The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England; the main settlement is Barnsley and other notable towns include Penistone, Wombwell and Hoyland.

Borough of Barnsley
Metropolitan borough
Barnsley, the largest settlement and administrative centre of the borough.
Arms of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough shown within South Yorkshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county	South Yorkshire
Admin. HQ	Barnsley
Government
• Type	Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Labour
• MPs:	John Healey (Lab.), Dan Jarvis (Lab.), Stephanie Peacock (Lab.), Miriam Cates (Con.)
Area
• Total	127.1 sq mi (329.1 km2)
• Rank	127th
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	246,866
• Rank	Ranked 73rd
• Density	1,900/sq mi (750/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	00CC (ONS) E08000016 (GSS)
Ethnicity	97.9% White[1]
Website	barnsley.gov.uk

The borough is bisected by the M1 motorway; it is rural to the west, and largely urban/industrial to the east it is estimated that around 16% of the Borough is classed as Urban overall with this area being home to a vast majority of its residents. Additionally 68% of Barnsley's 32,863 hectares is green belt and 9% is national park land, the majority of which is west of the M1. In 2007 it was estimated that Barnsley had 224,600 residents, measured at the 2011 census as 231,221,[2] 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.

The borough forms part of both the Sheffield City Region and the Leeds City Region.

Politics

Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 63 councillors being elected at each election. The council had been controlled by the Labour Party since the first election in 1973. As of the 2011 election the council is composed of the following councillors:-[3]

Following the election in 2012 the council has 53 Labour, 5 Barnsley Independent Group and 5 Conservative councillors.[3] The borough council elects the mayor every year. On the day of the election, a parade takes place in front of the town hall in honour of the new mayor.

Barnsley borough is represented by four MPs: Dan Jarvis for Barnsley Central (Labour), Miriam Cates for Penistone & Stocksbridge (Conservative), Stephanie Peacock for Barnsley East (Labour) and John Healey for Wentworth and Dearne CC (Labour).

Towns, wards and villages

• Ardsley, Athersley
• Barnsley, Barugh, Barugh-Green, Billingley, Birdwell, Bolton upon Dearne, Brierley
• Cortonwood, Carlecotes, Carlton, Cawthorne, Cubley, Cudworth
• Darfield, Darton, Dodworth, Dunford Bridge
• Elsecar
• Gawber, Gilroyd, Goldthorpe, Great Houghton, Grimethorpe
• Haigh (half in Wakefield district), Hemingfield, High Hoyland, Higham, Honeywell, Hood Green, Hoyland, Hoylandswaine
• Ingbirchworth
• Jump
• Kendray, Kexbrough, Kingstone
• Little Houghton, Lundwood
• Mapplewell, Millhouses, Millhouse Green, Monk Bretton
• New Lodge
• Old Town, Oxspring
• Platts Common, Penistone, Pilley, Pogmoor
• Royston, Redbrook
• Shafton, Silkstone, Silkstone Common, Smithies, Staincross, Stairfoot
• Tankersley, Thurgoland, Thurlstone, Thurnscoe
• Ward Green, Wilthorpe, Woolley Colliery, Wombwell, Wortley, Worsbrough

Education

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 was an independent school, Hope House School. Post-16 education is provided at Barnsley College and the sixth form of Penistone Grammar School. An adult education college, Northern College, is located at Wentworth Castle in Stainborough. The University of Huddersfield has a campus in Barnsley town centre.

Places of interest

• Cannon Hall
• Cannon Hall Farm
• Elsecar Heritage Centre
• Monk Bretton Priory
• Barnsley Town Hall
• Lowe Stand

Places of concern

• Boulder Bridge

See also

• List of Mayors of Barnsley

References

External links

• Barnsley Portal
• Royston website

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