Barnsley
Barnsley is a large town in South Yorkshire in the north of England, nowadays a metropolis. It grew up as a linen-making town, but then in the 18th and 19th century made its living from coal-mining, glass-making and steel.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Oakwell and Barnsley Interchange.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Darton and Worsbrough.
Darton
Village
Photo: DaveGorman, Public domain.
Barnsley
- Categories: unparished area and locality
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.5528° or 53° 33′ 10″ north
Longitude
-1.4828° or 1° 28′ 58″ west
Population
245,000
Elevation
367 feet (112 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB BSY
Open location code
9C5WHG38+4V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Barnsley” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بارنزلي”
- Arabic: “بارنسلي”
- Armenian: “Բարնսլի”
- Asturian: “Barnsley”
- Azerbaijani: “Barnsli”
- Basque: “Barnsley”
- Belarusian: “Барнслі”
- Belarusian: “Барнсьлі”
- Bengali: “বান্সলে”
- Breton: “Barnsley”
- Bulgarian: “Барнзли”
- Catalan: “Barnsley”
- Cebuano: “Barnsley”
- Chinese: “巴恩斯利”
- Chinese: “巴恩斯利都市自治市”
- Chinese: “巴斯里区”
- Chinese: “巴斯里區”
- Czech: “Barnsley”
- Danish: “Barnsley”
- Dutch: “Barnsley”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بارنسلى”
- Esperanto: “Barnsley”
- Estonian: “Barnsley”
- Finnish: “Barnsley”
- French: “Barnsley”
- French: “District métropolitain de Barnsley”
- German: “Barnsley”
- German: “Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley”
- Greek: “Μπάρνσλεϊ”
- Gujarati: “બાર્નસ્લે”
- Hebrew: “בארנסלי”
- Hungarian: “Barnsley”
- Icelandic: “Barnsley”
- Indonesian: “Barnsley”
- Irish: “Barnsley”
- Italian: “Barnsley”
- Italian: “Borgo metropolitano di Barnsley”
- Japanese: “バーンズリー”
- Kannada: “ಬಾರ್ನ್ಸ್ಲೇ”
- Korean: “반즐리 도시 자치구”
- Korean: “반즐리”
- Ladin: “Barnsley”
- Latvian: “Bārnsli”
- Lithuanian: “Barnslis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Barnsley”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barnsley”
- Norwegian: “Barnsley”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Barnsley”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Beorneslēah”
- Persian: “بارنزلی”
- Polish: “Barnsley”
- Polish: “Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley”
- Portuguese: “Barnsley”
- Romanian: “Barnsley”
- Russian: “Барнсли”
- Scots: “Barnsley”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Barnsley”
- Serbian: “Барнсли”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Barnsley”
- Silesian: “Barnsley”
- Slovak: “Barnsley”
- Slovenian: “Barnsley”
- South Azerbaijani: “بارنزلی”
- Spanish: “Barnsley”
- Spanish: “Municipio metropolitano de Barnsley”
- Swedish: “Barnsley”
- Swedish: “Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley”
- Tamil: “பார்ன்சலே”
- Tatar: “Барнсли”
- Telugu: “బార్న్స్లే”
- Thai: “บาร์นสลีย์”
- Turkish: “Barnsley”
- Ukrainian: “Барнслі”
- Urdu: “بارنزیلی”
- Volapük: “Barnsley”
- Welsh: “Barnsley”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan Barnsley”
- Yue Chinese: “班士利”
- “Barnsley”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Barnsley”.
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Oakwell and Shaw Lands.
England: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.