Is Barnsley good or rubbish?

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Today's video is from the Exploring Britain series and features the brilliant Ed Chapman looking round Barnsley. We found lots of nice things to do, but the highlight was visiting one of the few parkour gyms in the UK, Nova City.
Thanks to Nova City for letting us film there: www.novacityce...
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[@EdChapman23]

Thank you for having me Mr Knox, great day out!

[@RobbieKnox]

I hope you're using your keyring.

[@jonathanburton1259]

Met you in barnsley last week near the town hall, great set of lads and willing to give you a couple of mins to have a chin wag. Keep it up lads

[@djblairmix]

Ed and Robbie in the same video. The dogs bollox guys. Well done

[@harryhairo7272]

Just wanted to say your inaccurate representation of the beef pasty was cruel and unfair. It being done by either robbie (editing) or yourself, it was not right. You clearly ate the corner of the pasty where the pastry is crimped and you described it as "all pasty". What did you expect? I didn't expect this from you at all, its clearly anti Barnsley propaganda. We can all see through your agenda and its obvious.

[@meatballburton4828]

I came for Ed

[@thestanleys2674]

Glad you enjoyed my home town. It's a real gem that surprises a lot of people. The council have done a great job at redeveloping the area. Great video!

[@RobbieKnox]

I really liked it. Well done Barnsley council!

[@AdrianXIX99]

Except all the crackheads walking around and the accent

[@TheFrontmanFan]

It's also my hometown too

[@Mayaman67]

You pretty nice. Who would have thunk it?

[@TPD]

BAAAAARNSLEY!

[@AdventureToArms]

Oh wow! the festival Legends themselves! we love Robbie dont we? ❤

[@barnsleymat]

My dream is to get the TPD gang to come to Barnsley Live. 28 venues, 200 bands, all free entry, all day, all pissed.

[@RobbieKnox]

Baaaaaaaaaaaaarnsley.

[@NevermindMatt]

@@barnsleymatbacked this so hard!

[@barnsleymat]

@@NevermindMatt I need to see Rob puking up behind Bramahs, Mary staggering round Arcade lost and Jake showering in the town hall fountains.

[@Jabbykins]

You guys should have tried going to the Retrodome. Its an old school retro arcade with a bar. They have pong, pool, playstations, air hockey, pinball and even a VR room. The staff are really nice lads and it's a great place to have a few beers and have a good laugh with friends or family. My favourite place in Barnsley by far!

[@XennialTV]

oooh I remember looking that up ages ago and was going to go but forgot but now you reminded me.

[@Jabbykins]

@@XennialTV Can't recommend it enough! You should definitely go and check it out

[@TheFrontmanFan]

Tbh retro dome is expensive.

[@DH-1992]

KES was filmed in Barnsley. It’s based on the novel A Kestrel for a Knave by author Barry Hines, who is also from Barnsley

[@RobbieKnox]

You are better at summarising than Ed.

[@AshleySmith-zz6nx]

Lived in Barnsley all my life. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else now. Glad you enjoyed it here us Barnsley folk are so down to earth and welcoming. It’s nice to put Barnsley on the map for the good reasons

[@aroundthegrounds1]

The coal mining museum is in Wakefield on the outskirts and it’s well worth a visit you can actually go down into one of the shafts.Top video gents

[@wdawsy]

I can’t believe how surprised I was to see you in my home town! Glad you enjoyed here, it’s definitely nicer than it used to be in the town centre. I’ve missed my opportunity to buy you a pint!

[@RobbieKnox]

Next time!

[@jonjohnson2844]

Not long after the sculpture was installed a lad climbed it on a Saturday night, the police coaxed him down and he apologised saying, "sorry guys I've had loads of cocaine tonight".

[@RobbieKnox]

What a heartwarming tale.

[@burningsoul1365]

ive lived all my life in sheffield,gone downhill quiet fast, icome to barnsley quiet a lot, the pubs in centre are better than any in south yorks.

