Kirk Balk Academy

Kirk Balk Academy is a secondary school located in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Northern Education Trust. The school mainly serves students living in its immediate area: Birdwell, Hoyland, Jump, Tankersley, Elsecar, Wombwell and Pilley.

Email: kirkbalk.enquiries@northerneducationtrust.org
Type: School
Description: school in Barnsley, UK
Address: West Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9HX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Peter and Lowe Stand.

Church of St Peter

Church

Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church of St Peter is situated 600 feet north of Kirk Balk Academy.

Lowe Stand

Ruins

Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lowe Stand is an 18th-century folly built for Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, and likely originally intended as a hunting lodge. It is situated in the South Yorkshire town of Hoyland, 5 miles south-east of Barnsley. Lowe Stand is situated 1,200 feet north of Kirk Balk Academy.

Hoyland War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Richard Whitham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hoyland War Memorial is situated 1,100 feet east of Kirk Balk Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hoyland and Jump.

Hoyland

Town

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Hoyland is a town and district in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The town has also been known as Nether Hoyland. When the urban district council was formed the name used was Hoyland Nether Urban District Council.

Jump

Village

Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jump is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Hoyland, separated from it by the Jump Valley, through which a stream runs.

Tankersley

Village

Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tankersley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,414, increasing to 1,671 at the 2011 Census.