Information about Penistone Leisure Centre

Thurlstone Rd
S36 9EF, Sheffield
+441226763949

Opening hours

  • sunday: 10h-12h
  • monday: 8h-21h
  • tuesday: 8h-21h
  • wednesday: 8h-21h
  • thursday: 8h-21h
  • friday: 8h-21h
  • saturday: 9h-19h
Penistone Leisure Centre is ‘led by the community, for the community’. The Leisure Centre is run almost entirely by volunteers and is led by a board of 7 trustees. We operate as the charity ‘Sporting Penistone’ (Charity number 1157786). The Leisure Centre receives no regular funding from central or local government, so is sustained by it’s own income, one off pots of grant funding and generous donations of time and money from the local community.

Our comment from FitFit UK about Penistone Leisure Centre:

Welcome to Penistone Leisure Centre, a vibrant and friendly local facility located in Sheffield, United Kingdom. This community hub offers a wide range of activities suitable for all ages, from roller skating and badminton to board games and birthday parties.

Our users appreciate:

  • Friendly and helpful staff
  • A variety of affordable fitness classes and facilities
  • Great skating classes, perfect for kids and adults alike
  • A welcoming café offering tasty and reasonably priced food
  • An engaging community atmosphere, especially during events like Board Games evenings

While we strive to maintain our facilities, some users have noted that certain areas may require a bit of TLC and that our gym could use more hands-on assistance at peak times. We are actively working to improve the space with upcoming renovations funded by community grants.

Whether you're looking for a place to get fit, have fun, or celebrate special occasions, Penistone Leisure Centre has something for everyone. We hope to see you soon!

Penistone Leisure Centre: Opinions

4.5/5 (50 Opinions)
Robert Lunn 9 months ago

Fantastic experience: Nice and friendly gym loads of other classes plus cafe good hours

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thank you Robert!

Barnsley Johnny 10 months ago

Fantastic experience: Fab skating classes.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thank you! we will pass your ***** onto Penistone Skate Club!

Clare P 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Whole (adult) family attend the Board Games evening each month, and we love it! Heaps of games from beginner to advanced to choose from. Smashing group of folk, the cafe is open, and opportunity to partake in pizza half way through the evening which always feels like a naughty treat.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thank you for a lovely review - we're glad you are enjoying The Board Games hub! First Friday of the month for anyone that would like to come along from 5pm.

Quentin Poshington 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely staff

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thank you for the 5 stars and we will pass your comment on to all our volunteers & staff

Christine Hinchcliffe 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great local facility - lots of activities , roller skating , badminton ,walking netball ,table tennis board games, etc etc. The gym is great . Main hall a little TLC but they are always working hard to keep the place running . Excellent cafe too and very affordable prices .

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thank you for the lovely review.

Johnny Mitchell 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very reasonably priced gym.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks for the 5 star review

Nichola Garbett 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic as always. Wonderful helpful staff.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

thank you for the great review! we appreciate it!

Oliver Field 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very friendly

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks very much for a lovely review : )

sonofdibnah1 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly greeting, nice simple food from the breakfast part of the menu at a reasonable price in the outdoor seating area (I have a dog). Will be going back to try the lunch offerings.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thank you 5 stars! We look forward to seeing back for lunch! Cafe open: Tuesday 9 - 4pm , Friday 9 - 4pm and Saturday 9 - 1.30pm. See you & your dog soon! PLC x

rob noble 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Skating and cafe were both awesome for the little one and me!

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thank you for an awesome review - we are very glad you enjoyed skating and our cafe! PLC

Lisa Madden 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Saved the day when our car broke down and we needed the toilet

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thank you. We are here for the community! Plc x

Peter Cartwright 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great experience at a kids roller birthday party

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Glad the birthday party went well! Thanks for a great 5 star review! PLC x

Nigel Sharp 2 years ago

Positive experience: Needing tlc. Nightmare place in winter months as heating slow and noisy.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thank you for your comments. We appreciate your honesty. PLC

David Sparrow 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Loads of events here for adults and children. Including board game club for adults, Little Striders cycle learning for toddlers, Roller Skating etc. Also a lovely little Cafe on a Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thank you for the excellent review, we really appreciate it. Enjoy! PLC

Lee Crownshaw 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: The kids had a great time roller skating. Friendly staff.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks for a 5 star review! We will pass your kind comments to our volunteers and staff. PLC

Tim Southam 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Had my daughters party here we rented the hall and used the cafe for the party we catered for it ourselves but the staff were helpful and did what we required so couldn't fault it

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks for the great review. Glad you had a good party! PLC

Paul Glover 3 years ago

Positive experience: Well run, offers a variety of activities at very reasonable prices.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks Paul, what else would you like to see? How could we improve?

Jack Bradbury 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great local facility, long may it continue to provide a valuable local activity hub!

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks Jack, just let us know if there’s anything else you’d like to see at the centre.

