Upper Tankersley is a small residential area on the edge of the town of Barnsley in South Yorkshire. It sits close to the village of Tankersley and the M1, giving straightforward road links to Barnsley, Sheffield and Leeds, and occupies a rural–urban fringe with a mixture of post‑war and newer housing alongside fields and footpaths.
Historically the locality shares in the coal‑mining and agricultural heritage of the borough of Barnsley, and the wider parish has a number of older buildings and country houses. Today many residents commute to nearby towns while the neighbourhood keeps a village‑like feel, with local shops, pubs and community groups and easy access to the surrounding countryside for walking and leisure.
Postcode districts covering Upper Tankersley
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 8.5 miles
- Leeds 21.4 miles
- Bradford 23.2 miles
- Huddersfield 16.4 miles
- Rotherham 6.8 miles
- Doncaster 15.8 miles
- Chesterfield 17.1 miles
- Wakefield 12.8 miles
- Halifax 22.6 miles
- Barnsley 4.8 miles
- Castleford 16.8 miles
- Morley 18.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Tankersley Parish 0.6 miles
- Birdwell Built-up area 1 mile
- Rockingham Ward 1.4 miles
- Wortley Parish 2 miles
- Chapeltown and High Green Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Hoyland Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Stainborough Parish 2.3 miles
- Jump Built-up area 2.8 miles
- West Ecclesfield Ward 2.8 miles
- Worsbrough Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Ecclesfield Parish 2.9 miles
- Hoyland Milton Ward 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Upper Tankersley
S75 3AR, S75 3AZ, S75 3FQ, S75 3WU, S75 3AE, S75 3AP, S75 3FP, S75 3DQ, S75 3AJ … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 20.1 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 26.5 miles
- Chapeltown Railway Station 2.5 miles
- Elsecar Railway Station 2.8 miles
- Doncaster Sheffield Bus Station 7.9 miles
Hotels near Upper Tankersley Ad
- Mercure Barnsley Tankersley Manor Hotel 4 0.5 miles
- Whitley Hall Hotel 4 3.1 miles
- The Fairway 3 4 miles
- Friendship Hotel 4.2 miles
- Wortley Hall 3 1.6 miles
- Ibis Styles Barnsley Hotel 3 3.9 miles
- Holiday Inn Barnsley 4 3.7 miles
- Cubley Hall 3 5.8 miles
- Churchill's Hotel 2 4.4 miles
- Gulliver's Valley M1 Jct 31 7.4 miles
Schools in Upper Tankersley
- Park House School Independent - special
Local points of interest
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 3 miles
- Oakwell Stadium 4.1 miles
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 4.4 miles
- Hillsborough Stadium Stadium 5.8 miles
- Meadowhall Shopping centre 6.5 miles
- Don Valley Stadium Stadium 7.4 miles
- University of Sheffield University 7.9 miles
- The Leadmill Theatre 8.3 miles
- Bramall Lane Stadium 8.7 miles
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 11.2 miles
- Nostell Priory Country house 11.7 miles
- Hampole Priory Historic site 12.4 miles