Parks and open spaces

We have a range of play areas and recreation facilities in our parks and across the borough. You can find the locations of these, and the age ranges for play areas, below.

BMX tracks

Brierley, Great Houghton and Grimethorpe

  • Chapel Street, Great Houghton

Cudworth and Darfield

  • Dorothy Hyman Sports Centre

Darton

  • Darton Park

Hoyland Milton and Rockingham

  • Milton Forge

Monk Bretton, Royston and St Helen's

  • Burton Grange
  • Littleworth Lane recreation ground
  • Newstead Road, Athersley

Penistone

  • Park Avenue showground

Stairfoot, Wombwell and Worsbrough

  • Ardsley recreation ground
  • Kendray recreation ground
  • Ward Green recreation ground

Bowling greens

Brierley, Great Houghton and Grimethorpe

  • Shafton recreation ground

Cudworth and Darfield

  • Dorothy Hyman Sports Centre
  • Mitchell and Darfield playing field

Darton

  • Ibberson Park, Mapplewell recreation ground
  • Darton Park

Dodworth and Kingstone

  • Highstone Lane recreation ground
  • Locke Park

Hoyland Milton and Rockingham

  • Platts Common recreation ground

Monk Bretton, Royston and St Helen's

  • Carlton recreation ground
  • Smithies recreation ground

Penistone

  • Park Avenue showground

Children's play areas

Barnsley town centre

  • Churchfields (up to 11 years)
  • Dearne Valley Country Park (up to 11 years)
  • Hen pen, Doncaster Road (up to five years)
  • Locke Park (up to 14 years)
  • Measbrough Dyke (up to 11 years)
  • Spring Street (up to 14 years)
  • Warren Quarry Lane (up to 11 years)

Brierley, Great Houghton and Grimethorpe

  • Brierley Park (up to 11 years)
  • Chapel Street, Great Houghton (up to 11 years)
  • Millennium Green, Grimethorpe (up to 14 years)
  • Pleasant View, Great Houghton (up to 11 years)
  • Plumpton Park (up to 11 years)
  • Shafton Green (up to 11 years)
  • Shafton recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • The Beck, Grimethorpe (up to 11 years)

Cudworth and Darfield

  • Balkley Lane (up to 11 years)
  • Bellbrooke Avenue (up to 11 years)
  • Bly Road (up to 11 years)
  • Cudworth Park (up to 11 years)
  • Darfield Road, Cudworth (up to 11 years)
  • Darfield Park (up to 11 years)
  • Little Houghton (up to 11 years)
  • Middlecliffe (up to 11 years)
  • North Street (up to 11 years)
  • Pinfold (up to 11 years)
  • Royston Road, Cudworth (up to 11 years)
  • Station Road (up to 11 years)
  • The Valley, Barnsley Road, Cudworth (up to 14 years)
  • West Green, Klondyke (up to 11 years)

Darton

  • Barugh Green recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Bluebell Road, Woolley (up to 14 years)
  • California, Staincross (up to 14 years)
  • Darton Park (up to 14 years)
  • Dovebush Way (up to 11 years)
  • Gilroyd recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Higham recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Ibberson Park, Mapplewell recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Kexborough recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Redbrook Hill (up to 11 years)
  • School Street, Darton (up to five years)
  • Springfields, Redbrook (up to 11 years)
  • Walton Street North (up to 14 years)
  • Windhill, Staincross (up to 11 years)
  • Woodview, Gawber (up to 11 years)

Dearne

  • Carrfield Lane, Goldthorpe (up to 14 years)
  • Dearne Backings, Bolton upon Dearne (up to 11 years)
  • Derry Grove, Thurnscoe (up to 11 years)
  • George Street, Highgate (up to 11 years)
  • Goldthorpe recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Hawthorne Drive, Bolton upon Dearne (up to 11 years)
  • Hickleton sports ground/Thurnscoe Park (up to 11 years)
  • Holly Grove, Goldthorpe (up to 11 years)
  • Merrill Road (up to 11 years)
  • Rosegreave, Highgate (up to 11 years)
  • The Hill, Thurnscoe (up to 11 years)
  • Wath Road, Bolton upon Dearne (up to 11 years)

Dodworth and Kingstone

  • Cranbrook Street (up to 11 years)
  • Dodworth recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Highstone Lane recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Locke Park (up to 14 years)
  • South Road, Dodworth (up to 11 years)
  • Stainborough Road, Dodworth (up to 14 years)
  • Stanhope Street (up to 11 years)
  • Station Road, Dodworth (up to 14 years)
  • Wareham Grove, Dodworth (up to five years)

