Estate agents in Penistone
Penistone is a town in Yorkshire and The Humber, with about 8,541 residents. HM Land Registry records 103 homes sold there in the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026, with a median price paid of £242,500.
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Penistone at a glance
HM Land Registry recorded 103 sales in Penistone from September 2025 to August 2026, at a median price of £242,500.
43.2% of these homes had also sold since January 2016. Their sellers had owned them for a median of 5.2 years and sold for a median of 32.1% more than they paid.
The median price was £173,000 in 2016 and £263,247 in 2025.
Figures checked 3 November 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales.
House prices in Penistone
Median sale price in Penistone: £242,500
| All homes | 103 sales, median £242,500 |
|---|---|
| Detached | 36 sales, median £359,000 |
| Semi-detached | 34 sales, median £227,500 |
| Terraced | 22 sales, median £183,500 |
| Flats and maisonettes | 11 sales, median £127,500 |
Across Barnsley the average price was £175,429 in June 2026, up 5.9% on a year earlier.
| 2016 | £173,000 (187 sales) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | £174,950 (216 sales) |
| 2018 | £190,000 (211 sales) |
| 2019 | £180,000 (125 sales) |
| 2020 | £180,000 (137 sales) |
| 2021 | £202,000 (148 sales) |
| 2022 | £238,000 (164 sales) |
| 2023 | £262,500 (152 sales) |
| 2024 | £240,000 (190 sales) |
| 2025 | £263,247 (178 sales) |
Checked 3 November 2026; Price Paid figures are refreshed weekly.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Transport links
Penistone has its own railway station, about 0.2 miles from the centre. Silkstone Common station is about 3 miles away, Denby Dale about 4 miles and Dodworth about 4 miles. The A628 and A629 pass through or beside the town. The nearest motorway access is M1 junction 37 (Dodworth) at about 5 miles, while M62 junction 25 (Clifton Interchange) is about 13 miles away. Leeds Bradford Airport is about 24 miles from the town and Manchester Airport about 29 miles. Central London is about 153 miles away in a straight line.
Schools in and near Penistone
Penistone has two primary schools within about 0.9 miles of the centre. Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School (Church of England) is about 0.2 miles away and Springvale Primary School is about 0.5 miles away. For secondary education, Penistone Grammar School (sixth form) is about 0.8 miles from the centre. Further afield are Stocksbridge High School (academy) at about 3.4 miles, Scissett Middle School (academy) at about 4.7 miles and Shelley College, A Share Academy (sixth form, academy) at about 5 miles. Barnsley College is about 6.2 miles away and Chapeltown Academy (free school) is about 8.6 miles away. The nearest university is the University of Huddersfield, about 10.3 miles from the centre.
Living in Penistone
Penistone is a small town in Barnsley with around 8,500 residents, classed as rural by the ONS. Semi-detached houses make up 37% of homes and detached houses 30%, with about 75% of households owner occupied. There are more than 70 mapped shops and three supermarkets: Spar and Co-op Food at about 0.2 miles and Tesco at about 0.3 miles. Penistone Market is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least six pubs, nine cafés and four restaurants, with several takeaways. Two doctors' surgeries, two pharmacies and two dentists sit about 0.2 miles from the centre. The nearest hospital with an emergency department is Barnsley Hospital, about 5.8 miles away. Penistone Library is about 0.1 miles from the centre and the post office about 0.2 miles. Watermeadows Park is about 0.4 miles away, with Pye Flatts Meadows nature reserve about 2.1 miles out.
A short history of Penistone
Penistone lay in the Wapentake of Staincross from the era when Northumbria was an Anglian kingdom. Ailric held the township in 1066 and it was razed in 1069 during the Harrying of the North. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Pengeston and Pangeston and describes it as waste. The name may mean a farmstead at a hill called Penning. Sir Gyles Penyston was styled of Penyston in the 13th century. The White Hart pub dates from 1377. The market received a royal charter in 1699 and a Cloth Hall was built in 1768. The town stayed small until the railway arrived in 1845. Two arches of the 1849 viaduct collapsed in 1916 and were repaired that year. Of 24 listed buildings near the centre, the medieval Church of St John is Grade I.
Sport and leisure
Penistone Leisure Centre is a sports centre with roller skating and fitness and Aqua with Ashleigh is a swimming pool. Football is played at Penistone Church Football Ground and on the pitch used by Penistone Church FC, while Penistone Cricket & Sports Club covers cricket. Pitches and courts in the area include several for football, with tennis, bowls, basketball and a skateboard area also mapped. Open space includes Penistone Recreation Ground, Watermeadows Park, the Memorial Ground, Penistone Cricket Club and Penistone Show Ground and a number of children's playgrounds are mapped nearby. Form, Little Leopards and Compound are fitness centres in the town.
Common questions
- What is the median price paid for a home in Penistone?
- The median price paid in Penistone over the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026 was £242,500. By property type, the median price paid over the same period was £359,000 for detached houses, £227,500 for semi-detached houses, £183,500 for terraced houses and £127,500 for flats.
- How many homes were sold in Penistone in the last year?
- HM Land Registry records 103 standard sales in Penistone in the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026. These comprised 36 detached houses, 34 semi-detached houses, 22 terraced houses and 11 flats.
- What are the transport links for Penistone?
- Penistone railway station is about 0.2 miles from the centre. The nearest motorway junction is M1 junction 37 (Dodworth) at about 5 miles and the A628 and A629 pass through or beside the area. Leeds Bradford Airport is about 24 miles away and Manchester Airport about 29 miles.
- Which schools are near the centre of Penistone?
- There are 2 primary schools within about 0.9 miles of the centre: Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School (Church of England) at about 0.2 miles and Springvale Primary School at about 0.5 miles. The nearest secondary school is Penistone Grammar School (sixth form) at about 0.8 miles.
- How many estate agent branches are there in Penistone?
- There are 7 estate agent sales branches with an office in Penistone.
Areas near Penistone
- Thurlstone
- Oxspring
- Hoylandswaine
- Millhouse Green
- Ingbirchworth
- Thurgoland
- Silkstone Common
- Upper Denby
Penistone is in Barnsley.
Estate agents near Penistone
- Butcher ResidentialPenistone S36 6DY0.2 miles
- Lancasters Property ServicesPenistone S36 6BZ0.2 miles
- Fine & CountryPenistone S36 6BZ0.2 miles
- Simon Blyth Estate AgentPenistone S36 6BZ0.2 miles
- The Pennine Property GroupPenistone S36 6DT0.2 miles
- Mallinson & CoPenistone S36 6DT0.3 miles
- JPM Estate AgentsPenistone S36 6BG0.4 miles
- WinkworthStocksbridge S36 2DU3.2 miles
- Hunters The Estate AgentStocksbridge S36 2DU3.2 miles
- Redbrik Estate Agents In StocksbridgeStocksbridge S36 2AB3.2 miles
Nearest agents first. Distances are in a straight line from the centre of Penistone.