Barnsley
Properties and events in Barnsley
Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries for last-minute changes.
'Creative Business Women of Darfield'
A delve into three well known women in Darfield who had a big impact on the local area.
Did any of your family mine in any of the collieries linked to the Oaks?
Come and check out the site of Barnsley Main Colliery and have a look in the museum on site. Mining artefacts, items found on site and historical information about the area's mining past can all be viewed.
Hemingfield Colliery Open Days, Exhibition and Tours
Visit this surviving Victorian colliery site. Sunk for Earl Fitzwilliam in the 1840s as Elsecar Low pit, working the Barnsley seam until 1920 when it was converted into a pumping station and survived the closure of the industry. Run by volunteers.
Hoylandswaine Nail Forge
Discover the history of nail making in Hoylandswaine at the last working nail forge and the only nail forge in Britain with its original hearth and chimney.
Lives Behind the Counters - Friends of Wombwell Cemetery
Once home to familiar faces like Mrs Bellamy and Mr Bailey, the High Street bustled with local shops at the heart of daily life. We’re bringing those stories back through displays celebrating the people and places that made Wombwell special.
Only 1 of 3 built in the UK! St Michael And All Angels Church, Great Houghton!
Explore a GradeII Listed church building. St.Michaels is only 1 of 3 Churches built in the Cromwellian era, with Jacobean Style Shelving, Choir Stalls by Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson, Stain Glass Window by William Thomas Camm. Come see the architecture.
RSPB Old Moor & Elsecar Heritage Centre Joint Heritage Exhibitions, Talks and Performance Series
A Series of six free Exhibitions at RSPB Old Moor. No booking required. Exhibitions are complimented with a series of talks and performances held at nearby Elsecar Heritage Centre and Hemingfield Colliery. See Elsecar & Hemingfield .
Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Goldthorpe
A great opportunity to explore one of South Yorkshire's most remarkable and unexpected Churches.
Working histories at Wentworth Castle Gardens
Explore glorious gardens, woodland and parkland, alongside some fascinating monuments and a Victorian Conservatory. There will be special events on during the Heritage Open Days festival, exploring working histories of the estate.