Helpful Information: CHWA Conference 2023

Barnsley is centrally located, half way between Sheffield and Leeds. Manchester is to the west, across the Peak District national park, and Doncaster is to the east of the borough.

See the location of Barnsley on Google Maps.

Visit Barnsley Council’s website here for how to get to Barnsley.

Travelling by public transport

There are no direct trains from London or Manchester to Barnsley, most connecting trains go via Sheffield (from the south and east), Huddersfield (from the west) or Leeds (from the north).

Barnsley is a stop on National Express Coach services.

Barnsley Interchange (Eldon St N, Barnsley S70 1SE), is the hub for all incoming and outgoing trains, buses and national coaches. It is very close to the main conference venues, Barnsley Civic and Parkway Cinema. All conference venues are within a 5 minute proximity of the interchange.

You can view a video here, guiding you from the station to Barnsley Civic.

Click here for local bus services.

Travelling by car

If you are travelling in by car each day for the conference, please note that the main venues (Barnsley Civic and Parkway Cinema) do not have car parks on sites.

There are on-street designated blue badge holders bays close by on Hanson Street and Eldon Street.  

The closest car parks are situated on County Way, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2JW

You can view a video here, guiding you from this car park to The Civic.

Payments can be made via the  RingGo app, or with cash or card at the pay machines. The cost for a day ticket is £6-9 per day depending on the designated bay and car park. 

You can find out about all the town centre car parks, on-street parking and charges, here.

Blue Badge Holders

If you're a Blue Badge holder you can park in any council on-street parking space free of charge. 

Blue Badge holders can also park for free in council off-street car parks, including The Glass Works car park. 

For more information, click here.

If you are planning on using an electric mobility vehicle to move around at the conference, please note that there is gradient between some of the venues. We are working with venues to provide spaces to charge mobility vehicles.

Using Taxis

There is a taxi bay on Eldon Street, adjacent from The Parkway Cinema and just along from the interchange. Uber has yet to arrive in Barnsley, but here are some useful taxi numbers ( book in advance wherever possible).

Blueline Taxis: (01226) 244444

City Taxis: (01226) 288888