(Suburban Area near Darfield)
Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Barnsley · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
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| Place | Highfield |
| Traditional County | South Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Barnsley |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.540376 |
| Longitude | -1.377548 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Highfield rests in a quiet corner of South Yorkshire, a place where the land slopes gently towards unseen streams. It lies 2.4 km north-north-east of Wombwell (from Wombwell: bearing 33°T, OS grid SE 413 050), and is situated north-north-west of Darfield village. The sky above Highfield often holds a particular softness, a diffused light that seems to caress the brickwork of its modest homes and the stoic lines of its older buildings, hinting at lives lived with a steady, unshowy resilience. Though the echoes of industry have long since faded, a keen observer might still discern the faint scent of damp earth and the distant murmur of traffic, a reminder of the region's industrial past. The hedgerows here, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, form a verdant, almost secretive boundary to the fields, their tangled forms suggesting stories whispered by generations of country folk.
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Explore Highfield, South Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.540376, -1.377548. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | July 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |