Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley

Borough of Barnsley
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial County:	South Yorkshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 150th 329.05 km²
Admin. HQ:	Barnsley
ONS code:	00CC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density	Ranked 53rd 221,000 672 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.1% White
Politics
Arms of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.barnsley.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Michael Clapham, Jeff Ennis, Eric Illsley, The Lord Mason of Barnsley

Barnsley is a metropolitan borough in 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 West 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.

Towns and villages

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, Millhouse, Millhouse Green, Monk Bretton

New Lodge

Oxspring

Platts Common, Penistone, Pilley

Redbrook, Royston

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

Tankersley, Thurgoland, Thurlstone, Thurnscoe

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

Places of interest

Cannon Hall

Elsecar Heritage Centre

Monk Bretton Priory

Barnsley Town Hall