Village and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England
Shafton
Shafton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire.
At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,840, increasing to 3,447 at the 2011 Census. The parish contains the villages of Shafton and Shafton Two Gates.
How locals move
Getting around Shafton the local way
- Go nextOther easy day trips include Bradford, Saltaire, Haworth and Sheffield.
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