BARNSLEY Town Centre at Christmas

A walk through Barnsley Town Centre at Christmas. come with us as we explore Barnsley and check out what it's like at Christmas time from the Glass Works shops to the Town Hall. Barnsley is a town near Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. Let's see what's here.
Our Barnsley tour starts close to the railway station at Glassworks, a new retail and leisure development that makes the town centre look more modern than it used to. In the middle of it all is Fountain Green, surrounded by bars, restaurants and a cinema for everyone to enjoy.
Visit Barnsley and you'll get a friendly welcome. The people here are lovely and there's plenty to explore, and lots of Christmas shopping to do so expect a nice day out, good food and drink and things to do.
As a tourist destination or for shopping at Christmas it's worth a trip for sure and you're not far from other places like Sheffield and Rotherham too if you fancy going further afield.
So enjoy this video of Barnsley at Christmas and let me know what you think in the comments section!
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[@suzannesims7198]

I have visited Barnsley a few times. It's a lovely place to visit, certainly looks fresh and clean. I love the pavements, it feels refreshing, a mixture of old and new. Feels like a calming place. Definitely worth a visit.

[@benbeck1]

Barnsley looks like it's had lots of investment, the difference between Barnsley town centre and Rotherham town centre is like chalk and cheese. Thanks for another excellent upload.

[@leer798]

My hometown . We’ve taken a long time to recover from the pit closures and some areas still struggle , but we’re getting there and town centre has come on a treat.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Deffo!!

[@Apathy.Apathy.]

Good for you guys. It’s always nice to see these post-industrial towns and cities make a comeback from Thatcherism.

[@Thomas.wms1]

The new area looks great! Thanks for braving the elements!

[@sarribel]

Trees, grass, benches, a fountain....they do enlighten people's lives, don't they?

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Definitely - the simple things make the biggest impacts

[@mihaillupu4967]

Used to live there for 5 years before I moved to Blackpool in 2020, I can’t believe how much they change it, well done!

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Looking great isn’t it

[@janeworrall3694]

I like the mixture of the modern and spacious, and the older arcade. A good variety of shops and market stalls. I’ve never been to Barnsley so didn’t know what to expect.

[@michaelfirth1075]

Barnsley looks great, they have done a fantastic job in the centre.😊

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Agreed

[@katiebice3905]

Barnsley is close to Cannon Hall Farms! I love their videos and all the doings on the farm. The animals, the grazing land, the RESTAURANT & farm shop. They show a lot of real good food.

[@IvoryWhites]

Barnsley & Rotherham I'd ever heard of either. Barnsley has had alot of investment & new Shopping Malls & seems to have an abundance of Retailers! Looks like you need a few days to have a good look around Barnsley. The massive indoor Market looks amazing & a rarity! You don't see many indoor Markets as big as that nowadays! What a difference from 2021 too Neil the last time you visited. You must of been pleased with all the improvements that have been made within the year!

[@quickclipsbyjmj]

Barnsley is my home town and looks at least 100% better than it did before The Glassworks was completed. The group of statues, by Barnsley sculptor Graham Ibbeson, was built to commemorate those affected by Covid. The small sculpture by the Alhambra entrance was of Billy Casper, by Graham Ibbeson, in the film Kes. Sad to see the Peel Square underground toilets have been covered over. They still had the original Victorian fittings. As you reached the top of George Yard, the Old George was formally the VERY exclusive cafe behind the international fashion house Pollyanna. Had you walked further along Hanson Street, you would have come to Mandela Gardens. Up Market Street, beyond the 'Portland stone' town hall with its fossils in the stone work and the tarn's museum, you would have reached the Cooper Art gallery and St. Mary's Church. Behind the church is the Cricket umpire Dicky Bird's statue and, across from the Barnsley Chronicle offices, one of two coal mining statues; the other, at the corner of Victoria Road and Huddersfield Road, outside of the NUM building and miners' hall. Down to the left, is Old Mill Lane. Just beyond Barnsley College, on the right, is the Quentin Blake sculpture. He did the illustrations for Roald Dahl's books.

[@thechatterguys]

My own town, great video, nice to see all the positive comments, they have done a great job. Must go back soon to see the shops that have since opened from when I last visited. Thanks!

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you so much

[@quickclipsbyjmj]

The museum, in the Town Hall, is well worth a visit too.

[@burningsoul1365]

i come to barnsley regulary it puts my home town sheffield to shame ,the markets are brill.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

👍👍👍

[@kathleencook4674]

I haven't been to Barnsley for years, it's changed a lot since I was there last, I absolutely love it there and intend to go back soon, I love the market it's amazing and the people are so friendly unlike where I live

[@sandradowling4605]

I just love the Yorkshire accent...it melts me haha

[@GimbalWalkTV]

🤣🤣🤣

[@th723]

Always loved Barnsley my Dads home town, they have done a decent job with the development, much better than where I live.

