Penistone

15°CFog

• Today: 21° / 14° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:27

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Devonshire Green, United Kingdom

65 reported · July 2026▲ 59% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences21
• Anti-social behaviour20
• Public order10
• Vehicle crime7

Neighbourhood team: Barnsley West · South Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

399 reported road collisions (2024)

148 killed or seriously injured · 550 casualties · 16.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

87 food businesses within 2 miles

• 78 rated 4–5 ★ (74 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Penistone (0.4 km)
• 40 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£175,733 average▲ 6% YoY

Across Barnsley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Shell (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (11 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Shrewsbury Road Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches19
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Elsecar Heritage Centre celebrates Heritage Open Days· 10 Sept 2026
• Festive Tipi set to bring Christmas Magic to The Glass Works Square· 10 Sept 2026
• Employers invited to help shape digital careers education in Barnsley· 10 Sept 2026
• Council leader announces changes to Cabinet membership· 10 Sept 2026
• More education support for children excluded from school in Barnsley· 9 Sept 2026

Source: Barnsley Council

244,572 residents in Barnsley · 743/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 38 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

22% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (57% of 115,540)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

220 CQC-registered services

• Care homes71
• GP practices36
• Dentists39
• Homecare agencies56
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Barnsley

• In a conservation area (Penistone)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 41 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Dr Marie Tidball

Labour

Penistone and Stocksbridge

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 12
• LD 8
• Ref 41
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

21 jobs advertised · £37,652 avg

e.g. Become a Engineering Tutor in Penistone – Flexible & Remote, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Penistone – Flexible Schedule, Online Engineering Tutoring Job in Penistone – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£742 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,322 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 117,969 certificates

15.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

74% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 57% · Gas 15% · Wind 12% · Imports 12%

126 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.3 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.3 women · 55.2 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Penistone and Stocksbridge:

• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation2,243 local signatures · 22,957 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office376 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s350 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership292 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership241 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Thurlstone · 0.0 km

  Thurlstone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Penistone, in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. Originally it was a small farming community. Some industries devel…

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  Penistone · 0.0 km

  Penistone is a market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 13,270 at the 2021 census. Historically in the ancient Wapentake of Staincross a…

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  Penistone Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Penistone Town Hall is a municipal building in Shrewsury Road in Penistone, a town in South Yorkshire, in England. It serves as the meeting place of Penistone Town Council.

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  Penistone Paramount Cinema · 0.1 km

  The Penistone Paramount Cinema is a community cinema and theatre in Shrewsbury Road in Penistone, near Barnsley, in the heart of the South Yorkshire Pennines. Besides the film releases, there are also live shows and m…

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  Saint John the Baptist Church, Penistone · 0.1 km

  Saint John the Baptist Church, Penistone Parish Church, or Penistone Church is a Church of England church in the Parish of Penistone, near Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. The church is a Grade I listed building…

• Penistone Rural District · 0.2 km

  Penistone Rural District was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was named after but did not contain Penistone. The town itself was contained within the Penistone Urban District.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)