Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley

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Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley

Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county:	South Yorkshire
Historic county:	Yorkshire (West Riding)
Area: - Total	Ranked 150th 329.05 km²
Admin. HQ:	Barnsley
ONS code:	00CC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 53rd 223,500 679 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.1% White
Politics
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.barnsley.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Michael Clapham, Jeff Ennis, Eric Illsley

Barnsley is a metropolitan borough of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, England. Its main town is Barnsley.

The borough is bisected by the M1 motorway; it is rural to the west, and largely urban/industrial to the east. 68% of Barnsley's 32,863 hectres is green belt and 9% is National Park land, the majority of which is West of the M1. In 2004 it was estimated that Barnsley had 221,000 residents, nine tenths of whom live East of the M1.

The borough was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the county borough of Barnsley with Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dearne, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Penistone, Royston, Wombwell and Worsborough urban districts, along with Penistone Rural District, part of Hemsworth Rural District and part of Wortley Rural District, all in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

1 Towns and villages
2 Education
3 Places of interest
4 External links

Ardsley, Athersley

Barugh, Barugh-Green, Billingley, Birdwell, Bolton upon Dearne, Brierley

Carlecotes, Carlton, Cawthorne, Cubley, Cudworth

Darfield, Darton, Dodworth, Dunford Bridge

Elsecar

Gawber, Gilroyd, Goldthorpe, Great Houghton, Grimethorpe

Haigh (half in Wakefield district), High Hoyland, Higham, Honeywell, Hood Green, Hoyland, Hoylandswaine, Hoyland Common

Ingbirchworth

Jump

Kendray, Kexbrough, Kingstone

Little Houghton, Lundwood

Mapplewell, Millhouses, Millhouse Green, Monk Bretton

New Lodge

Oxspring

Platts Common, Penistone, Pilley, Pogmoor

Redbrook, Royston

Shafton, Silkstone, Silkstone Common, Smithies, Staincross, Stairfoot

Tankersley, Thurgoland, Thurlstone, Thurnscoe

Ward Green, Wilthorpe, Woolley Colliery, Wombwell, Wortley, Worsbrough

There are over 100 schools and colleges in the borough. State education is managed by Barnsley Local Education Authority. There are 14 state run secondary schools and around 80 primary schools. There are also two independent school, Barnsley Christian School and Silverwood School. Post 16 education is provided at Barnsley College and at the Sixth Form at Penistone Grammar School. There is also an adult education college, Northern College, located at Wentworth Castle in Stainborough. The University of Huddersfield also has a campus in Barnsley town centre.

Cannon Hall

Elsecar Heritage Centre

Monk Bretton Priory

Barnsley Town Hall

v • d • e Ceremonial county of South Yorkshire
Metropolitan districts	City of Sheffield • Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham • Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster • Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
Cities/Towns	Adwick le Street • Anston • Armthorpe • Askern • Aughton • Barnsley • Bawtry • Birdwell • Beighton • Bentley • Chapeltown • Conisbrough • Cudworth • Darfield • Darton • Dinnington • Dodworth • Doncaster • Finningley • Great Houghton • Grimethorpe • Harthill • Hatfield • Highlane • Hoyland Nether • Kirk Sandall • Maltby • Mexborough • Moorends • Mosborough • Norton • Oughtibridge • Penistone • Rawmarsh • Rossington • Rotherham • Royston • Scholes • Sheffield City Centre • Stainforth • Stocksbridge • Swinton • Thorne • Thorpe Hesley • Thurcroft • Thurnscoe • Tickhill • Todwick • Treeton • Wales • Wath upon Dearne • Wharncliffe Side • Wombwell • Woodsetts • Worsbrough See also: List of civil parishes in South Yorkshire
Rivers	Dearne • Don • Idle • Loxley • Rivelin • Sheaf • Rother