Yorkshire Heritage Day – Barnsley

Not a YDS hosted event – but we will be there, chatting to everyone the way we do in Yorkshire, supporting our friends The Yorkshire Society who have brought together a host of Yorkshire centred organisations.

Barnsley Civic Trust is  playing host on March 25th.  You can see details here and here

It will be held at The Civic in Eldon Street on Wednesday 25th March 2026. There’s a bookable event in the morning and an open exhibition in the afternoon.

Yorkshire Heritage Symposium is in the morning, running between 10am – 12 noon, in the Old Art School on the top floor of The Civic. The theme is Our Yorkshire Heritage, Our Yorkshire Future,

The open Yorkshire Heritage Exhibition is in the afternoon, between 1pm-4pm It is free to attend and open to the general public, as well as symposium attendees. There will be lots of stalls with regional and local societies and organisations.

There will also be some guided walks around Barnsley town looking at its heritage and new developments.

Tickets for the morning symposium are just £7.50 and are available to purchase at: www.theyorkshiresociety.org/event/yorkshire-heritage-summit-2026