Penistone Pictorial, a personal view of Penistone

A Personal View of Penistone - The Town that Thinks it's a Village

Welcome to a personal view of Penistone, a market town in Yorkshire and 'the Cradle of Association Football.' This is a non-commercial website for the world to explore my home town and district. I hope that you will find it interesting. JB.

Weather in Penistone

September 2025	October 2025
Website Updates: ( The Events List and History Timelines are often updated )
20th C Timeline - Dr Ross's story by R Galliford. Video Editors - A free Adobe Premiere for iPhones? - and link for free DaVinci Resolve Guides. Vicars - Penistone's early advowson clarified. Pen Church History - The old bell inscriptions. Cafes - Updates and a cafe on Shrewsbury Road	Video Software - Page tidied, Index fitted. Audio Software - Page tidied, Index fitted. 2k Timeline - Additions for 2025. 17th C Timeline - Adjustments to Adam Eyre. November Events - With more to come later.
Visit Pen - Pen Bk Hub - Paramount (Fb) - Pen FM (Fb) - P T Council - Pen Archive (Fb) - Pen Filmfest - Pen Line - Scores (FSA) - Ecilop - PACT - F'book: P Area Tm Crimewch Pen - CAP - Pen SA Com - P Com Frm - We R Pen - Pen Com - Love Pen - Mkt Barn - Pen Ctry Mkt - Thurl Com Gp - Mill Gn VCA - RBL - Pen Sales

News on the Street: ( Reload for the latest updates )

Penistone FM - Co-op members using the Co-op phone app can now choose Penistone FM as their 'local cause.'
Government Grant for Parks and Open Spaces - We are being robbed! HM Government has given £2.1m to Barnsley council for green space improvements (BBC News) to be divided between the 17 wards - but not equally: 'The parks and open spaces investment programme aims to make high-quality and visible improvements to parks and open spaces across the Barnsley borough.' This is for: '... new play equipment, footways, new signage and entrance ways, planting and additional facilities, including bins and benches.' Parks and Open Spaces Report (pdf). But, instead of £247,000 (1/17 x 2 for two wards = 11.7%), only £25k (1.19%) is allocated for Penistone, leaving £220k-ish short.
Where will the money go? Best guess: kicked quietly into the long grass to fill a black hole.
Some suggestions:
- Improved steps from the Trans-pennine Trail (near Community Centre) down to Wentworth Crescent,
- A cycle rack on the car park side of the Market Barn,
- Bench seat for the grassy corner RHS of Shelley Close with Wentworth Road,
- More dog mess bins,
- Replacing the faded Information maps on the Trans-Pennine Trail.
Coal Drops - October 2025. Fairfield Investments has gained planning permission from Barnsley council to develop the Grade II listed Coal Drops and station house by St Mary's Street roundabout. Regency House will become an AirBnB property. This new development on a derelict railway site will have retail spaces, offices and a restaurant with bar while retaining the historic nature of the site. Company MD, Mr Antony Green, says: "Our vision is to preserve the significant heritage of the Coal Drops while creating a space that brings activity, employment and opportunity back to this important location." Fairfield Investments (Coal Drops). BMBC Planning Ref. 2025/0244. See Gr Hits and Coal Drops (Fb).
Some suggestions:
- Antiques Shop,
- A bigger and better Julie's cafe.
- Office units,
- Banking Hub,
- Penistone Health Centre and NHS Dentist (like Stocksbridge),
- Penistone Museum and Archives,
- Horse Tack and Outdoor,
- Job Centre,
- Shoe Shop,
- Clothes shop (men's clothes too),
- Bike rack,
- But please no more cafes in Penistone.
Flu and Covid Jabs - Now available as walk-ins at local chemists for those who are eligible.
Small Housing Development - Planning Application 2025/0775 concerns the building of four houses on Green Belt land between the Smithies Arms and Bower Dell, Oxspring.
Penistone Walking Packs - Barnsley Council has funded free Walking Packs for the borough's six Principal Towns, available from Libraries. Interactive maps on smartphones are invoked by QR codes on the cards.
Some errors:
1. Films started in Penistone Town Hall November 1915, not the 1920s,
2. BMBC shows the Penistone/Clarel coat of arms with one martlet missing !
Penistone Banking Hub ('Use it or lose it') - Open weekdays, 9am to 5pm, Resource Centre, Community Centre car park. Customers can pay or withdraw cash more privately than at a Post Office or typical bank and privately discuss banking matters on these days (subject to change): Monday - Halifax; Tues - Lloyds; Weds - TBC; Thurs - HSBC and Fri - Natwest. NB. Halifax customers can also use Lloyds (same company). Some basic banking facilities are also available for other banks, as with the Post Office, and Cash Access UK staff are on hand to help. This is a very useful asset for Penistone but we must make it work. PTC. (Penistone Banking Hub).
The Knowledge - Penistone is a town, not village, with Sheffield S36 postcodes (our mail is not sorted in Barnsley). Penistone Paramount is (always was) the Town Hall; Hazlehead is spelt that way; Thurlstone has no 'e' in the middle. Bridge End is two words and dinner is at dinnertime. You are in God's Own County and the world envies you.

