[citation needed] South Ossett is just north of Horbury with the main road of Storrs Hill Road.
[citation needed] The town is next to countryside and is part of the Wakefield constituency and "Horbury and South Ossett" ward for elections.
The current Ossett school was previously Ossett Grammar School, where the author Stan Barstow educated during the war.
[citation needed] South Ossett contains St Ignatius Church and parish centre.
The parish centre provides for most people from South Ossett to cast their vote each year.