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Connections By Road

The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is conveniently located next to the M1 and is less than 35 mins' drive from both Leeds and Sheffield. 

Distance to Central London: Up to 200 miles
Distance to Birmingham: Up to 100 miles (Up to 2 hours)
Distance to Leeds: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)
Distance to Leicester: Up to 100 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)
Distance to Liverpool: Up to 75 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)
Distance to Manchester: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)
Distance to Sheffield: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)
Distance to Oxford: Up to 200 miles (Up to 3 hours)
Distance to Cambridge: Up to 150 miles (Up to 3 hours)

Connections By Rail

Barnsley Interchange is a combined rail and bus station. Train services are provided by Northern Rail. Northbound there is a half hourly express service to Leeds which takes around 35 minutes, this is augmented by a slower service via Castleford which takes around 50 minutes. There is also an hourly service to Huddersfield via the scenic Penistone Line. Southbound there are four trains per hour to Meadowhall and Sheffield, two of which are local stopping services and two of which are express. One service per hour continues to Chesterfield and Nottingham. 

Hours to Central London: Up to 3

Connections By Air

Barnsley is less than 26 miles away from the UK’s newest international airport, Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster. There is a direct bus service from Barnsley to the airport which runs hourly. In addition, Leeds Bradford and Manchester Airports are less than an hour away by car.

Closest Airport: Manchester International Airport
Flights per week to Central London: 7 or more
Distance to Birmingham: Up to 100 miles (Up to 2 hours)
Distance to Manchester: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)

Connections By Freight Ports

The Port of Liverpool provides one of the largest and most advanced marine logistics services in the world and can be reached from Barnsley in just over one and a half hours. 

Distance to Liverpool: Up to 75 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)