 A youth hostel, previously operated under a joint management agreement by the Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales) and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, was transferred to the sole management of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and closed (except for use by large groups) in 2014.The Torside Reservoir is to the south of Crowden.An army rifle range was situated at Crowden in the 1950s and 1960s.