Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley

Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
—  Borough  —
Arms of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Barnsley
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county	South Yorkshire
Founded
Admin. HQ	Barnsley
Government
– Type	Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
– Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
– Executive:	Labour
– MPs:	Michael Dugher(Lab), John Healey(Lab), Dan Jarvis (Lab), Angela Smith (Lab)
Area
– Total	127.1 sq mi (329.1 km2)
Area rank	134th
Population (2010 est.)
– Total	227,600
– Rank	Ranked 66th
– Density	1,791.2/sq mi (691.6/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
– Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	00CC
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity	99.1% White
Website	barnsley.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of 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 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, 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.

Politics

See also: Barnsley local elections

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:-^[1]

Year	Labour	Barnsley Independent Group	Conservative	Independent
2011	43	13	6	1

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, Millhouses, Millhouse Green, Monk Bretton

New Lodge

Old Town, Oxspring

Platts Common, Penistone, Pilley, Pogmoor

Royston

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 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.

Places of interest

Cannon Hall

Elsecar Heritage Centre

Monk Bretton Priory

Barnsley Town Hall

Lowe Stand

Locke Park

References

1. ^ "Labour's majority up to 23 - full election results here". Barnsley Chronicle. 6 May 2011. http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/news/article/3969. Retrieved 22 June 2011. 

External links

• Barnsley Portal
• Royston website