Barnsley

Properties and events in Barnsley

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Barnsley Main Colliery Site Heritage Open Day

Oaks Lane, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 1HS
In person
Pre-booking not required

Barnsley Main Heritage Group volunteers will be on site with informative and interesting walks, talks and artefacts related to the site and local coal mining history. Visit our on-site pop-up-museum, read numerous information boards.

Barnsley Main Heritage Site

Oaks Lane, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 1HS
In person
Pre-booking not required

Barnsley Main Heritage Group volunteers will be on site with informative and interesting walks, talks and artefacts related to the site and local coal mining history. Visit our on-site pop-up-museum, read numerous information boards.

Bullhouse Chapel

Bullhouse Lane, Millhouse Green, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S36 9NF
In person
Pre-booking preferred

This simple chapel that has met for independent Christian worship since 1692

Hemingfield Colliery Open Days, Exhibition and Tours

Hemingfield Colliery, Wath Road/Pit Row, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 0NX
In person
Pre-booking not required

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.

How to Build a Cemetery

Wombwell Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 8HY
In person
Pre-booking not required

How do you build a cemetery? We'll show you the step-by-step journey of how Wombwell Cemetery came to be, including the acquisition of the land, the construction of the gothic chapels, the patchwork of extensions, and the recent conservation efforts.

Newcastle upon Tyne - Quaker Meeting House

Quaker Meeting House, West Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE3 4ES
In person
Pre-booking not required

An opportunity to discover the Quaker Meeting House and its gardens in a different light. Refreshments, informal tours, talks and a display.

Only 1 of 3 built in the UK! St Michael And All Angels Church, Great Houghton!

St.Michael And All Angels Church, Church Street, Great Houghton, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S720BL
In person
Pre-booking not required

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, Dearne Valley Heritage Exhibition and Talk Series

Old Moor Lane, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 0YF
In person
Pre-booking required

Exhibitions and talks by RSPB Old Moor, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Doncaster Archives , Friends of Hemingfield Colliery and football historian Chris Brook. All talks are 'book in advance'. All events take place in the RSPB Old Moor Activity Centre.

St Leonard's Church Wortley

St Leonard's Church, Wortley Village, Halifax Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S35 7DB
In person
Pre-booking not required

Explore the church and churchyard. The church dates from 1753 and contains monuments and memorials to the Wortley family (the Earls of Wharncliffe). The church tower will be open for guided tours to see the bells and a demonstration of bell ringing.

Worsbrough Local History Days

Park Road, Worsbrough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 5LJ
In person
Pre-booking not required

Two-day history event celebrating Worsbrough's wonderful architecture and the rich industrial and social heritage. There will be several exhibitions and family friendly activities as well as guided tours of the Mill building.