Worsbrough Common estate is a suburb of the Barnsley town centre area.

It takes its name from the old common above Highstone Lane, which was the border betwixt Worsbrough and Barnsley.

The main traffic on the line was loaded trains carrying coal from the southern Yorkshire coalfields to Lancashire via the Woodhead Tunnel.

The LNER Class U1 was designed solely for the Worsbrough Branch line, prior to electrification in the early 1950s.

Worsbrough dates back to the 7th century, and is listed within the wapentake of Staincross,Yorkshire, in the Domesday Book: In Wircesburg Gerneber and Haldene had five carucates of land and a half to be taxed where there may be four ploughs.

The railway, canal system and better road links between Barnsley and Sheffield, also led to increased industry and migration to Worsbrough from other parts of the North, Britain and Ireland, and to the wider area as a whole.

With the rise of industry in the area and migration, came risks and due to unsafe and treacherous working conditions, many men and boys lost their lives, and families their breadwinners.

In 1849, 75 men and boys lost their lives in the Darley Main Colliery disaster[3] in Worsbrough Dale.

Then, in 1875 at Swaithe Main Colliery, another explosion that led to the deaths of 143 men and boys, this was the biggest loss of life since the Oaks Disaster near Hoyle Mill, Barnsley.

Today there are several memorials to those who lost their lives in local pit disasters, at churchyards in the area.

St Mary's Church built over a thousand years ago, is a Grade I listed building in the tranquil setting of the historic settlement of Worsbrough Village.

[7] The Barnsley Academy, before 2006 known as the Elmhirst School, provides secondary education to the area.

Worsbrough St Mary's C of E Primary School closed on 31 December 2007 as a consequence of falling pupil numbers.

are based in Worsbrough, next to the River Dove and currently play in the Northern Counties East Football League.

The Trans Pennine Trail runs through Worsbrough along the path of a disused railway line.

Worsbrough Bridge Cricket Club are based next to the River Dove and play in divisions 3 and 8 of the YCSPL.