Ward · E05000995

Wombwell

No longer in use

Wombwell was a ward in Barnsley, England, published in boundary releases from December 2011 to December 2025.

The December 2025 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.

Code
E05000995
Kind
Ward
Area
6.67 km²
Population
12,621Mid-2022 estimate
In use
2011 to 2025

Where it sits

Local authorityBarnsley
RegionYorkshire
Ceremonial countySouth Yorkshire
Grouping of councilsBarnsley
CountryEngland

A ward is placed in the constituency holding most of it, so a ward on a constituency boundary is listed in one.

Neighbours

5 wards share a border with Wombwell, longest border first.

Data published for it

3 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Wombwell itself.

And 14 more for Barnsley, the local authority it sits in.

Ask the API

Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the December 2025 release.

  • The areaDocs
    GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05000995
  • Its boundaryDocs
    GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05000995/geometry?tier=medium
  • Its historyDocs
    GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05000995/history
  • What it sits withinDocs
    GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05000995/parents
  • What it containsDocs
    GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05000995/children
  • Its neighboursDocs
    GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05000995/neighbours
  • What you can ask about itDocs
    GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05000995?include=capabilities