There is still plenty of open space with several large parks including Macclesfield that sits on the Delaware River and houses many of the playing fields. In an effort to preserve open space, the township has enacted zoning requirements in which developers turn over acreage to the Farmland Preservation Corporation. The township maintains bike trails which thread through most of the community. Lower Makefield is only one of the districts that make up the Pennsbury School District and is home to the three middle schools which share a campus. It also houses four of the elementary schools, including one that just opened its doors in September 1997.
Buses are available.
The Trenton train station with trains to New York City is a ten minute drive. The township operates several parks with baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, and tennis facilities. The township complex has a library and large outdoor pool facility. There are grocery stores, cleaners, department stores, and restaurants at strip malls in the township. Antique stores, restaurants and specialty shops are close by in the historic district of Yardley Borough.