Barnsley is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, lying on the River Dearne, approximately twenty kilometres north of Sheffield.
Barnsley is twinned with Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany, and Gorlovka in Ukraine.
Barnsley's past as a coal-mining centre came to an end in the era of the Thatcher Government.The Thatcher government decided that the nationally-owned pits were uncompetitive with their European counterparts.
Barnsley is situated in South Yorkshire in the heart of the North of England.
Barnsley is essentially an industrial area, although the west of the Borough moving towards the Pennines and Peak District is rural in character.
While Barnsley is not economically or socially homogenous, instead of the pockets of major deprivation more common in big city areas, Barnsley's population is generally at the lower end of the economic and social spectrum.
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