Hiring the facilities
You can make general enquiries either by email or phone.
Please use the form on the contact page to email us.
Document downloads
Please also note that if you are hiring these facilities, you must also read and agree to comply with the Emergency Procedures and the Terms and Conditions of hire before a contract can be issued.
Penistone Town Council offers a range of facilities which are often available for hire. Click the headings below to reveal/hide the details.
Please note that information about facilities run by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is taken directly from their website and although it is correct at the time of writing it is adviseable to check with that site for updates.
St John's Community Centre. The entrance to the Town Clerk's office is on the right.
Situated off Church Street, the Community Centre used to be the old St John's Junior school and is the main building you see when you arrive at the car park. It houses the Council's administrative offices: the Town Clerk, Assistant Clerk and Financial Officer have offices here.
The Community Centre is also a resource for the community and has six rooms available for hire, ranging from the Main Hall at 142m² down to the small Seminar Room at 36m².
The rooms are used frequently for weddings, fairs, society meetings, and as rehearsal rooms for choirs and dancing school.
The premises can be licenced for alcohol sales if required. Please enquire for further details. The centre also has catering facilities including a fully refurbished kitchen.
For more information please download a booking form (left). Please also note that if you are hiring these facilities, you must also read and agree to comply with the Emergency Procedures and the Conditions of hire before a contract can be issued.
All 3 of these documents can be downloaded from the links on the left.
The Resource Centre
The Resource Centre is situated on the same site as the Community Centre and is the modern building below the car park.
During the day, the Resource Centre is used by the SureStart group, but in the evenings two rooms are available for hire.
Penistone Paramount
Penistone Paramount Cinema is part-subsidised by Penistone Town Council. It has proved to be highly successful and popular resource for the community and continues to go from strangth to strength, showing recent films and a wide variety of live performances. It is also the home of the Compton Organ, which holds regular recitals.
Further information can be found at the Penistone Paramount website.
Penistone Town Council owns a small number of plots off Wilson Avenue and also recently signed a 125-year lease with Barnsley Council for further land off Berrywell Avenue.
All allotments are currently allocated but please contact us if you wish to be placed on the waiting list.
The Equipment Bank was set up by the Penistone Round Table with support from the Town Council and funding from EPIP and DEFRA. The equipment is available at low cost to community and charity groups, as well as private, not-for-profit hire across the whole of the Penistone East and West area and surrounding districts.
Portable staging, various sized popup tents, inflatable football challenge, generators, floodlights, tables, chairs, large gas BBQ, water boilers, cooking rings, ropes and stakes, trailer, public address system, a disco set and more is available.
You can download the official information page from the most recent Mayor's Gala programme (please note that the Star Shade mentioned in the document isn't currently available).
Although initiated by the Round Table, booking of the equipment should be made through the Town Council. Please call 01226 370088 for more information.
More can also be found on the Penistone Round Table website.
Household Waste Recycling Centre, Springvale, Penistone, S36 6HH
Also known locally as "The Dumpit", the site is run by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, NOT Penistone Town Council. However, for reference, opening hours are provided below.
Further information along with anything else you need to know about waste and recycling sites and collection in the area can be found on the BMBC website at www.barnsley.gov.uk/household-waste-recycling-centres.
Opening times: 1st APRIL to 30th SEPTEMBER
9.00am to 5.00pm
Opening times: 1st OCTOBER to 31st MARCH
9.00am to 4.00pm
Weekly markets are held on Thursdays and the Penistone Local Food and Farmers' Market is held every 2nd Saturday of the month.
Both are held in the magnificent new award-winning building adjacent to the Tesco car park.
Completed in 2011 and built by Carpenter Oak of Totnes, the market boasts the largest public oak frame in the country. Against strong competition from other projects such as the £15.3 million Sheffield Crucible theatre refurbishment and the new £18 million Sheffield Institute of Translational Neuroscience (SITRaN) building, the market won the South Yorkshire and Humber LABC Building Excellence Awards.
You can read more about the construction of this historic building project on the special page on the Carpenter Oak website.
Stallholders info - Thursday Market
For information about stall availability please call Penistone market office on 01226 370084.
Rates are currently £10 - £15 for the day.
More information about markets including new traders information can be found on the Barnsley MBC website at www.barnsley.gov.uk/markets-stall-rental
Stallholders info - Penistone Local Food and Farmers' Market
Who can be a stall holder?
The criteria for this market is different from the general Thursday market mentioned above.
