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Mapplewell

Mapplewell is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England.

The place

Mapplewell is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. The village currently falls within the Barnsley MBC ward of Darton East.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Mapplewell

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Church of All Saints

    The Church of All Saints is the parish church in the village of Darton in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds.

    2 km · Anglican church in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Barnsley College

    Barnsley College is a further education college just outside the town centre of Barnsley, England. It has several campuses, including the SciTech Digital Innovation Centre and The Electric Theatre.

    3.7 km · college in Barnsley, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Mary's Church

    St Mary's Church is an active parish church in the town of Barnsley, within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Built in the year 1400, the church is located on Church Lane and is directly next to the college and town hall.

    3.6 km · church in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Woolley Hall

    Woolley Hall is a country house in Woolley, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.1 km · house in Woolley, Wakefield, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Central Offices, Barnsley

    Central Offices was a municipal facility at Kendray Street in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. As County Hall, it was the headquarters of South Yorkshire County Council.

    3.9 km · building in Barnsley, Barnsley, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Mapplewell

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 33 km · Manchester (MAN), 58 km · East Midlands (EMA), 85 km
Stations
Darton railway station, 1.9 km · Staincross and Mapplewell railway station, 1.1 km · Notton and Royston railway station, 3.7 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Mapplewell
    50 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £5–7
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Mapplewell
    74 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £8–11
  • Liverpool → Mapplewell
    99 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £11–15
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Mapplewell

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mapplewell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextOther easy day trips include Bradford, Saltaire, Haworth and Sheffield.

From Wikivoyage: Wakefield (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    322 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    323 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    343 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    356 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    384 km

If you know how people move in Mapplewell – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Mapplewell

Mapplewell is 23 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Dartonvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK2 km
  • Woolleyvillage and civil parish in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom3.3 km
  • Nottona village located in Wakefield, United Kingdom3.5 km
  • Barughvillage in South Yorkshire, UK2.2 km
  • Carltonvillage in South Yorkshire, UK3.5 km