BBC Weather - Auroras - Moon - Sun - Lightning - Dark Skies - Sewage - Radon - Geology - RDon - A628 - Solar Calc - Earth - LIDAR
Bank Holidays - UK Hols - Postcodes - Footpaths - MAGIC Map - Street Map - Old Maps - Old Map2 - Lidar Map - World - Petrol

Local Wants and Needs: (Reload this page to see the latest updates)

Penistone Mayor's Parade and Gala - They are looking for feedback from this year's event to improve next year's event. Visit their Questionnaire. There is room for comments on the form.
Repairers Required - The newly-formed Penistone Repair Cafe is looking for volunteer fixers.The repair cafe will run monthly from St Andrew’s Church on the last Saturday each month (see Regular Events). Can you repair small household items? If you would like to join, please call Carmen (Penistone Area Team) on 07391 860 553.
Helping Pensioners and People on Low Incomes - Check 'Pension Credit' (HMG) to see if it can help with living costs (use online form to assess). See More Money in your Pocket. Locals can view winter support at BMBC Pension Credit to see if any benefits apply. Barnsley Council has a Cost of Living help page. Yorkshire Water customers might be able to apply for a Social Tariff if their earnings and savings fit the requirements. For 'Warm Welcome Spaces' visit the map and search for Penistone. The nearest one listed is Denby Dale library !
Penistone Traders' Association - Penistone's BMBC-recognised traders' association started in July 2023. Local businesses such as town centre shops, cafes and market traders are invited to attend their monthly meetings. See 'Love Penistone Traders Association' on Facebook or ask Karen about it in Cafe Crème.
Penistone Church Roof Fund - Penistone St John's Church roof urgently needs extensive repairs. Penistone St John's Church is a cherished heritage place of worship at the heart of Penistone and is urgently appealing to raise £75,000 to replace the roof, an appeal that is crucial to preserving the fabric of the building. The problem started in 2007 when thieves stole the roof lead. It was replaced by a material with a limited lifespan, which is now in a dire state. Please support the Church Roof Appeal through the Friends of Penistone Parish Church. Or make a bequest in your will. Donations can be made at the church office, Tuesdays to Fridays, 10am to 1pm, or by Bank Transfer. Please call 01226 370 006 during these times for bank details. Thank You.' (from Facebook).

BMBC Planning - BMBC Consultations - Telly - Grants - Penline walks - Pen Buses - Northern Rail - Penline Trains - Cheap Fares - Co-op Deals - CH Events
Registers - GDPR - Crime Reports - Who Called? - TelePrefS - Phishing Scams - Action Fraud - Caller Lookup - YW Callback - Highway Code

Local Information:

Visitor Information - Penistone Library and Penistone Church for local leaflets, maps and general information.
Penistone, Peak and Pennine Tourism Group - Promoting the local economy and tourism, PPP&TG.
Penistone Shopping - See Penistone High Street (Visit Penistone), Love Penistone (Facebook).
Penistone Market Day - Busy market Thursdays, Penistone Market Barn (FaceBook). Adjacent two-hour parking.
Penistone Country Market - 10am to Noon, Market Day, Upper Hall, Community Centre, Church Street.
Penistone Historic Archives - 10am to 1pm, Market Day, Lower Hall, Community Centre, Church Street.
Banking Security Advice - 10am to noon, Market Day, Community Centre. Debbie from Natwest.
Saturday Morning Market - Market Barn. Small market with Andy's good fruit & veg. (Email Market Services).
Learner Zone - Monday 1pm to 3pm, IT suite, Penistone Library. A quiet space with internet for study, with support for job searches, job applications and interview skills. Also maths, English & IT assessments.
'DIAL' Drop-in Advice - 10am to 1pm, Thurs, Top Office, Town Hall Building. No appointment needed.
'DIAL' is a charity to help disabled people, part-funded by Penistone Area Council (BMBC).
Defibrillators - Call 999 and give the location for a code to open the box, then read the instructions inside.
Clark's Chemist; Pen Community Centre; Penistone RBL; Julie's Cafe; Penistone Tesco; Spring Vale Garden; Spring Vale Chapel; St Aidan's Church Oxspring; Whitby and Chandler Spring Vale; Pen Leisure Centre; The Huntsman, Thurlstone; Millhouse Institute; Thurgoland Village Hall; Station Inn Silkstone Common; Ingbirchworth; Upper Denby phone box, Hoylandswaine Village Hall; Dog & Partridge, Bord Hill and Crowedge.
Scams - Forward all dodgy emails to report@phishing.gov.uk. For scam phone texts, open the message and hold your thumb on it. From the list, tap 'Forward' and send to 7726. They will want the scammer's phone number so write it down. Be wary of Facebook adverts and messages, especially from 'friends' who have passed away as they are often hacked. Avoid friend requests from unknowns to protect your contact details. You can search your own name to see if someone is trying to clone it. A fraudulent account would appear along with your genuine one. Report the fraudster and it will be terminated. See Take Five - Stop Fraud for spam advice.
Bank Fraud Hotline - Dial 159, choose your bank and quickly cancel your compromised bank cards.

Webstuff:
	'Yorkshire IT Guys' on Youtube
The Navbar BST clock gizmo uses internet time. The country gizmo was added on 25th Feb 2009. Terry Pratchett: 'In the beginning there was nothing. And the Lord said: "Let there be light" - and there was still nothing, but now you could see it.'