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Upper Tankersley South Yorkshire Map

Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Barnsley · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Explore Upper Tankersley, South Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upper Tankersley 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.

Interactive Map of Upper Tankersley, South Yorkshire

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PlaceUpper Tankersley
Traditional CountySouth Yorkshire
District / BoroughBarnsley
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.491878
Longitude-1.490458
Place TypeVillage

About Upper Tankersley

Upper Tankersley commands a quiet dignity upon the rising ground of South Yorkshire, where the horizon sharpens against the grey northern light. It lies 2.9 miles south-south-west of Worsbrough (from Worsbrough: bearing 199°T, OS grid SK 339 995), and is situated south-west of Tankersley village. The landscape here retains a memory of industry, softened now by the encroachment of wild grasses and the persistent, low-slung clouds that drift across the valley. Below the ridge, the waters of Storrs Dike trace a silver path through the terrain, moving with a cold, rhythmic indifference towards the deeper hollows of Storrs Bottom. Historical remnants, such as the stone-wrought dovecote at Glebe Farm, stand as solitary anchors in a shifting agricultural expanse, their weathered surfaces holding the imprint of centuries of wind. Upper Tankersley possesses a stark, unadorned beauty that emerges when the sun catches the damp stone of the local walls, turning them a pale, translucent violet. Even the nearby Tankersley Garden of Rest offers a stillness that feels heavy and deliberate, grounding the modern pace of the district in a more ancient, geological time. This is a place where the earth feels thin, revealing a history etched into the very slope of the hills rather than in the architecture of the streets.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Storrs Bottom (Valley) — 0.6 mi, 229° SW
  • Storrs Dike (River) — 0.7 mi, 194° SSW
  • Dovecote At Glebe Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 080° E
  • Tankersley Garden of Rest (Park) — 0.8 mi, 052° NE
  • Tankersley Common (Park) — 0.8 mi, 066° ENE
  • The Academy Theatre (Theatre) — 0.8 mi, 038° NE
  • High Wood Dike (River) — 1.1 mi, 285° WNW
  • Wayside Cross At Howbrook Crossroads (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 220° SW
  • Howbrook Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 202° SSW
  • Wortley Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.3 mi, 271° W · 240 ha
  • Wheel Bank Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 219° SW
  • Hermit Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 306° NW
  • Rockley Blast Furnace (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 001° N
  • Rockley Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 1.6 mi, 358° N
  • Ashes Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 259° W
  • Lowe Stand (Historic Ruins) — 1.7 mi, 060° ENE
  • Duke of Argyll Monument (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 330° NNW
  • Wharncliffe Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 239° WSW
  • Wentworth Castle Gardens (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 2.3 mi, 336° NNW · 207 ha
  • Hesley Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 138° SE
  • Keeper's Pond (Wetland) — 2.4 mi, 328° NNW
  • Worsbrough Mill Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 016° NNE
  • Ha Ha Walls & Stone Bridge (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 332° NNW
  • The Worsbrough Wishing Tree (Public Artwork) — 2.5 mi, 016° NNE
  • The Victorian Conservatory (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 332° NNW
  • Wentworth Castle (Castle) — 2.5 mi, 333° NNW
  • Wigfield Farm (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 009° N
  • Wharncliffe Crags Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.7 mi, 242° WSW · 16 ha
  • Wortley Top Forge Miniature Railway (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 274° W
  • Wortley Top Forge (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 274° W

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About This Upper Tankersley Map Page

Explore Upper Tankersley, 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: 53.491878, -1.490458. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.