toft contains a village shop, a hairdresser's, a chinese takeaway, a fish and chip shop and a social club. a post office first opened in the village in the 1870s as part of the village shop. a library was opened in 1913, but has since closed. at the end of the 19th century there were two pubs in the village, the black bull and the red lion, both have since closed, and the latter now houses the chinese restaurant. the toft historical society holds regular exhibitions and is building a web-based archive of the history of the village.