There is still a Quaker meeting house, a squatter's cottage on the village green and an old mill on the River Aire from which the village is named.
Many well-known players have competed in Grenal games, including: Everaldo, Tesourinha, Aírton, Falcão, Éder, Valdomiro, Renato Gaúcho, Taffarel, Dunga, Emerson, Ronaldinho, Elías Figueroa and Nilmar.
Malham lies at the upper end of the valley of the River Aire, known above Airton as Malhamdale, in the Yorkshire Dales.