Kathryn Buckley 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent friendly, helpful people. My daughter is very excited about her upcoming party there

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks Kathryn, we’re glad you’ve enjoyed coming.

Clara Carr 3 years ago

Positive experience: Loved skating & cafe

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

I’m glad you enjoyed yourself. What can we improve to get that last star? There’s lots of skating on this summer, maybe we’ll see you again.

Karina Hall 3 years ago

Positive experience: No body at gym too help part from that it's fine xx

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks Karina, that’s useful feedback. If you ask at reception, we can arrange a time for one of our gym instructors to help you.

Jenny Wren 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent place, good scope of classes on offer.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks Jenny, let us know if there are any particular new classes you’d like to see.

Stephen Godley 3 years ago

Positive experience: Cheap and cheerful rollerblading for the kids. Nice sized hall. Skate hire included in the very cheap fee. Cafe facilities at very reasonable prices. All round, a good way to spend 2hrs whatever the weather.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks a lot Stephen. We’re gearing up for a summer of skating, hope to see you there!

Newton Richards 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Superb local facility. Check it out.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks Newton, please visit again!

steven sheppard 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: It's a good place to come to get fit gym is great

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks Stephen, much appreciated!

Shane Peake 4 years ago

Positive experience: Plenty of sport to do here good price too

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks Shane, there will be lots of badminton and table tennis available over the summer.

Jono 4 years ago

Positive experience: Nice little community place to do some exercise amongst other things, some of the floor markings are faded but good equipment

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Hi Jono, Thanks for the feedback! We have just undertaken a major refurbishment to the centre, but unfortunately at this time, re-finishing the floor of main hall was out of our budget especially given the impact that Covid has had on the business. We hope to be able to fundraise for/get a grant for refinishing and updating the main hall floor markings as soon as possible. Thanks for coming and using the centre! Best wishes, Fran

Sharnnie Pritchard 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: My daughter does the karate hear on a Friday really friendly bunch

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks Sharnie, I’m glad you’re enjoying the centre.

dudleigh hoyle 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Badminton, roller skating, private party's catered for,(birthdays etc).

Ewan Coram 5 years ago

Positive experience: They were open Christmas day and a lot of people from the local community congregated to wish each other well.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks for your review Ewan! Is there more we can do to get the last couple of stars? Feel free to email us any feedback! :)

MathsGod MathsGod 5 years ago

Positive experience: Easy to find, friendly staff, looks a bit worn but has got grants to improve. Used by locals. Lots of classes.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks for your review! We hope our renovations will soon make us a 5*- we can't wait!

Helen Goodyear 5 years ago

Positive experience: Attended a great roller disco party.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks for your review Helen! Anything we could improve to get that 5th star? :)

Gavin Hogan 6 years ago

Positive experience: Great venue. Has a good variety of activities for all ages.

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks for your review Gavin!

Martin Schofield 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Various activities available here Unfortunately unable to continue with roller blading

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Oh no Martin! That's a shame. We're always here if you want to try again down the line. Thanks for the lovely review.

Haçim H.u 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good service very helpful

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks! Hope to see you soon!

The CopyCat Party Company 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: We had the joy of hosting a skate party alongside this lovely team! We had so much fun and as well as a big room they also have some great lights too! We hope to see you again with our entertainers! :)

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks so much for your lovely review! :) See you soon!

BFC Bfc 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for a kids party roller scaring is fun safe and exciting the lady who runs it is so helpful and nice

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks so much for your lovely review Lee! :)

Danielle Darwent 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Roller disco fun !!

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

It's great fun and top exercise too! Thanks for your review!

Fl3tch Music 6 years ago

Positive experience: Very friend staff, however it's a very small building and ooening times are difficult to fit in a working schedule. Would recommend to anyone with free time who wants to do it for fun.

Mark Redfern 7 years ago

Positive experience: Went for a childs birthday party. Place was easy to find

Penistone Leisure Centre
Penistone Leisure Centre

Thanks for your review, Mark. Is there anything we could do to improve?

Muriel Fleming 7 years ago

Positive experience: Good variety of classes but parking a bit limited.

Braham Hughes 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent community run charity. Terrific for parties, gym, sports, skating, etc. Fantastic resource. Cheap memberships too!

Watto 7 years ago

Positive experience: Needs some TLC

Mick Allsopp 7 years ago

Positive experience: Roller booting great fun !

Richard Wade 7 years ago

Positive experience: Nice little local leisure centre with a range of facilities but no pool

Mark Brown 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Warm, clean,good facilities, good parking,

Stephen Jackson 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, cheap and local.

Aileen Davies 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely staff, kids had a fantastic time. A massive Thankyou to staff for finding my 4 yr old grandsons iPad.

paul walker 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: £5 a week for the gym or £2 a day

Amanda Thomas 8 years ago

Positive experience: I attend boogie bounce here. Which is fantastic. Not the best looming leisure centre but it's small and fit for what it has to offer.

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