Cudworth and Shafton are neighbouring former mining villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Both grew up in the 19th and early 20th centuries around coal and the railways, and that industrial past is still visible in terraced streets, miners’ welfare clubs and local memorials; they sit on the edge of the South Yorkshire coalfield with countryside and the Pennines within easy reach.
Today they are primarily residential communities with schools, shops, sports clubs and community centres, and have seen pockets of regeneration alongside long‑standing social networks. Good road and bus links to Barnsley and the wider region make them practical commuter bases while they retain a distinct local identity shaped by their mining heritage.
Postcode districts covering Cudworth and Shafton
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 14.3 miles
- Leeds 16.2 miles
- Bradford 20.2 miles
- Huddersfield 16.2 miles
- Rotherham 10.6 miles
- Doncaster 13.1 miles
- Chesterfield 22.9 miles
- Wakefield 7.8 miles
- Halifax 21.5 miles
- Barnsley 2.4 miles
- Castleford 10.2 miles
- Morley 13.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Cudworth Ward 0.4 miles
- Shafton Parish 0.8 miles
- Carlton Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Monk Bretton Ward 1.4 miles
- Grimethorpe Built-up area 1.5 miles
- North East Ward 1.7 miles
- Brierley Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Royston Built-up area 2 miles
- South Hiendley Built-up area 2.1 miles
- St. Helens Ward 2.2 miles
- Barnsley Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Havercroft with Cold Hiendley Parish 2.7 miles
Example postcodes in Cudworth and Shafton
S72 8RG, S72 8JT, S72 8GZ, S72 8NT, S71 3HH, S72 8PP, S72 8LP, S72 8RB, S72 8TH … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 18.2 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 22.1 miles
- Barnsley Interchange 3.1 miles
- Fitzwilliam Railway Station 4 miles
Hotels near Cudworth and Shafton Ad
- Travelodge Barnsley 3 2.6 miles
- Waterton Park Hotel 4 4.6 miles
- Burntwood Court Hotel 2.3 miles
- ibis Styles Barnsley 3 4.7 miles
- Premier Inn Barnsley Central M1 J37 3 3.4 miles
- Holiday Inn Barnsley 4 5 miles
- Premier Inn Barnsley 3 4.8 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Wakefield 3 7.7 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Rotherham – North 3 5.7 miles
- Churchill's Hotel 3 4.2 miles
Schools in Cudworth and Shafton
- Birkwood Primary School Primary
- Cherry Dale Primary School Primary
- Churchfield Primary School Primary
- Lift Shafton Primary
Local points of interest
- Oakwell Stadium 2.9 miles
- Nostell Priory Country house 5.1 miles
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 5.2 miles
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 6 miles
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 6.3 miles
- Hampole Priory Historic site 7.4 miles
- Pontefract Racecourse Recreation 9 miles
- Outwood Library Library 9.4 miles
- Stanley Library Library 9.5 miles
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 10.5 miles
- Meadowhall Shopping centre 11.6 miles
- Fairnurn Ings Nature reserve 12.1 miles