Burghfield Common features local everyday shops, a post office, a baker, and convenience stores, with major supermarkets nearby in Reading including Tesco Extra, Sainsbury's, and Waitrose. Healthcare services are centered around Burghfield Health Centre alongside primary care facilities nearby, with emergency hospital services provided at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. Educational institutions include Mrs Bland's Infant School, Garland Junior School, and The Willink School.

Features include the surrounding Burghfield Common woodlands, Hosehill Lake Nature Reserve nearby, local playing fields at the Recreation Ground, community facilities at Burghfield Village Hall, and proximity to Wokefield Park and the River Kennet.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" style="animation: auto ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box #ffffff; border: 0px #1f1f1f; inset: auto; clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; display: inline; fill: #000000; filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; flex-direction: row; float: none; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; interactivity: auto; isolation: auto; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: normal; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: #1f1f1f none 2.72727px; overlay: none; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rule: 2.72727px #1f1f1f; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"></source-footnote><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" style="animation: auto ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px #1f1f1f; inset: auto; clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; display: inline; fill: #000000; filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; flex-direction: row; float: none; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; interactivity: auto; isolation: auto; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: normal; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: #1f1f1f none 2.72727px; overlay: none; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rule: 2.72727px #1f1f1f; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip class="ng-star-inserted" style="animation: auto ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px #1f1f1f; inset: 0px; clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; display: inline; fill: #000000; filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; flex-direction: row; float: none; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; interactivity: auto; isolation: auto; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: normal; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: #1f1f1f none 2.72727px; overlay: none; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: relative; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rule: 2.72727px #1f1f1f; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"></source-inline-chip></sources-carousel-inline>

Transport is via a short line to Theale railway station or Mortimer railway station, providing direct services to Reading, Basingstoke, and London Paddington.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" style="animation: auto ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box #ffffff; border: 0px #1f1f1f; inset: auto; clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; display: inline; fill: #000000; filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; flex-direction: row; float: none; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; interactivity: auto; isolation: auto; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: normal; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: #1f1f1f none 2.72727px; overlay: none; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rule: 2.72727px #1f1f1f; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"></source-footnote> Major road links include the A33, the A4, and the M4.<sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" style="animation: auto ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px #1f1f1f; inset: auto; clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; display: inline; fill: #000000; filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; flex-direction: row; float: none; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; interactivity: auto; isolation: auto; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: normal; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: #1f1f1f none 2.72727px; overlay: none; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rule: 2.72727px #1f1f1f; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip class="ng-star-inserted" style="animation: auto ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px #1f1f1f; inset: 0px; clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; display: inline; fill: #000000; filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; flex-direction: row; float: none; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; interactivity: auto; isolation: auto; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: normal; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: #1f1f1f none 2.72727px; overlay: none; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: relative; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rule: 2.72727px #1f1f1f; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"></source-inline-chip></sources-carousel-inline>