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.
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  Website Updates:     ( The Events List and History Timelines are often updated )  
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Penistone
  News on the Street:       ( Reload for the latest updates )
  • Underbank Lane - Closed from Monday 6th July for five days for Yorkshire Water to lay pipes.
  • Fox Valley Parking Changes - People will need to shop faster at Fox Valley, Stocksbridge, to avoid parking fines, instead of hanging around buying stuff or wandering into Stocksbridge. From 7am to 6pm daily, free parking is now limited to just two hours, with £3.50 for up to four hours and £7.50 all day. Penistone's Tesco allows us three hours for nowt. Spend more than a fiver at: Zorro Lounge, Ponti's, The Old George or Shackletons Gallery coffee house, to extend the free parking to a total of four hours, by validating your vehicle registration in those shops. Mistakes might be costly.
  • Good Intentions? - For the second week running, Penistone's Saturday market was deserted. Before 'themes' were introduced, there were a few stalls, such as Beryl's Bunnies, an antique stall and perhaps a cheese stall or some crafts. Now they have been told to stay away until a big event on 25th July. This makes no sense; if traders want to trade and the public want to buy, why tell them to stay away? This does Penistone a disservice. Someone at Barnsley Council needs a good talking to. Better still, let Penistone control it and do the job better.
  • Charity Lion - A multicoloured lion has settled outside Penistone Market Barn to advertise a fund-raising effort on behalf of Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity, for new equipment, etc. Ours is called 'Gerald' and was made by Si Homfrey as number 149 of 150 across South Yorkshire. Pride of Yorks. They are using multi-coloured lions as a focus so that they can use the word 'Pride' in the campaign. Subtle, eh? Woke or not, the charitable purpose is sound.
  • PGS-Archive - It looks as though the PGS Virtual Tour is back and being updated. Great work, Mr G.
  • The Millennium Patchwork - Penistone Town Council is working on a new History Section of their website, to be ready after the Town Hall building refurb. They are looking for background to the Millennium Patchwork: 'Can anyone help out? Perhaps you have photos of the work in progress; you're one of the members who worked on it (or a relative)?' and 'Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, please pop in to see the Clerk at the Resource Centre or Email with any information pertaining to this matter to the Town Clerk.' Penistone Town Council (Fb).
  • Penistone Film Festival 2026 - Needs to sell tickets for 17th, 18th October weekend at Penistone Paramount and Penistone St John the Baptist Church. 'Two days of silent-style cinema, live music, filmmaker Q&As, heritage exhibitions, workshops and the vintage magic that made our first year such a success.' This is a prestigeous event for our town and will attract visitors from around the world, as in its debut last year. We should support it. See Penistone Film Festival 2026 for how to submit your creative work.
  • Penistone Banking Hub - This is a very useful local asset and we must 'use it or lose it.' Open weekdays, 9am to 5pm, Resource Centre, Community Centre car park. Bank customers can pay or withdraw cash more privately than at a Post Office or bank and discuss finances in private. Schedule: Monday & Tuesday - Halifax/Lloyds; Weds - TBC; Thurs - HSBC; Fri - Natwest. Halifax and Lloyds customers have the same representative both days. Basic banking facilities are also available for other banks, as with the Post Office. Cash Access UK staff are on hand to help. They hope to move to a new building in Tesco car park some time this summer. (Penistone Banking Hub) PTC.
  • 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 still at dinnertime. You are in God's Own County and the world envies you.
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  Wants and Needs: (Reload this page to see the latest updates)
  • South Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy (Survey) - Nature is in crisis with species disappearing, and with the changing climate accelerating the damage. See SYLNRC Intro and Survey (takes about 15 minutes to do).
  • Penistone Mayor's Parade and Gala (Survey) - Organisers seek feedback about this year's event via a Survey. For more information about the event, see Penistone Gala (Fb).
  • Penistone Ward Alliance Volunteer Awards 2026 - Celebrate those volunteers who make Penistone a great place to live. Nominate a person or group who go(es) above and beyond duty such as a neighbour, young person, local group or business (Or a 26-year Penistone website?). Categories are: Volunteer of the Year, Young Volunteer, Community Group, Environmental Awards, and Outstanding Contributions to Health & Wellbeing, Sport, Arts & Culture, Older People, and Younger People. For a nomination form or more info, email penistoneteam@barnsley.gov.uk (the 'Penistone Team') or call Rebecca on 07741 168 811. Deadline is Friday 11th September 2026. (Fb)
  • Scout Dyke (or Dike) Outdoor Centre - Campaign to re-open the outdoor pursuits camp school, BBC News item. Visit their surveys to assess for re-opening support, from Local Community, Schools or Stakeholders.
  • Film Festival Sponsors Invited - For Penistone Film Festival, Fri 16th to Sun 18th October 2026. Sponsorships:
    'Host a Missing Buster' - £75, for a life-sized Buster Keaton in your shop window for a month,
    Community Sponsor - £250, for a logo in the Festival programme booklet,
    Festival Sponsor - £500, for your logo on promotional material and social media, and,
    Headline Sponsor - £1,000 plus, for a major branding presence across the event and VIP tickets.
    Or you can Donate by Paypal today. Details from Facebook. See Penistone Film Festival or Email.
  • Repairers Wanted - 'Penistone Repair Cafe' is looking for volunteer fixers at St Andrew’s Church to do their thing on the last Saturday of each month (see Regular Events) in a safe manner. Can you repair small household items? If you would like to join, please call Carmen (Penistone Area Team) on 07391 860 553.
  • 'Carer Connect' - Ask questions at BMBC's AI Carer Connect website for carer support solutions.
  • Helping Pensioners and People on Low Incomes - Use 'Pension Credit' (HMG) online form to assess help with living costs, and More Money in your Pocket. Locals can see winter support benefits at BMBC Pension Credit. Barnsley Council has a Cost of Living help and Warm Homes (Fb). Yorkshire Water customers might be eligible for a Social Tariff if earnings and savings fit the requirements. For 'Warm Welcome Spaces' visit the map and search for Penistone. The nearest one shown is Denby Dale library but they might get around to updating it one day.
  • Penistone Traders' Association - Penistone's BMBC-recognised traders' association was launched in July 2023. Local businesses, town centre shops, cafes and market traders are invited to attend monthly meetings and share ideas. See 'Love Penistone Traders Association' on Facebook or ask Karen about it in Cafe Crème.
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  Local Information:
  • Information CentreVisitor 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.
Penistone
  Webstuff:
free counters
Eskia Computers, Spring Vale.
  '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.'