High Green is a village located about 6 miles from Barnsley, the nearest major town.

High Green is the home of Paces, a registered charity providing services for children and young people with cerebral palsy and their families, including a school.

Their frontman Alex Turner usually presents the band in concert saying, "We are the Arctic Monkeys from High Green, Sheffield!"

Their song "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured" includes the lyrics, "I said, it's High Green, mate / Via Hillsborough, please!"

In 2012 the organist at St Saviour's parish church was murdered on his way to midnight communion on Christmas Eve.