[4] There is a church, a village hall, a doctor's surgery and pharmacy, a community shop, a mobile library, a recreational field with cricket club and a pub, The Exeter Arms.

St Peter's Church, Barrowden is a Grade II* listed building.

[5] In an ancient tradition, rushes or hay are laid on the floors of nave and porch for St Peter's Day (29 June).

Marianne Mason (1807–1884), a farmer's daughter who taught at the Baptist Sunday school in Barrowden, married Thomas Cook here on 2 March 1833.

Barrowden is part of Ketton ward on Rutland County Council.