Stall holders will be local food producers or farmers adding value to their own produce. Local food producers will source as many and as much of their ingredients locally as possible and appropriate to their products.
There are a small number of stalls available for arts and crafts - again these will be made locally and ideally from locally produced or sourced materials.
If you want to take a stall please see the information of the "Take a Stall" page of the page of the Penistone Local Food and Farmers' Market's website.
General site link: www.penistonefarmersmarket.co.uk
Penistone Country Market
The Country Market is held every Thursday, 10.00 am - 12.00 noon in St John's Community Centre.
It sells homemade cakes, savouries, fresh locally produced meals, award winning meats, vegetables, fruits and plants. Also honey, jams, eggs, preserves and pickles. There is also a craft section providing handmade cards, silk painting, jewellery, woodworking, handmade leather goods, locally produced beeswax candles and material crafts.
There is also a cafe, toilet facilities and hamper cna be delivered locally as part of the national scheme provided by Country Markets.
For more information please see the website: http://www.sycountrymarkets.co.uk/market/penistone-country-market/6/
High Street, Penistone Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S36 6BR
Telephone: 01226 762313
There is no dedicated website but there is a page of information available on the Barnsley Council website: www.barnsley.gov.uk/penistone-library
Situated at the top of High Street towards St John's school, the library offers a variety of services including: book displays; CDs; videos; photocopier; information; children's books; study support classes (see below); local history tourist information; local cinema and theatre information; internet access.
Books may be renewed by phone, in person on online. To renew online go www.barnsley.gov.uk/libraries-online-catalogue and click the My Account link halfway down the page. You will need the numerical barcode for your account found on your library card.
Readers' Group, Story & Rhyme, Study Support, Camera Club
A thriving Reader's Group meets at the Library, and a Story and Rhyme session is held for parents and carers with babies and toddlers.
A Writer's Workshop meets every other week on Thursday evening during the Winter.
Study Support sessions take place where young people can do homework, enjoy arts and crafts, educational games and have access to computers and the internet.
Penistone Camera Club has a permanent display in the library and new additions to stock are also on display. A hearing loop is available.
Local History
Also available is the Dransfield Collection of local history material which includes almanacs, parish magazines and graveyard inscriptions, the Biltcliffe Collection of local photographs and Dransfield's own annotated copy of his "A History of the Parish of Penistone" book along with his original scrapbooks.
Internet access
Public internet access PCs are available in Pensitone library (and all Barnsley libraries) via a high speed broadband network. Members of the public are also able to access web mail, Microsoft Office packages, scanners and printing facilities. Sessions are available for a maximum of two hours per person per day and the last session ends 15 minutes before the library closes.
Please contact Penistone Library to confirm times of classes, groups etc.
Free Online Reference Resource
Barnsley Libraries provides free Online Reference Resources for adults and children. You can read more at http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/libraries-online-information-resources
Mi Card
Mi cards can be obtained from the Penistone Library. Please ring beforehand to find out what information you will need to supply; a photo can be taken by library staff.
What is the Mi card?
The Mi Card is a scheme for under-18s living in Barnsley, allowing free bus travel within the borough providing your journey starts AND ends in Barnsley; you can also benefit from this scheme when travelling by rail. Although the Mi Card does not allow free travel on trains you will however receive a reduction in your ticket fare. The Mi Card can also be used as a library card. For more information please see www.barnsley.gov.uk/mi-card
Penistone Library Opening Times
Please check with the library for days of opening during holiday periods such as banks holidays or see the library news on the Barnsley Council website at www.barnsley.gov.uk/gis/librarieslatestnews
| Day | Opening Times |
| Monday | 10.00am- 12.00pm then 1.30pm - 7.00pm |
| Tuesday | 10.00am - 5.00pm |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 10.00am - 7.00pm |
| Friday | 10.00am - 7.00pm |
| Saturday | 9.30am - 12.30pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
Study support sessions
| Day | Opening Times |
| Mondays and Thursdays | 3.30pm - 6.45pm |
Mobile library
Barnsley Library Service currently has two mobile library vehicles in operation serving areas of the borough that are more than a mile from a static library. They also serve a large number of schools and nurseries.
The vehicles have access for wheelchairs and operate to a specific timetable, visiting locations around Barnsley either weekly or fortnightly.
Each vehicle has a stock of approximately 3,000 items including books and a small selection of DVDs.
The mobile library vehicles also have computer equipment with access to the internet and Microsoft Office packages.
For more information on mobile library routes, please telephone Penistone Library on 01226 762313.