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Smithies, Barnsley — Area Guide & Where to Stay
An area of Barnsley two miles north-east of the town centre, Smithies carries St Helen as the single name on its record.
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Where to stay in Smithies
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Nobody books a room in Smithies. The area sits two miles from Barnsley town centre, which is where the hotels are, and its own streets run to housing with St Helen standing among them. The distance is short by car.
A traveller with business on this side of Barnsley still sleeps in the centre.
Few places to stay in Smithies — most visitors book in Barnsley nearby.
About Smithies
What are the main landmarks in Smithies?
St Helen, and nothing else. The record hands Smithies a single name, which leaves a visitor with the church, the residential streets around it and a two-mile run back into Barnsley for anything more. For a museum, Smithies sends you down the road.
Smithies reads as a name on the South Yorkshire map with one building beneath it.
What is the history of Smithies?
Nothing in the paperwork opens Smithies with a year. Smithies enters the record simply as an area of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, a name attached to streets two miles from the centre rather than to a chartered settlement carrying dates of its own. St Helen stands on the list.
The past that can be documented here belongs to Barnsley, and Smithies takes its place inside it.
Where is Smithies?
Smithies occupies ground in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, two miles out from the town centre on its north-eastern side.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Smithies?
Barnsley: beds in the town rather than out at Smithies.
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Updated September 2026