Thurgoland

Thurgoland (/ˈθɜːrɡələnd/, THUR-gə-lənd) is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England, on the A629 road.

The two-mile-long Thurgoland Coal Branch opened on 24 November 1847 to serve the nearby Stanhope Silkstone Main Colliery.

[7] This ward became part of the new Penistone and Stocksbridge parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons in 2010 and is currently represented by Labour MP Marie Tidball.

Thurgoland is located on the north side of the River Don, about 4.7 miles (7.5 km) south west of the town of Barnsley and 11 miles (17.7 km) north west of Sheffield City Centre.

The village sits on a hill overlooking a bend in the river at about 250 metres (820 ft) above mean sea level.

Crossroads with the Green Dragon Inn