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Hunshelf

Hunshelf is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley.

The place

Hunshelf is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. At the 2001 census it had a population of 324, reducing to 246 at the 2011 Census. Most of its population lives in the village of Green Moor.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hunshelf

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Penistone

    Penistone is a market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 13,270 at the 2021 census. Historically in the ancient Wapentake of Staincross and the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is 7 miles west of central Barnsley, 17 miles north-east of Glossop, 15 miles north-west of Sheffield, 27 miles south-west of Leeds and 29 miles east of Manchester in the foothills of the Pennines.

    3.3 km · market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Penistone Town Hall

    Penistone Town Hall is a municipal building in Shrewsury Road in Penistone, a town in South Yorkshire, in England. It serves as the meeting place of Penistone Town Council.

    3.3 km · municipal building in Penistone, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Penistone Railway Viaduct on Penistone and Denby Dale Line

    Penistone Viaduct is a grade II listed railway viaduct that carries the Penistone Line over the River Don in Penistone, South Yorkshire, England. It is immediately north of Penistone station and was completed in 1850 to a design by John Hawkshaw.

    3.4 km · railway viaduct in Penistone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Penistone Paramount Cinema

    The Penistone Paramount Cinema is a community cinema and theatre in Shrewsbury Road in Penistone, near Barnsley, in the heart of the South Yorkshire Pennines. Besides the film releases, there are also live shows and monthly organ concerts.

    3.4 km · community cinema and theatre in Penistone near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Saint John the Baptist Church, Penistone

    Saint John the Baptist Church, Penistone Parish Church, or Penistone Church is a Church of England church in the Parish of Penistone, near Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. The church is a Grade I listed building and is located in the centre of the town of Penistone.

    3.4 km · church in Penistone, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St James' Church, Midhopestones

    St James’ Church, Midhopestones is situated in the small rural hamlet of Midhopestones, just within the northern boundary of the City of Sheffield in South Yorkshire. Since April 1969 it has been a Grade II* listed building.

    3.8 km · church in Bradfield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Stocksbridge Town Hall

    Stocksbridge Town Hall is a municipal building in Manchester Road in Stocksbridge, a town in South Yorkshire in England. The town hall, which was previously the offices and meeting place of Stocksbridge Urban District Council, is now the home of Stocksbridge Town Council as well as other community organisations.

    2.5 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Hunshelf

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 40 km · Manchester (MAN), 49 km · East Midlands (EMA), 77 km
Stations
Penistone railway station, 3.1 km · Silkstone Common railway station, 4 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Hunshelf
    33 km · quickest by road, 56 min · £4–5
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Hunshelf
    42 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £4.5–6
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hunshelf
    68 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–10
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hunshelf

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hunshelf. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundthere's a local minibus service that provides journeys to various villages dotted about the valley.

From Wikivoyage: Holmfirth, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2023-04.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    314 km
  2. 02
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    325 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    333 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    359 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    386 km

If you know how people move in Hunshelf – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Hunshelf

Hunshelf is 16 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Stocksbridgetown in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England2.9 km
  • Oxspringvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK1.1 km
  • Thurgolandvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK2 km
  • Hoylandswainevillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK3.9 km
  • Deepcarvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK3.7 km
  • Cubleyvillage in South Yorkshire, England3.1 km