Silkstone is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, set on the fringe of the Pennines amid rolling Yorkshire countryside. The parish includes the neighbouring settlement of Silkstone Common and retains a rural feel of stone-built houses, fields and lanes while sitting within easy commuting distance of Barnsley and Sheffield.
Historically agricultural, the area was transformed in the 19th century by coal mining and is remembered nationally for the 1838 Huskar Pit disaster at nearby Silkstone Common, an event that helped prompt reforms in mining law. Today the village keeps a strong local identity around its parish church, community groups and small businesses, functioning largely as a quiet commuter and rural community with a clearly preserved historic character.
Postcode districts covering Silkstone
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Leeds 18.1 miles29.1 km
- Bradford 19 miles30.5 km
- Oldham 21.9 miles35.2 km
- Huddersfield 12 miles19.3 km
- Rotherham 11.2 miles18 km
- Doncaster 18.8 miles30.2 km
- Chesterfield 20.8 miles33.5 km
- Wakefield 10 miles16 km
- Halifax 18.2 miles29.3 km
- Barnsley 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Castleford 15.5 miles24.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Silkstone Common Built-up area 0.5 miles0.7 km
- Silkstone Built-up area 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Penistone East Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Hoylandswaine Built-up area 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Cawthorne Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Dodworth Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Oxspring Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Stainborough Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Thurgoland Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Penistone Built-up area 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Barugh Green and Redbrook Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Darton West Ward 3.1 miles5 km
Example postcodes in Silkstone
S75 4PT, S75 4SD, S75 4JN, S75 4QE, S75 4RR, S75 4RB, S75 4PJ, S75 4LE, S75 4JD … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Silkstone Common Railway Station 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Dodworth Railway Station 1.5 miles2.4 km
Hotels near Silkstone Ad
- The Fairway 3 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Cubley Hall 3 3.1 miles5.1 km
- Ibis Styles Barnsley Hotel 3 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Holiday Inn Barnsley 4 1.9 miles3 km
- Bagden Hall Hotel 3 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Friendship Hotel 4.2 miles6.7 km
- The Dog and Partridge 4 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Wortley Hall 3 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Mercure Barnsley Tankersley Manor Hotel 4 4.9 miles7.8 km
- Whitley Hall Hotel 4 7.2 miles11.6 km
Schools in Silkstone
- Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School Primary
- Silkstone Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Oakwell Stadium 4.2 miles6.8 km
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Hillsborough Stadium Stadium 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Nostell Priory Country house 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Meadowhall Shopping centre 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Galpharm Stadium Stadium 11.4 miles18.3 km
- University of Sheffield University 11.5 miles18.6 km
- Don Valley Stadium Stadium 11.6 miles18.6 km
- Outwood Library Library 11.8 miles19 km
- The Leadmill Theatre 12.1 miles19.5 km