Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Barnsley · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Shafton Two Gates, South Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shafton Two Gates map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Shafton Two Gates |
| Traditional County | South Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Barnsley |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.591112 |
| Longitude | -1.405115 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Shafton Two Gates, a quiet hamlet in South Yorkshire, unfolds itself with a gentle grace. It lies 3.4 km east-south-east of Royston (from Royston: bearing 104°T, OS grid SE 394 106), and is situated south-east of Shafton village. The fields surrounding Shafton Two Gates, often touched by a soft, diffused light, suggest a landscape shaped by husbandry and the slow turning of seasons, where hedgerows stand as patient sentinels. Though its origins are modest, a sense of enduring presence pervades Shafton Two Gates, a quiet echo of the lives lived and labours undertaken here. The air, carrying the faint scent of distant coal dust from a bygone era, now frequently mingles with the richer aroma of cultivated earth. It is a place where the immediate vistas are of verdant pasture and the distant hum of a wider world.
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Explore Shafton Two Gates, 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: 53.591112, -1.405115. 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 | June 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. |