Two new restaurants – Fridays and Urban Burgers – in The Glass Works are adding yet more choice to visitors in Barnsley town centre, with footfall stronger than ever.
Visitor numbers in Barnsley town centre continue to soar this year, with recent data showing an increase of over 30 per cent over the last three months, when compared with the same timeframe before Covid-19 in 2019.
October alone saw over 500,000 visits to the town centre – the highest recorded footfall since The Glass Works opened back in September 2021.
Coun Robert Frost, Cabinet Spokesperson for Regeneration and Culture at Barnsley Council, said: “Momentum has been building since day one of The Glass Works opening, with the launch of our new 13-screen Cineworld helping push visitor numbers to new heights this autumn. We’ve got a great mix of activities across the whole town centre now, with popular leisure venues like Superbowl UK and Parkway Cinema, cultural venues like Experience Barnsley and the Cooper Gallery, and many new shops, museum hubs, cafés, bars and restaurants. And there’s still more to come – with Urban Burgers, The Botanist and a new shop for Dolly’s Desserts opening soon.”