Hoyland Milton and Rockingham

  • Birdwell community park (up to 11 years)
  • Blackerhill recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Cloughfields (up to 14 years)
  • Elsecar Park (up to 14 years)
  • Hemingfield recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Jump Park (up to 11 years)
  • Milton Forge (up to 11 years)
  • Tinker Lane, Hoyland (up to 11 years)

Monk Bretton, Royston and St Helen's

  • Burton Grange (up to 11 years)
  • Carlton recreation ground (up to 14 years)
  • Chevet View, Royston (up to 11 years)
  • East End Crescent, Royston (up to 11 years)
  • Littleworth Lane recreation ground (up to 14 years)
  • Lynwood Drive, Carlton (up to 11 years)
  • Monk Bretton recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Monk Bretton social club (up to 11 years)
  • New Lodge (up to 14 years)
  • Newstead Road, Athersley (up to 14 years)
  • Rotherham Road playing field (up to 11 years)
  • The Green, Royston (up to 14 years)
  • Winter Avenue, Royston (up to 14 years)

Old Town

  • Brettas Park (up to 11 years)
  • Blackburn Lane, Gawber (up to 11 years)
  • Harry Road playing field (up to 14 years)

Penistone

  • Church View (up to 11 years)
  • Crane Moor (up to 11 years)
  • Crow Edge (up to 14 years)
  • Cubley Brook (up to 11 years)
  • Greenacre (up to 11 years)
  • Greenmoor (up to 11 years)
  • Hood Green (up to 11 years)
  • Littleton Crescent, Cubley (up to 11 years)
  • Manor Park, Silkstone (up to 11 years)
  • Martin Croft, Silkstone (up to 11 years)
  • Millhouse Green (up to 11 years)
  • New Road, Tankersley (up to 11 years)
  • Oxspring (up to 14 years)
  • Park Avenue showground (up to 11 years)
  • Silkstone Common recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Spring Vale (up to 11 years)
  • The Nook, Hoylandswaine (up to 11 years)
  • The Orchard, Cawthorne (up to 14 years)
  • Thurgoland welfare ground (up to 11 years)
  • Wellthorne Avenue, Ingbirchworth (up to 11 years)
  • Wentworth Road (up to 11 years)
  • Westfield Avenue (up to 11 years)
  • Wortley Rugby Club (up to 11 years)

Stairfoot, Wombwell and Worsbrough

  • Aldham House Lane, Wombwell (up to 11 years)
  • Ardsley recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Bank End recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Bank Street, Stairfoot (up to 11 years)
  • Birk Avenue teen zone (up to 14 years)
  • Central Park, Kendray (up to 11 years)
  • Everill Close, Wombwell (up to 11 years)
  • Kendray recreation ground (up to 11 years)
  • Leslie Road, Kendray (up to 11 years)
  • New Scarborough playing field, Station Road (up to 11 years)
  • Summer Lane, Wombwell (up to 11 years)
  • Ward Green recreation ground (up to 14 years)
  • Wombwell Park (up to 11 years)
  • Worsbrough Park (up to 11 years)

Cricket pitches

Barnsley town centre

  • Shaw Lane Cricket Club

Brierley, Great Houghton and Grimethorpe

  • Houghton Main Miners Welfare Sports and Social Club

Cudworth and Darfield

  • Darfield Cricket Club

Darton

  • Darton Cricket Club
  • Woolley Miners Cricket Club
  • Kexborough Cricket Club

Dearne

  • Wath Cricket Club

Dodworth, Kingstone and Pogmoor

  • Shaw Lane Cricket Club
  • Stainborough Cricket Club

Hoyland Milton and Rockingham

  • Rockingham Colliery Cricket Club
  • Elsecar Cricket and Social Club

Monk Bretton, Royston and St Helen's

  • Monk Bretton Cricket Club

Penistone and Silkstone

  • Silkstone United Cricket Club
  • Penistone Cricket Club

Stairfoot, Wombwell and Worsbrough

  • Wombwell Main sports ground
  • Worsbrough Bridge Football and Cricket Club

Football pitches

There are a number of football pitches around the borough. Some of these are open access, others are available to hire. Visit our football webpage for details of venues and pitch bookings.

