Barnsley is a large town and a metropolitan district in South Yorkshire, England. Its population, according to the 2001 census, was 218,100.

The town lies on the River Dearne, approximately twenty kilometres north of Sheffield. The town is famous for coal mining, but all the mines have now closed

Famous people from Barnsley include Michael Parkinson, Geoffrey Boycott, Brian Glover, Darren Gough and Harold Bird.

Settlements in the borough of Barnsley include:

Birdwell, Bolton upon Dearne

Cawthorne, Cudworth

Darton, Dodworth, Dunford Bridge

Elsecar

Goldthorpe, Grimethorpe

Hoyland

Monk Bretton

Penistone

Royston, South Yorkshire

Thurnscoe

Wombwell, Worsborough