The village of Lunnarp consists of two parts, one on either side of highway 11, the old farming village with a number of well-preserved farmhouses and a schoolhouse, and what we can call the station community, which emerged when the Simrishamn-Tomelilla railway opened.
Lunnarp is currently one of the stations where the train between Simrishamn and Ystad stops and offers in principle daytime one-hour services in both directions. Lunnarp also has bus connections. The Skåne Express between Simrishamn and Lund passes through Lunnarp.
The landscape around Lunnarp is slightly hilly and fertile, although the soil has elements of sand in several places. There are a few fixed ancient monuments outside the village. A horse skull with a broken arrowhead has been found in Ullstorpsån. It may seem insignificant, but it has always been considered that the Stone Age and horses did not belong together?
Since Lunnarp is located in a fairly woodless area, half-timbered houses were common. In 1699 there were 16 farms in the village, but after parcels of land, only four farms remain today. Quite a few of the relocated farms were built some distance from the road and an avenue was planted along the driveway, a sign of prosperity. There are examples of both double and single avenues.
The railroad caused the second part of the village to develop. Strangely enough, this part was also called Lunnarp, even though the houses built were within the boundaries of the neighboring village of Norra Kverrestad.
The station community retains the station building with its avenue. Nearby are the once lavish two-storey houses. Otherwise, Lunnarp consists of detached single-family houses and semi-detached houses in a grid on both sides of the main road towards Kverrestad. More than a third of Lunnarp's 150 or so residential buildings are clad in brick and were built in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of the houses from the turn of the century until the 50s are plastered. It is striking that many of the outbuildings remain even though their use has changed.
Completely dominant to the eye and in many other ways, as an advertising pillar, workplace, etc. is Skånemejerier's facility at the eastern entrance. Since Lunnarp has no church and has its parish church in Kverrestad, there is not the kind of gathering place that is so often created at the church. In Lunnarp we can probably say that the meeting place is at the sports ground south of the railroad. Here both boys and girls play football in the blue and red uniforms of Lunnarp BK.
The old part of the village is dominated by Svenska Foders' large plant and shop. There are gas stations, electricity and construction companies in the village. The nearest larger town with school and services is Smedstorp in the east and Tomelilla in the west. Both are about half a mile to the east and west respectively.
