Index of Topics
To sections on this page.
The Picture - Just a distant view of the Emley Moor mast as seen in 2008 from Royd Moor, not clickable. It is always good to see the tower when returning from afar.
Link Categories
The main purpose of this page with some good, useful or just interesting links for: personal homepages, businesses, shops, clubs, charities, societies, sports, political parties, pubs, eateries, entertainments and w.h.y. All are likely to be suitable for family viewing but please bear in mind that this website has no control over any of the websites linked to and is not responsible for their content. Enjoy!
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- The 'back arrow' on each Links page will return to this page. - Returns to the top of each page.
Quick Links
Local Facebook Groups:
Why do Facebook? Well, it is very useful is when your parcel has been delivered to some random local address and you don't know where. You share the photo on a community group and somebody will usually recognise the place. All good, clean fun by the deliverer. Good for local events. Also useful for lost cats (yawn) or local crimes where they will share registratios and doorcam CCTV of the crims. There is a lot of CCTV in our area.
Penistone District on Facebook:Local Selling:
Travel
Community Bus Services - Details and timetables on South Pennines Community Transport (check there for updates).
Concessionary passes are valid all journeys. For more information, call (mobile) 07593 852 259 or Email: southpenninect@virginmedia.com.
Penistone Line Timetable
The railway timetable is updated each year in May. Most Huddersfield trains leave Penistone at 19mins past the hour and most Sheffield trains leave about 20mins to the hour (strikes permitting), but always check first. Before going on the train, you must have a ticket or a 'Promise to Pay' chit from the platform machine. Download Timetable.
Local Taxis
Recommended on Facebook in March 2025 for airport journeys:
Current in 2024:
Older listings which might not be still active.
See Cyclex Listing and check the Yell Reviews for service feedback. The Penistone dialing code is 01226.
Highway Cameras and Reports
All Kinds of Links
Just a mish-mash out of interest.
Football Teams (Links updated in 2020)
Cricket Clubs
Nature and the Environment
All Kinds of Maps (JB loves maps)
Satellite Views
Miscellaneous
Further Reading:
Official Links Doctors' Surgeries
Visit their websites to see the opening hours.
Kingswell Surgery, Shrewsbury Road - Reception: 01226 765 300, Kingswell.
Penistone Group Practice, High Street - Reception 01226 762 424, Penistone Group Practice.
Penistone Library (Times current Summer of 2022):
High Street, Penistone, next door to St Andrew's church. BMBC Penistone Library, telephone 762313
Opens - 9am each day except Saturday 9.30am, closed on Sunday.
Closes - Mon 6pm; Tues/Fri 5pm; Weds/Sat at noon; Late finish Thurs 7pm.
Sometimes closes for a lunch hour.
Penistone Markets
Open 8.30am to 2pm, Market Barn, Penistone town centre.
The main Market Day is Thursday. Also a smaller Saturday Market.
Parking at the Tesco car park is limited to two hours in the main part and three hours in the section near The Loft coffee bar.
Some further parking might be available at the Town Hall car park if there are no performances at the time.
Penistone Banking Hub - What are Banking Hubs? These are dedicated places where communities can access everyday personal and business banking services, such as withdrawing and depositing cash easily or paying in cheques over the counter. They’re also somewhere to speak in person with your bank's local community representative who will be on site for a specific day each week to help with more complicated transactions such as mortgages, loans and pensions and can offer debt advice and help with fraud prevention on their dedicated day. Owned by Cash Access UK, funded by the banks and run by the Post Office, they're a way of bringing back banking to the people and areas that need it.
Facilities for other banks available, as with the PO, Eg. deposit or withdraw cash free of charge. The withdrawal and deposit limits are set by your own bank. If you need these raised, talk to your bank on their day at the Hub. Representatives from Cash Access UK on hand to explain the facilities. Our town needs this facility but the public must support it - 'Use it or lose it.'
Penistone opening hours 9am to 5pm, weekdays (Penistone Banking Hub), Resource Centre, bottom of the Community Centre car park. Customers can privately talk to bank people in a soundproof pod room. Bank reps are in rotation, subject to change:
Alternatively, Post Offices also accept cash deposits using Debit Cards for most High Street Banks and some Online Banks. Cash withdrawals are free from Post Office branches, when using a Debit Card. For Businesses that need loose change, talk to your bank and request to access the Post Office change giving service. Stocksbridge, Wortley, Oxspring, Penistone and High Green Post Offices can all offer these basic services. The national Post Office has announced that cheques will not be accepted from the end of 2025.
Bank Fraud Hotline
Dial 159 to quickly cancel cards.
Scam Emails
Forward them to the Government's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) for automatic processing: report@phishing.gov.uk
Royal Mail Problems
If your mail habitually goes to the wrong address or you often receive someone else's mail, contact Royal Mail Customer Services on 03457 777 888 or 0345 774 0740, for it to be officially logged.
South Yorks Police
Call 999 for crimes in progress and other emergencies. For non-emergencies, they say to call 101 but that does not often work ('Should I call 101') as it goes to the same control room as the 999 calls but they are often busy and have to prioritise the calls. We can also report crimes via the SY Police website but they often muck about with website addresses, so there might be some linkrot below.
Perhaps the best way to contact the Police (in non-urgent matters) is to email them with clear details, pictures, etc. and it gives you time to collect your thoughts together and explain things without wasting anybody's time. Consider these elements: who, what, why, when and where.
British Transport Police
Penistone Railway Station is a magnet for anti-social youth crime and vandalism which wearies the more responsible traveller and costs money to police or repair. The station is covered by CCTV.
Call 999 for or if:
Call 0800 40 50 40 or text 61016 for non-emergency enquiries.
See British Transport Police.
Penistone Crime Watch
A Facebook group set up by Mick Boaler, reporting on local crime. Crime Watch Penistone. On the same topic, David Wood is asking people to do a 'Crime and Policing Survey.'
An error in Section 17 allows only one choice instead of three.
Penistone Fire and Rescue
Spring Vale Depot. Call 01142 532 505.
Penistone Fire and Rescue
Help for People
Report Fly Tipping
At BMBC or call 101. If possible, get details, number plates, times, locations, etc.
Public Defibrillators
Call 999 and give location for access code to open the box, read instructions inside. See First Responders (on Facebook). Local defibrillators can be found at:
Clark's Chemist; Penistone Community Centre; Penistone Tesco; Spring Vale Church; St Aidan's Church Oxspring; Whitby and Chandler Spring Vale; Penistone Leisure Centre; Millhouse Institute; Thurgoland Village Hall; Station Inn Silkstone Common; Ingbirchworth; Thurlstone; Upper Denby phone box and Hoylandswaine Village Hall.
Winter Disruptions
Check Barnsley Borough Waste Disruptions and Road Gritting (save these links).
Report a Pothole
For drivers in the Barnsley Borough, if you encounter a hole in the road, there's a form to fill in:
Pothole Form (Pdf on the BMBC website) or try this one: Report a Pothole.
Pothole Claims for Damage
Given the deteriorating state of local roads, drivers whose vehicles have been damaged because of potholes can claim from BMBC insurers. See also Moneysupermarket.
Report Companies You Can't Reach
Martin Lewis (Moneysaving Expert)
is asking people to report those companies and organisations that you can never get through to on the phone, such as banks and utilities, presumably to gain enough evidence to build a campaign. Report Them.
These days, everything is for 'their' convenience, never ours.
Upon Bereavement
You still need to look into: banks, Insurance, supply companies (Gas, Electric, etc.), personal pensions, property owners (rents), mortgage suppliers, probate, etc. More details on the links above.
Lisa Grossman: "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
