial, Farnham Royal  which was granted Grade 11 status in 2002. 

Clubs, societies and voluntary organisations are well supported by all members of the community from youth groups to senior citizens, Rotary and the Lions, the WI and the villages’ own Farnhams Society.
 
Today, the Farnhams can be described as an urban village.  In recent years, the proximity of the M4 and M40 motorways, as well as good rail services via the Chiltern Line through Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross, and the convenience (perhaps doubtful for some people) of nearby Heathrow airport, has attracted more newcomers.  Yet woodland and acres of open countryside are never far away.  These factors have helped make the Farnhams a popular place in which to live.  As a result, the average price of a house in the parish is twice the South Bucks average. 

But the Farnhams have also escaped the status of a dormitory town.  Under 20 per cent of the working population works more than 15 miles away and over 40 per cent work within the parish or within a few miles of travel.  Newcomers have been absorbed and take an active part in parish life and the two villages have retained the feel of a self-contained community.