Local authority · E08000016

Barnsley

No longer in use

Barnsley was a local authority in England, published in boundary releases from December 2011 to December 2024.

The December 2024 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.

Code
E08000016
Kind
Local authority
Area
328 km²
Population
251,770Mid-2024 estimate
In use
2011 to 2024

Where it sits

RegionYorkshire
Ceremonial countySouth Yorkshire
Grouping of councilsBarnsley
CountryEngland

What it contains

18 parishes, as of the December 2024 boundaries

  • Barnsley, unparished area
  • Billingley
  • Cawthorne
  • Dunford
  • Great Houghton
  • Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth
  • High Hoyland
  • Hunshelf
  • Langsett
  • Little Houghton
  • Oxspring
  • Penistone
  • Shafton
  • Silkstone
  • Stainborough
  • Tankersley
  • Thurgoland
  • Wortley

Neighbours

6 local authorities share a border with Barnsley, longest border first.

Data published for it

20 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Barnsley itself.

Ask the API

Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the December 2024 release.

  • The areaDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2024-12-uk-bgc/E08000016
  • Its boundaryDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2024-12-uk-bgc/E08000016/geometry?tier=medium
  • Its historyDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2024-12-uk-bgc/E08000016/history
  • What it sits withinDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2024-12-uk-bgc/E08000016/parents
  • What it containsDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2024-12-uk-bgc/E08000016/children
  • Its neighboursDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2024-12-uk-bgc/E08000016/neighbours
  • What you can ask about itDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2024-12-uk-bgc/E08000016?include=capabilities