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hi. strictly speaking this should be in a barnsley forum but can't find one. anyway, do you guys know of the nicer areas in barnsley to live in with some good links to m1 and/or a1 and have some good primary schools? thanks.:hihi:

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Although no doubt Barnsley will come in from some stick from the Sheffielders on here- there really are some lovely parts of Barnsley, especially now the land has returned to it's pre-coal mining landscape.

Anything to the north west is expensive but worth a look- Stainborough, Hood Green, Cawthorne, Silkstone- then you can go south - Darfield, Wombwell, Hoyland, all have good M1 links and are cheaper.

In the town centre anything around Locke Park is quite sought after, but avoid Athersley, Lundwood, and anything that is near a river, or has methane tubes sticking out of the grass. there is alot of new building going on land that is below the flood line, and also old mining land that is full of gas!!

Don't move into new housing around Wombwell station because it is possibly contaminated with carbon monoxide from the old foundry!!

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Try Oxspring or Penistone, both are lovely towns.

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thanks jomarch & phylis for the suggestions, will take a look at these places

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the west of barnsley, is lovely getting out to the countryside back to the pennines, pensitone very nice high market town, silkstone and cawthorne lovely, Cawthorne has cannon hall nice place to visit and silkstone pot house hamlet, lovley, great cafe their to eat in and nice walks etc.

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