Hoylandswaine | |
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Saint John the Evangelist Church, Hoylandswaine | |
Location within South Yorkshire | |
Area | 0.3847 km2 (0.1485 sq mi) |
Population | 1,038 (2021 census) |
• Density | 2,698/km2 (6,990/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SE 263 048 |
Civil parish | |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Dialling code | 01226 |
Police | South Yorkshire |
Fire | South Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Hoylandswaine is a village in the civil parish of Penistone, in the Barnsley district, in the county of South Yorkshire, England. In 2021 it had a population of 1038.[1] Until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Located between Silkstone and Penistone and west of the M1 along the A628 it enjoys easy access to more significant locales such as Barnsley, Manchester, Huddersfield, Sheffield and Leeds.
Located on a historic salt track and once a nail-making and agricultural village, today, Hoylandswaine is part of the affluent commuter village belt to the west of Barnsley.