[@brandonm8901]

Nice to see this national hidden gem spending time with Robbie in Barnsley

[@Big_Trotsky]

Really nice seeing you walk round my home town. Barnsley has been on the up for years after a few rough decades. Great place to live although it can take people who aren't from round here a while to get used to how honest/blunt we can be with people! Cheers lads👌

[@weejackrussell]

Glad they were pleasantly surprised at Barnsley town centre. It's a lovely little town particularly now they have done all that work in the town centre. It's a pleasant place to shop. There is an interesting museum in the town hall, and a tiny gem of an art gallery just up the road from it, in fact opposite the churchyard where they went. There has been a market in Barnsley since at least 1249. There are several good cafes and the town centre is very easy to reach from both the train and bus station which are close to the market hall.

[@Joshy_Boyy]

You visited my hometown! Can't believe it i listen to happy hour all the time! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@RobbieKnox]

I did enjoy it!

[@DJPeeler]

Robbie coming thru with the jungle music transition early doors 🔥

[@RobbieKnox]

Jungle is massive.

[@barnsleymat]

Glad you enjoyed our wonderful town

[@RobbieKnox]

It was great!

[@poppynicholson]

Can’t believe you didn’t go to Cannon Hall Farm!

[@gardiner833]

Never would of thought from listening to you for many years on Happy hour to you visiting my home town

[@Mandy-nw6dv]

What a brilliant guest 👏 thank you. I do follow him. Love his dry humour reminds me of myself 😅

[@slashloveruk]

Ed and Robbie, the collab I didn't know I neede.

[@RobbieKnox]

Hope it didn't disappoint.

[@gingerelvis]

Barnsley is much nicer than I expected, very city like for a town. Although as a Cornishman it gets marked down for that "pasty"

[@joshuamurphy1406]

Love this! Thanks for coming to the best ‘tarn’ on earth. You should come back for a pint in Spiral City and Bar Raul

[@RobbieKnox]

I want to eat more stuff from the market.

[@joshuamurphy1406]

@@RobbieKnox some of the best pork pies and sausage rolls you’ll ever taste 😙 👌🏼

[@natelo952]

​@@joshuamurphy1406Especially Percy turners pork pies 😋

[@waynebolton1723]

Absolutely buzzing to see you in my town, Robbie. My only regret is not seeing you to buy you a pint.

[@RobbieKnox]

Next time Wayne!

[@gaynorevans2644]

Great video.. my husband was a miner. There is a great museum and mine experience at The Heritage Park, Porth, Rhondda if your looking to get into mining a little bit more. Our daughter was a strick baby, born 1984 👍👍

[@WeFade2Grey]

Big Ed fan and just discovered your channel great content.

[@RobbieKnox]

Aw, thanks! You’re very kind.

[@Platinuments]

Barnsley looks remarkably charming to be fair. Wouldn't mind living there by the sounds of it! Live in a village currently, surrounded by beautiful scenery. But its difficult sometimes to get things to and from our property. I do miss the city life sometimes. Barnsley seems to have found a wonderful balance without sacrificing space, efficiency and it has shops not empty storefronts!? Most impressive. Not as impressive as the town hall though! Great grockling lads. I'm an old soul for eadly 30's, but this just feels wholesome and grounded. Needed that!

[@Jaya365]

It has. A lot of people have your idea. We've had a massive influx of people in the past 10 years due to cheap property, lots of development and good motorway links. Public transport could be better. Some of the villages are ace but in danger of becoming too big at the cost of greenspace

[@AdventureToArms]

Robbie Knox + parkour gym? That's my dinner time spent VERY entertained! thanks robbie!

[@RobbieKnox]

Don't forget to eat your peas.

[@Theo_Madden_Sports_journalist]

Just found this video from Barnes and myself, the piece of artwork/sign posts you found first I was involved in creating a few of the pieces, and on the Victoria Arcade, my godfather owns the Jollyboys tap, in Barnsley there’s also Britain’s ranked choir and the biggest organisation of its kind in the UK Barnsley Youth Choir

[@ScottMcDuff-h1j]

I read A Kestral for a Naive in high school, it's a classic.

[@andrewbowley6869]

Brilliant video, and I loved your presentation style. Both fantastic. I've never heard of you, but following now. Thanks for being nice about my town. Who doesn't pick a burger up to eat it 😢

[@brionleverich942]

Wow, a burger without a brioche bun!! Not many of those in the wild

[@Noah_481]

Bansleyyyy.good to see you exploring my hometown

[@petecolombo]

The little jungle sting at the beginning gets me every time

[@RobbieKnox]

Ha ha. Glad you like it.

