A popular spot for rural-sightseeing, day-trippers and picnic outings in the summer and game shoots in the winter, the village previously contained a sub-post office, an active cricket club and held an annual horticultural show. Frinsted was also a motorbus terminus for rural intra-county routes. When the services were cancelled, the small bus park and building which included a public house ("The Kingsdown Arms") remained a popular pub and restaurant in the area. The pub was finally sold and converted to a private dwelling at the end of the 20th century.