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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Upper Tankersley, South Yorkshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Upper Tankersley |
| Traditional County | South Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Barnsley |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.491878 |
| Longitude | -1.490458 |
| Place Type | Village |
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.
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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 built | August 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. |