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Where is Barnsley?

Barnsley is located in the county of South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles north of the town of Worsbrough, and 152 miles north-west of London. Barnsley lies three miles south-east of the West Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Barnsley falls within the metropolitan district council of Barnsley. It is in the S70 postcode district. The post town for Barnsley is Barnsley.

Barnsley on a map

Map showing extent of Barnsley as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Barnsley
Map showing location of Barnsley within the UK
Location of Barnsley within the UK

Which county is Barnsley in?

Barnsley is in the ceremonial county of South Yorkshire, and the historic county of Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountySouth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Barnsley in South Yorkshire?

Barnsley is situated towards the northernmost extremity of South Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of South Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Barnsley within South Yorkshire
Location of Barnsley within South Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Barnsley?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Barnsley is S70 2SW.

Where is Barnsley in S70?

Barnsley is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the S70 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the S70 postcode district.

Map showing location of Barnsley within S70
Location of Barnsley within S70

What is the post town for Barnsley?

The post town for Barnsley is Barnsley. Barnsley is in the S70 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Barnsley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Barnsley?

The centre of Barnsley is located at position 53.55352° latitude and -1.48259° longitude.

Latitude53.55352°
Longitude-1.48259°

What is the easting and northing of Barnsley?

The centre of Barnsley is located at the grid reference easting 434376 and northing 406446 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting434376
Northing406446

What are the nearest towns to Barnsley?

Position of Barnsley relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Barnsley to the centre of the town.

north
2m
Barnsley is 2 miles north of Worsbrough
south
3m
Barnsley is 3 miles south of Royston
north-west
4m
Barnsley is 4 miles north-west of Wombwell
east
6m
Barnsley is 6 miles east of Penistone
north-west
7m
Barnsley is 7 miles north-west of Wath upon Dearne
north-east
7m
Barnsley is 7 miles north-east of Stocksbridge
south-west
7m
Barnsley is 7 miles south-west of Hemsworth
west
7m
Barnsley is 7 miles west of Thurnscoe
south-west
7m
Barnsley is 7 miles south-west of South Kirkby
west
7m
Barnsley is 7 miles west of Bolton upon Dearne

What are the nearest cities to Barnsley?

Position of Barnsley relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Barnsley to the centre of the city.

south
9m
Barnsley is 9 miles south of Wakefield
north
12m
Barnsley is 12 miles north of Sheffield
west
15m
Barnsley is 15 miles west of Doncaster
south
17m
Barnsley is 17 miles south of Leeds
south-east
20m
Barnsley is 20 miles south-east of Bradford
east
32m
Barnsley is 32 miles east of Manchester
south-west
33m
Barnsley is 33 miles south-west of York
east
34m
Barnsley is 34 miles east of Salford
south
40m
Barnsley is 40 miles south of Ripon
north
43m
Barnsley is 43 miles north of Derby

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