[@chelmerkid]

I used to live and work (Ketch Couplings) in Barnsley in the 80s. It's virtually unrecognisable now!

[@bexhil7]

Another great & fantastic video of BARNSLEY Town Centre at Christmas my friend who i was i worket with at boots use to do Mr Stan Richards garden for him when he was living in Barnsley!.❤❤🧡🧡💚💚💜💜

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Amazing! I loved him

[@janepennock6933]

OMG last time we went to Barnsley was about 15 years ago and i didnt think much of it, the indoor market was about the best thing there but have to say it has completely changed. Looks very clean & tidy with every shop you could need in a town centre. We are going to Doncaster tomorrow for some shopping but think we need to give Barnsley another visit in the New year. Thanks for a great video❤

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thanks Jane I was so impressed with how Barnsley has improved

[@ItsMeOrion]

its not good its got worse

[@joyayton5137]

I was in Barnsley 2019, it certainly looks fresh and clean with plenty do.

[@karenwinstanley3852]

My home Tarn, Born n Bred here ,beautiful Video, thanks for showing Xxx 💕💕

[@GimbalWalkTV]

You’re welcome

[@brianbates4514]

Fabulous video the town looks great! Thanks Neil 👍

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thanks Brian!

[@joyayton5137]

Last time I was in Barnsley was 2019, I'm from western Australia. Hope to visit next Christmas

[@elainehowell2836]

It looks nice and Christmas but very quiet place to walk round but nothing looks like much of Christmas only in the shops nice and chilly day hot drink and very big shopping centre

[@AlexWilliams-qf3rp]

Marks and Spencer reminds me of AYBS, British comedy. They often spoke about going to work there instead of Grace brothers..lol. Barnsley also is mentioned quite often in Last of the summer wine show...lol😅😅😅

[@robertairey628]

Improved a lot. Used to look like Beirut on a bad day.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

😮😮😮🤣🤣🤣

[@gama3302]

When I think of Barnsley I think of Kes, one of my favourite films.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Yeah same!

[@quickclipsbyjmj]

Just to the left of the entrance to the Alhambra shopping centre is the Billy Casper sculpture. Modelled on local actor Dai Bradley, who played Billy, the is captured kneeling and has Kes perched on his hand. The sculptor is local man Graham Ibbeson. Graham also created the Covid memorial sculpture you see at the start of the video.

[@sianashley-tait7496]

I haven't been to Barnsley for a few years but I think it's worth another visit now with all the new redevelopments I live in Wakefield not too far away from here

[@jameskeeley4307]

Another great film Neil, many thanks for sharing. I'm originally from Rotherham but spent a couple of happy years in Barnsley. Friendly people. A good night out doing the pub circuit too! I left just as they had started on the markets. Definitely a big improvement although a tad too stark in places?? A couple of comments below mention this and I tend to agree. Large swathes of grey blockwork and strange little raise curbs etc. (seem like a trip hazzard to me). Definitely could do with a bit more greenery! That said, I love Barnsley and the surrounding villages and I'm definitely going to go back for a mooch around sometime. A better mix of shops large and small. How long will the latter last? Let's see. Cheers

[@CountryHideaways-bw5hc]

Went to school in Barnsley in the 60's, some things have changed others just the same, lovely to see. By the way, Brian Glover was my math's teacher!

[@richardupton3323]

was he as vicious as the pe teacher in kes.

[@CountryHideaways-bw5hc]

No he was lovely to have as a teacher, very approachable@@richardupton3323

[@JakiBassett-yl3cq]

Brian Glover taught English at Longcar school

[@CountryHideaways-bw5hc]

Was I mistaken, I thought he taught us Maths. When were you at the school?

[@Dan-zb7vn]

Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred strong in arm and weak in head 😂😂😂 Best bit of Barnsley is the road out of the cesspit and never look back.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

😮😮😮😮🤣

[@64mickh]

To each, their own. I’m sure that wherever you ended up is improved by your presence

[@Dan-zb7vn]

@@64mickh How's life in Yorkshire

[@darrenreynolds9462]

Thanks for another great video Neil. Barnsley certainly looks so much better than Rotherham Town centre, I know they have put in an awful lot of investment into improving the town, I must pay a visit soon. 👍🏻

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Looking lots better now isn’t itn

[@AlexWilliams-qf3rp]

Is Barnsley close to Holmfirth where summer wine was filmed. Looks lovely, yes I'd like visit both places. Your videos are always a fun experience. Thanks for sharing

[@quickclipsbyjmj]

Barnsley Market is in the history books as being one of the oldest to receive a Royal charter. It dates back to 1240

[@rachelsylvester1525]

Thanks for another great video - this time of my home town! The statue at the beginning of the video in the Glassworks area is to commemorate the Covid pandemic. The statue near the Alhambra Centre is for Kes.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you Rachel Town's looking way better these days!