[@georgeparr5188]

Robbie Knox in Barnsley - fucking class

[@soundman601]

One thing you didn't have was a Barnsley Chop. I was hoping you would. As I understand it, it's an edible delight. I'm drooling. I'm drooling saliva on my hoodie.

[@Rleatfitness]

What a crossover, 2 British KZbin legends

[@BeccaKatyCat]

I love and work in Barnsley and yet I had no idea about the museum in the town hall 😂

[@lisahen5402]

Love this series. Thank you ❤️

[@RobbieKnox]

Glad you’re enjoying it!

[@KimberleyEdwardsfacecakes]

I love Ed! Didn't know he was a swinger well I do now! Happy your video popped up in my recommended:)

[@RobbieKnox]

Oh he’s huge in the swinging scene.

[@seqta5705]

Of course Ed goes for pasties 🤣🤣 love seeing more of mr chapman!! Also Barnsley didn't look to bad 😁

[@froghornleghorn]

Fun fact, Nicky Eaden once had a short stint as manager of my local side Nuneaton Borough. You're welcome.

[@TheNeoSabre0]

Them sign posts right there, thats where me and the boys used to get wrecked in the summer. Ahhh Britain

[@simontodd8142]

If you go again try to get to the Retrodome arcade. Really fun. Pay about £10 to get in and then all the old arcade machines are free to play.

[@thomasgarside4951]

I’m from the Wakefield area and there is a coal mining museum just on the outskirts of Wakefield and it is a brilliant experience and I highly recommend it

[@LeeHinchcliffe]

Big up my hometown 🥹

[@WeAreWombwellMain]

Great to see you in Barnsley!

[@MiSmalTail]

Loads more places to visit in Barnsley, Worsbrough Mill and reservoir for example, Elsecar Herratage centre the list goes on haha

[@fingrespadley]

“I’m just jigsawing, you know me” 😂

[@wakeywarrior]

Barnsley has really improved its centre, quite a pleasant place nowadays. Amazing really what they have done. Puts nearby Wakefield council to shame.

[@christysummers4766]

ah the rusty nit comb sculpture, most people here hate it. It's been there much longer than a year unfortunately.

[@tgudge]

I can confirm we've had running water in Barnsley for at least a few weeks now!

[@CoolToMe_]

That ring road was a belter

[@smth830]

Amazed at how little Ed knew about Barnsley, considering how close it is to Leeds 😂

[@AvanteFPS]

Literally half an hour on the train. Worth a visit every now and then. Market Kitchen a bit like a small Trinity Kitchen

[@Samsonfs]

Robbies gonna be in a storror parkour video in no time 😂

[@LewisTopic]

😂😂

[@JonBurrows1990]

Robbie you HAVE to go to the National Coal Mining museum!!! Honestly you would love it!!

[@RobbieKnox]

I’m so keen. I find it all fascinating.

[@JonBurrows1990]

@@RobbieKnox Its free to go in but you have to pay a small fee to go down, its about two hour guided tour and its all run by volunteers who are old miners, I took my 5 year old and he loved it. Alfie would love it!

[@benread5533]

@@JonBurrows1990 The national coal mining museum is great, get down to the Spiced Mango or Grumpy Fryer in Middlestown after for some banging food.

[@nathanmeadows1306]

This is a Collab I never knew I needed!

[@jamieandtherandomstuff]

8:21 I'm guess The Kestrel pub is also a nod to the book by Barry Hines?

[@lukek1192]

Try wentworth church robbie, down the road from barnsley but its nice, the inside is good aswell

[@phoebeslife7809]

You’re such a legend Mr Knox 💛🎩

[@leafvrr8952]

didnt think id see a video about my town like

[@Darrenjsh1]

I enjoyed watching this interesting to see towns

[@RobbieKnox]

Thanks pal.

[@fishstar2974]

CHUFFIN EL BARNSLEY

[@Jim-so3zm]

I'm late but I hope this means we'll be seeing Ed on Football Tenable at some point.

