Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Barnsley · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Penistone, South Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Penistone map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Penistone |
| Traditional County | South Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Barnsley |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.525668 |
| Longitude | -1.630820 |
| Place Type | Town |
Penistone breathes the wide sky of its Pennine setting, a place where the land rises to meet the clouds. It lies 5.3 km north-north-west of Stocksbridge (from Stocksbridge: bearing 334°T, OS grid SE 245 032), and is situated east of Thurlstone village. Historically, Penistone's fortunes were tied to the grit and resilience of its agricultural past, its steep fields yielding to the hardy nature of its inhabitants, and later, to the burgeoning industries that carved their presence into the landscape. The very air here seems to hold a whisper of the coal seams that once fuelled furnaces and livelihoods, a history etched not just in stone but in the enduring character of the people. The fine parish church of St. John the Baptist, its tower reaching towards the heavens like a weathered finger, stands as a silent sentinel over Penistone’s market square, a space that still hums with the quiet commerce of a Saturday morning. It is here, under the broad Yorkshire sky, that the town's enduring spirit is most keenly felt, a spirit perhaps glimpsed in the determined stride of its residents or the hardy bloom of heather on the surrounding moors. Though no globally renowned figures may claim direct lineage, the collective memory of generations of farmers, miners, and shopkeepers forms a rich tapestry of local legend, a narrative woven into the very soul of this enduring Pennine town.
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Explore Penistone, South Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.525668, -1.630820. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |