Oxspring

Oxspring
Oxspring Post Office
Oxspring is located in South Yorkshire
Oxspring
Oxspring
Location within South Yorkshire
Population1,225 (2011)
OS grid referenceSE270020
Civil parish
  • Oxspring
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHEFFIELD
Postcode districtS36
Dialling code01226
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
Websitehttp://www.oxspring-parish.com
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°30′50″N 1°35′38″W / 53.514°N 1.594°W / 53.514; -1.594

Oxspring is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,048,[1] increasing to 1,225 at the 2011 Census.[2] The civil parish includes the hamlets of Clays-Green, Roughbirchworth and Storrs.[3] It is situated on the River Don with the main village being between the Sheffield Road (B6462) and the route of the Trans Pennine Trail.[3] On the other (NE) side of the river is the A629, part of which is called Oxspring Lane, indicating the position of the original hamlet (now High Oxspring Farm). The parish has a post office, a combined C of E church and community hall, St Aidan's, a primary school and three public houses, the Waggon and Horses on the B6462, The Smithy Arms on Bower Hill and the Travellers Inn on the A629. There is a small amount of industry at the north west end.

  1. ^ "Census 2001". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b Oxspring Neighbourhood Plan