Golf courses

Brierley, Great Houghton and Grimethorpe

Darton

Dearne

Hoyland Milton and Rockingham

Penistone and Silkstone

Stairfoot, Wombwell and Worsbrough

More information

Find out more about golf courses in Barnsley.

Multi-use games areas

Barnsley town centre

  • Measbrough Dyke

Brierley, Great Houghton and Grimethorpe

  • Brierley Park
  • Grimethorpe Millennium Green
  • Hillside Crescent, Grimethorpe
  • Norfolk Road, Great Houghton
  • Pleasant View, Great Houghton
  • Plumpton Park

Cudworth and Darfield

  • The Valley, Barnsley Road, Cudworth
  • Bellbrooke
  • Cudworth Park
  • Inkerman recreation ground
  • Middlecliffe Working Men's Club

Darton

  • Ibberson Park, Mapplewell recreation ground
  • Barugh Green recreation ground
  • Gilroyd recreation ground
  • Leyland Walk, Redbrook

Dearne

  • Hickleton sports ground/Thurnscoe Park
  • Merrill Road
  • Carrfield Lane, Goldthorpe
  • Wath Road, Bolton upon Dearne

Dodworth and Kingstone

  • Highstone Lane recreation ground
  • Locke Park

Hoyland Milton and Rockingham

  • Birdwell Community Park
  • Blackerhill recreation ground
  • Elsecar Park
  • Hemingfield recreation ground
  • Milton Forge
  • Pigeon Park, Church Street, Jump
  • Tinker Lane, Hoyland

Monk Bretton, Royston and St Helen's

  • East End Crescent, Royston
  • Littleworth Lane recreation ground
  • Monk Bretton social club
  • New Lodge
  • Rotherham Road playing field

Penistone

  • Church View
  • Crow Edge
  • Millhouse Green
  • Park Avenue showground
  • Silkstone recreation ground
  • Silkstone Common recreation ground
  • Springvale
  • Thurgoland, Halifax Road (side of Thurgoland pre-school)

Stairfoot, Wombwell and Worsbrough

  • Aldham House Lane, Wombwell
  • Ardsley recreation ground
  • Bank End recreation ground
  • Everill Close, Wombwell
  • Kendray recreation ground
  • Summer Lane, Wombwell
  • Wombwell Park
  • Worsbrough Park

Outdoor gyms

Barnsley town centre

  • Dearne Valley Country Park
  • Warren Quarry Lane

Darton

  • Ibberson Park, Mapplewell recreation ground

Dodworth and Kingstone

  • Dodworth recreation ground
  • Locke Park
  • Penny Pie Park

Hoyland Milton and Rockingham

  • Tinker Lane, Hoyland

Penistone

  • Park Avenue showground

Skate parks

Brierley, Great Houghton and Grimethorpe

  • Chapel Street, Great Houghton

Cudworth and Darfield

  • Dorothy Hyman Sports Centre

Darton

  • Darton Park

Hoyland Milton and Rockingham

  • Milton Forge

Monk Bretton, Royston and St Helen's

  • Littleworth Lane recreation ground

Penistone

  • Park Avenue showground

Stairfoot, Wombwell and Worsbrough

  • Ardsley recreation ground
  • Kendray recreation ground
  • Ward Green recreation ground

Tennis courts

Darton

  • Darton Park

Monk Bretton, Royston and St Helen's

  • Carlton recreation ground

Youth shelters

Barnsley town centre

  • Measbrough Dyke
  • Warren Quarry Lane

Cudworth and Darfield

  • Dorothy Hyman Sports Centre
  • Middlecliffe Working Men's Club

Darton

  • Darton Park
  • Gilroyd recreation ground
  • Walton Street North

Dearne

  • Wath Road, Bolton upon Dearne

Dodworth and Kingstone

  • Dodworth library (at the rear)

Hoyland Milton and Rockingham

  • Birdwell community park

Monk Bretton, Royston and St Helen's

  • Littleworth Lane recreation ground
  • New Lodge
  • Smithies recreation ground

Penistone

  • Silkstone recreation ground
  • Silkstone Common recreation ground
  • Thurgoland, Halifax Road (side of Thurgoland pre-school)
  • Park Avenue showground
  • Springvale

Stairfoot, Wombwell and Worsbrough

  • Aldham House Lane, Wombwell
  • Ardsley recreation ground
  • Kendray recreation ground

For more information

Call 01226 774353 or