Much of the late-nineteenth and the early-twentieth-century village was built during the industrial boom brought by the printworks.

In the 1970s modern Housing estates were built next to the old village on the lower flank of Harridge Pike.

Many properties in Carrbrook were threatened by a large wildfire burning on Buckton Moor in late June 2018.

23:10 GMT, a tornado hit the village during Storm Gerrit - the strongest in the UK since 2006.

Every year on Whit Friday, Carrbrook is host to a popular brass band contest which takes place in the car park opposite the Buckton Vale Institute.