Barnsley

Barnsley
Barnsley
Town
	Clockwise from top: Barnsley Town Hall, Market Hill, Locke Park Memorial Tower, Old Courthouse and St Mary's Church.
	Barnsley Location within South Yorkshire
Population	71,422 (2021 Census)
OS grid reference	SE3406
• London	175 mi (281 km) SSE
Metropolitan borough	Barnsley;
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Ardsley; Athersley; Barugh Green (part); Carlton (part); Cudworth (Village) (part); Dodworth (Village) (part); Gilroyd (Village) (part); Kendray; Keresforth Hill; Kingstone; Lundwood; Measborough Dike; Monk Bretton; Pogmoor; Stairfoot (Village); Swaithe (Village); Worsborough;
Post town	BARNSLEY
Postcode district	S70-S75
Dialling code	01226
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Barnsley Central; Barnsley East; Penistone and Stocksbridge;

Barnsley (/ˈbɑːrnzli/) is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 96,888 in 2021, while the wider borough had a population of 244,600 in the 2021 census.

Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is located between the cities of Sheffield, Manchester, Doncaster, Wakefield and Leeds; the larger towns of Rotherham and Huddersfield are nearby. Barnsley's former industries include linen, coal mining, glass making and textiles. Barnsley's culture is rooted in its industrial heritage and it has a tradition of brass bands, originally created as social clubs by its mining communities.

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