[@DaveMcc]

This combo hits harder than fish and chips!

[@arkfunatic2024]

Pasties from Potters. Top quality butchers with top quality customer service... I wonder if they've seen this 😄 Yes, a shopping trip is as good as a trip to the seaside 😂

[@SilverfoxJB]

Looks a whole lot better than my home town of Weston Super Mare

[@crosseyeddoris7834]

My mum works in closet queen 🤣 glad you had a half decent time!

[@Tarrno19]

Barnsley mentioned 😲

[@RobbieKnox]

BARNSLEY!

[@alieshahill9018]

You should have visited Retrodome that's really good

[@BigMarlsin]

Come back after 9 on a Friday different place aha

[@RobbieKnox]

Different better or different worse? Or just different?

[@19dizzy76]

you should have taken the rusty nit comb with you,its an eyesore an massive waste of money.

[@davidpage4068]

Come Stourbridge town 🙌🏻

[@juixystardust5305]

Pineapples is the swinger symbol. You can find pineapple decor on cruise ship cabin doors put up by passengers. Pineapple flags that some Americans hang, crazy huh?!

[@cormsbadger7419]

The coal mining museum is quality, Robbie. Recommended.

[@RobbieKnox]

Keen to go there!

[@brionleverich942]

I'm digging it

[@AJx96]

Thankyou for the tour of my town that i havent seen for 7 years due to Agoraphobia, i hope people were kind to you both🙏🏻🙂

[@whatthemoondoes3568]

Great collab this

[@sidney-george]

Would be great if you could go to Margate, my old home town

[@tomtravis959]

I’m so sorry to hear that mate, all my thoughts are with you.

[@Ste_parker]

another impressive fact .. barnsley has two taco bells 😂😂💪🏻

[@RobbieKnox]

Wowzers. How the other half live!

[@Ste_parker]

@ 😂😂😂

[@DCD-b5b]

Watch Nicky Eaden on Under the Cosh episode, one of the funniest guys you will ever see absolutely brilliant!

[@eWubz]

sorry you had to come to Barnsley mate.

[@topmandog1]

its Ed! edit - omg im same age as ed! (well same birth year)

[@RobbieKnox]

Happy birthdayyear

[@topmandog1]

@RobbieKnox thank you so much Mr Knox, I will treasure this forever

[@veesvoyages]

Well done Barnsley for providing us with flushing toilets😂

[@RobbieKnox]

Round of applause for Barnsley.

[@ConnorPratchett]

Surely Britains oldest, Colchester with mr Carlin is on the list

[@Dom-zm2oq]

clearly filmed after Robbie got slated for his fashion stepped the game up!

[@whkvulwyn2489]

Best town, no competition.

[@piggyminer2091]

Love the videos

[@dalel6283]

Barnsley looking a lot better these days

[@Jack-ii8vi]

As a man from Baaaaaarnsley. We fucking hate people that say 'Baaaarrrnsssleeyyy'. Great video though :)

[@martinlund9607]

Come to lancaster

[@alternateye2711]

I reckon I'm a pretty hidden gem of the nation you know.

[@Ketetheawesomeness]

Never expected to see you at Barnsley! Most assume its a shithole but its had a lot of work done and is starting to look decent tbh, shame clubs still suck

[@silver47official]

Bristol was the first city to make it illegal to consume any fish based food on a Saturday afternoon from 1pm.

[@RobbieKnox]

Good fact.

[@Benroberts2001]

Should have visited ‘Dolly’s’ desserts. Best thing about Barnsley.

[@mattb6873]

Kes best thing from Barnsley

[@billiebluesheepie2907]

“Mam, mam, he’s killed me bird.” “You bastard!”

[@andyrocks123]

Do some Norwich content the finest city in the UK

[@Davidonezero]

ropey start so stopped there

[@Mykietendo]

I was walking through town that day when I thought “why the hell are these two fellas using a GoPro in town…?” And then I said WAIT. I KNOW THAT GINGE!! Glad ya had a good time.

[@RobbieKnox]

We had a great time!

[@Daniel-ew2sg]

Should have gone Oakwell

[@tonytaylor8059]

Cheeky get."running water" weer thaa frum like