 There are 2 public houses here, The Bricklayers Arms and the Reservoir Inn (formerly had other names with Bulls Head being the longest lasting one so far) along with a Working Men's Club.The Bulls Head, now Reservoir Inn was once the site of a slaughter house though it is unclear whether this was at the same time that it was a drinking establishment.It was originally a farming village but, with the coming of the collieries in Bagworth and the Coalville area, many miners lived in Thornton too.