Heritage Open Days in Barnsley, 2025

Heritage Open Days started in 1994 and this year there are over 10 free events taking place across Barnsley.

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A large window with blue-green trim displays various items inside the Maurice Dobson Museum & Heritage Centre, which is identified by a sign above the window. Posters and decorations are visible behind the glass.

Maurice Dobson Museum & Heritage Centre (13, 17, 20 Sept)

A brick industrial building with a tall metal mining tower stands on a grassy field, surrounded by trees under a cloudy sky.

Barnsley Main Heritage site (18 Sept)

A historic stone building with arched windows, a pitched roof, and a central entrance with a white door. A paved path curves in front, with green grass and trees in the background.

Bullhouse Chapel (13, 14, 17, 20, 21 Sept)

Friends of Hemingfield Colliery (13,14,20,21 Sept)

Friends of Wombwell Cemetery (18, 19, 20 Sept)

Hoylandswaine Nail Forge (20 Sept)

A small stone church with a stepped roofline and bellcote, surrounded by a low stone wall and greenery, under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

St Michael And All Angels Church, Great Houghton (13 Sept)

A historic theater building with posters and Union Jack flags on the exterior, steps leading to the entrance, a black trash bin, and a flower planter in the foreground. Trees and a parked car are visible to the left.

Penistone Paramount Cinema (13, 14 Sept)

Four people with backpacks walk along a grassy path beside a flooded river. One person takes a photo, while a sign partially submerged in water reads "DO NOT WALK" with an industrial building visible in the distance.

RSPB Old Moor (12-21 Sept)

A stone church with a square clock tower and arched windows stands under a clear blue sky, surrounded by grass, trees, and a pathway.

St Leonard's Church Wortley (17, 20 Sept)

Event poster for “Designs of our past shaping our future,” held Saturday 13 to Sunday 14 September, 10am–2pm. Includes info about Worsbrough’s social, industrial, and architectural heritage. Background: stone buildings, greenery, blue sky.

Worsbrough Mill (13, 14 Sept)