Our beautiful Barnsley

Although you could say this about every town or city in the uk I thought I'd share part of our little corner.

All within walking distance of town centre

 

I love being 5 minutes away from scenery like that. We're pretty lucky aren't we.

 

Very nice. And significantly better weather than we've got right now!

 

We are. But we need to keep it to ourselves. . My sons partner (from Plymouth) . Can't believe some of the negativity surrounding Barnsley as a place and its people. The town is starting to look great n'all. I Just hope it can buck the trend of some other towns and thrive. And it can attract businesses to come. The vision hopefully looks promising. And will become hopefully. the, place to visit.
Love Barnsley. (And our team)hate football.

 

Not quite walking distance but in BMBC

 

Interesting stat.
Barnsley 330Km square. 252k population
Sheffield 368km square. 735k population

 

Great spot. I noticed that tree in a precarious position on the bank earlier in the year and the next time I went it had fallen.

 

I am passionate about our beautiful countryside , I love it but its a big shame that where I live at Hoyland Common they have decided to build the biggest eyesore in the whole of Europe with the new Herpes monstrosity & ruin the adjoining beautiful area & they havn"t finished there , so enjoy these areas whilst you can, because trust me nowhere is safe with this joke of a council .

 

I did the 80 mile Barnsley Boundary Walk last summer, all in one go in 6 days, returning home each night. The countryside all around us is simply stunning. Sadly, on the east side of our town, it is often spoilt by fly-tipping. Some people even tip their own rubbish over their own garden fence into an adjoining field. On my many walks I've seen it all, but never as bad as around here. What on earth has gone wrong to produce such people?

 

I thought that was Canada or Alaska.

 

With respect. I can see both sides of the argument. The proximity to the M1 J36 makes it attractive to this type of business. So that area is primed for such. The investment in local jobs maybe too good to turn down. No one would welcome such huge transformations on their doorstep. Always put it on someone else’s. The boost to the local economy must be huge. Difficult to blame the council for that. I have a cousin who has recently moved and accepted less than the property was worth. before planning was announced. My sympathies as I say lie on both sides.

 

I would not get into argument with you my friend but there are acres of brown belt land where the development could go & anywhere within a 20 mile radius would benefit the local economy, but when you cannot get in the doctors , dentists & the schools are overflowing & the village already gets gridlocked on a regular basis with excessive vehicles & you see the beautiful green belt being destroyed in your own back garden then it is hard to stomach, because as well as Herpes there are cartloads of houses & units etc planned for this development , it is destruction on a large scale & yes i fully blame the council, how many of them that pushed this through live in the area ?

 

No doubt we live in a 20 mile radius. But the logistics are a major factor in a company. Looking for efficiency.
I’m not trying to raise an argument as my original post reflects that. And do have sympathy. But I feel anywhere in the M1 corridor is an attractive proposition for businesses of this ilk. I can’t think of anywhere where opposition to any scheme wouldn’t arise. It’s certainly not a case of the council holding all the cards. We either bring investment in or it goes elsewhere. I’ll be honest and admit I’m not up on. what is classed as Green/brown belt land. Within Barnsley’s borders. And the main transport links. If you could oblige then I may change my opinions on the issue. Eg Is there enough acreage on the Dearne valley parkway to have catered for a development on this scale.

 

I can see each side of the argument in terms of habitat loss and economic prosperity (if done right and shared properly). The thing is though when you lose green belt, its gone. And it would take a very long time to rewild it. There are pressures everywhere, not just in Barnsley, and its sad to see economic arguments prevailing so often.

Just as an aside, I drove from London to Barnsley last Thursday and will be doing the reverse trip tomorrow. The amount of warehouses and huge buildings built and some more being built alongside the M1 is crazy. There are still miles of green (ish) but there are decent sized sections where it feels like you're driving through an industrial zone tunnel. As high streets die and buying habits change, so does our green space as companies shift to online operations and move their operations.

 

I do not have the figures of the size of the brown belt on the Dearne Valley parkway but that is exactly the kind of brown belt corridor which I would like to have seen developed, especially with the road links to both the A1 & the M1 already being in place , I am sure there are other brown belt areas within South Yorkshire that could have been developed but if the pandemic has taught us one thing it is the value of the countryside & the value of space ,but hey ho it is going ahead & no matter how much it upsets me it is not going to alter , thats me off my soap box !!

 

Had a stroll round town centre this aft and it seemed very busy .
Lots enjoying the outside space and it’s nice to see cafes outside and people enjoying the delights on offer including alcohol.
Wouldn’t have seen this a few years back probably groups of lads singing football songs after a skin full rolling out of the pubs would have been the norm .

 

Oh god, everyone on my old street does/did that. Always have and probably always will. The stuff you see in that field! It made a fantastic place to build dens as a kid though. You could get set up with a sofa for the ‘living room’ a mattress in the ‘bedroom’, carpet for the floor, bricks to build an actual wall - the lot.

 

It was actually Brierley where I saw it, so you're not far off! The stretch past Grimey was actually quite beautiful, almost completely unspoilt.

 

Hound Hill Lane is astounding, yet no marks will insist on littering, it's really sad

 

It’s because it’s all in that field (literally). Fly tipping elsewhere is not stood for but that field is fair game.