[@rachelsylvester1525]

@@GimbalWalkTV There’s more green space planned and a bridge over the train track.

[@zocco15az]

Very impressive see a lot money been spent love the floor tiles everywhere you didn't mention Dickie Bird or Michael Parkinson shame on you.😄

[@GimbalWalkTV]

I did in the last Barnsley video so thought I’d mix it up a bit 🤣

[@user-ql5dn9ir6x]

My Home TownbutI left it in 1962 so now I hardly recognise it . Than k you .

[@christopherwithers999]

christmas has changed a lot since i was a kid i remember when almost every shop decorated their windows it was really like christmas but now it is not as magical only a few cities in the north really make the effort but when the cities are run by useless politicians now who cannot manage a sandwich shop then you get a grinch christmas because they have pocketed all the money or squandered it

[@alanliptrot]

Dogmeat Dave's Bag is set in Barnsley.

[@diannestenton722]

I live in Barnsley about 7 miles away palace called royston

[@somattalistenta]

No, I was hoping it would be more like beautiful York.

[@christinesmylie7059]

A vast concrete jungle for sure, with scant regard for greenery in the form of trees, plants, flower beds and flower boxes. Nothing individual about it or the characterless buildings....it could be any modern town anywhere in the world really. Even the Christmas tree was a triangle of modernism. Alas it’s not the sort of town I would want to visit. Too modern. Too angular. Too stark. Too many chain stores. Not much individualism anywhere. Thank you for letting us have a look at it all.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thanks Christine!

[@seanmurphy6955]

my hometown but to many barnsley ppl living on streets it should never come to this its a shame

[@jamesparkerone]

Did anybody ask ya for 10 Bob for phone? 😆 🤣 New tarn is shit hot. Be good when that walk bridge is done. I'm sick of walking allway around bus station every time

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Yeah it's really good in that part of town now Loads better isnt it!

[@jamesparkerone]

@@GimbalWalkTV 100%

[@YorkshireDroneFlyer]

Tha noz

[@GimbalWalkTV]

❤️❤️

[@karenwinstanley3852]

Up near Alhambra entrance is a statue of Billy arta Kes did you see it Xxx 😀

[@GimbalWalkTV]

I saw a statue but wasn’t sure what it was. Thank you

[@Ethercon-269]

hey im in this video lmao

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Ha ha awesome! Good to see you 🤣👋

[@pagrant]

Only been to Barnsley twice

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Lots better now!

[@banglarkotha2474]

Dear fst love from🍉🍉🇧🇩

[@GimbalWalkTV]

❤️

[@somattalistenta]

I'm afraid I dislike modern buildings anywhere in the UK, I'm a big fan of ancient architecture.

[@joline2730]

Call me a skeptic, but ... ... I think I see beyond what they are doing here. I have been to places that have 'Indoor' and an 'Outdoor' shopping areas and they really cause a divide. The mall owners (conglomerates like Norwich Union who used to own the mall in Ilford, Essex) charge, at first, low rents to get the well known larger shops to take leases, then once they become popular the rents go up. The smaller shops outside are literally 'left out in the cold'. When the rents (and I have seen all this happen over the years, by the way) get too high and leases run out, a lot of the shops close down. Of course, at present there is a concerted effort to make town centres and cities very attractive because they are going to charge you to enter these areas under the "ULEZ" banner. I think smaller hubs of small individual shops will start to open once these charges come in, outside of these central locations. I for one simply cannot afford to pay to go to the shops. Thanks for taking us around the area in Barnsley as I have never been there (and now not likely to go any time soon !!). Keep em coming Mr Walk 🚶 🎄🇬🇧🎄🇬🇧🎄🇬🇧🎄 ☃️🇬🇧☃️

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you! I really hope we see independent shops making a huge comeback and taking over

[@somattalistenta]

Not many people, is it a Sunday?

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Midweek

[@arthurstoyles7077]

I see tha’s found another ginnel. Alley to non Yorkshire folk.

[@somattalistenta]

Nice to see that Barnsley doesn't have the ugly yellow zig zig lines all along the curbs, like some other cities.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Good point - hadnt' noticed that

[@christopherwithers999]

do you use public transport or other methods of transport to travel this is not a climate change question lol

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Just my car really mate 👍