The Kestrel
📍 64 Market St, Barnsley S70 1SN, UK
About The Kestrel
The Kestrel is a popular bar located on Market Street in Barnsley town centre, highly rated by visitors with an impressive 4.2/5 stars. Following a recent refurbishment, the venue now boasts a welcoming and thoughtfully designed interior, celebrating Barnsley's rich history with unique features such as a mining display. It's a fantastic spot for both daytime and evening visits.
Patrons consistently praise the friendly and polite bar staff, ensuring a pleasant experience. The Kestrel is well-known for offering good value on drinks, including refreshing pints like Strongbow Dark Fruits. For entertainment, the bar features multiple large TV screens showing Sky Sports, making it an ideal destination for catching a game. Darts facilities are also available, adding to the fun and relaxed atmosphere.
Visiting Information
The Kestrel is open daily, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM Monday through Thursday and Sunday, extending to 12:00 AM on Fridays and Saturdays. The venue is committed to accessibility, offering a wheelchair-accessible entrance and restroom. For convenience, a variety of payment options are accepted, including credit cards, debit cards, and NFC, making it easy for all guests to enjoy their visit.
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📍 64 Market St, Barnsley S70 1SN, UK
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Showing 5 of 111 reviews from Google Maps.Last updated 5 February 2026.
Surprised when I call in for a lunchtime drink I've not been in since the much needed refurbishment. Personally I didn't like the Silkstone and have not call in for a long time. Bar staff very friendly and polite. The doco is nice with some thought to the layout. Number of large TV screens ideal for sports fan's also there are 3 dart borders. The toilets are down stairs but there is a disabled toilet group level. Nice background music. Didn't seen food menu so assumed drinks only, that works for me. Will call again drinks prices very good
This was a fantastic venue for drinking and entertainment, with the aesthetic representing the history of Barnsley as a town! The mining display in particular stands out, counter is well-presented and I had a refreshing pint of Strongbow Dark Fruits. Seating is comfortable and the darts was fun, available on deposit!
Cheap beer sky sports worth a visit
OK, decent prices and nice wide open area since converted, only just opened up a few weeks ago so still building client base. toilets the same as they were when it was a spoons. Seems like it wants to host the next world final at darts as a massive part of the pub is taken up by a few dart boards (which weren't being used). plenty of TVs around with various sports on so if you want a pint of John Smiths and watch the sports then its ok for you.
A much improvement to Silkstone in interior sadly it is under staffed as been know to be one person serving customers during week in evening and he or she are not very welcoming who lack proper training how to serve drinks correctly pitty it as a lot of potential that is sadly missing