Dodworth is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, lying to the south‑west of Barnsley town centre and close to the M1. It expanded rapidly in the 19th and early 20th centuries as a coal‑mining community - the imprint of former collieries and miners’ institutions can still be seen in the village layout and social life.
Today Dodworth is largely residential with local shops, small industrial estates and community sports clubs, while good road and rail links (including Dodworth railway station) make it a convenient base for commuters to Barnsley, Sheffield and Leeds. It also benefits from being close to the foothills of the Pennines, giving easy access to surrounding countryside alongside a continuing sense of mining heritage in local bands and community organisations.
Postcode districts covering Dodworth
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 12 miles
- Leeds 17.9 miles
- Bradford 19.7 miles
- Oldham 23.7 miles
- Huddersfield 13.4 miles
- Rotherham 10 miles
- Doncaster 16.9 miles
- Chesterfield 20.6 miles
- Wakefield 9.5 miles
- Halifax 19.5 miles
- Barnsley 2.7 miles
- Castleford 14.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Stainborough Parish 1.4 miles
- Kingstone Ward 1.5 miles
- Barugh Green and Redbrook Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Silkstone Common Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Penistone East Ward 1.7 miles
- Silkstone Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Old Town Ward 2 miles
- Central Ward 2.2 miles
- Worsbrough Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Darton West Ward 2.7 miles
- Barnsley Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Cawthorne Built-up area 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Dodworth
S75 3JZ, S75 3SE, S75 3QE, S75 3HZ, S75 4LS, S75 3NW, S75 3PR, S75 3UB, S75 3QS … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 21.7 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 23 miles
- Dodworth Railway Station 0.4 miles
- Silkstone Common Railway Station 1.8 miles
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Schools in Dodworth
- Dodworth St John the Baptist C of E Primary Academy Primary
- Keresforth Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Oakwell Stadium 2.4 miles
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 5.4 miles
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 6 miles
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 7.9 miles
- Hillsborough Stadium Stadium 9.1 miles
- Nostell Priory Country house 9.4 miles
- Meadowhall Shopping centre 10 miles
- Don Valley Stadium Stadium 10.9 miles
- University of Sheffield University 11.3 miles
- Outwood Library Library 11.4 miles
- The Leadmill Theatre 11.8 miles
- Stanley Library Library 12 miles