Share your views on Elsecar Heritage Centre

Elsecar Heritage Centre is a hugely important heritage site in Barnsley. We want your views to help shape its future and to make Elsecar a vibrant place for everyone to enjoy. We want to create a long-term plan for Elsecar which recognises its unique history, alongside its place in the community today. 

Elsecar Heritage Centre is made up of old workshops and buildings from the 1800s. These places show the history of ironwork, rail, and coal mining in the area. Today, the site is a thriving visitor attraction, home to many independent businesses. It still houses the Newcomen Beam Engine, one of the oldest steam engines in the world still in its original location. As well as a visitor centre and trails, the historic buildings house a range of independent shops, artists, studios, cafés, a pub and an antiques centre.  

We’re consulting and engaging with lots of different groups to create a new vision for Elsecar. Not just the buildings or certain sections of the heritage centre, but about how the whole Heritage Centre sits alongside the park, village, and nearby heritage sites. We want to create a long-term plan for what is possible, inviting people to help shape its future. 

Fill in our survey

We've created a survey to provide you with an opportunity to offer your views and feedback. We'd love to hear from you and you can complete the survey to let us know your feedback up until Sunday 1 March 2026. 

The survey should take about 5 to 10 minutes to complete. 

You can also complete the survey in-person, with chance to ask questions, at the following sessions: 

  • Tuesday 3 February - 9:30am to 5pm, Hoyland Library 
  • Tuesday 10 February - 10am to 4pm, Elsecar Heritage Centre Visitor Centre 
  • Tuesday 17 February - 10am to 4pm, Elsecar Heritage Centre Visitor Centre 

There will be an un-manned desk with paper copies of the survey at Elsecar’s Visitor Centre from Tuesday 3 February to Tuesday 3 March. This is available during the Visitor Centre’s opening hours which are Monday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.