Ardsley
Sunburst over the A635 in Ardsley
Ardsley Location within South Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE381056
• London	155 mi (249 km) SSE
Metropolitan borough	Barnsley
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARNSLEY
Postcode district	S70-S75
Dialling code	01226
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Barnsley Central
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°32′47″N 1°25′31″W / 53.5463°N 1.4254°W / 53.5463; -1.4254

Ardsley is a small village approximately 3 miles (5 km) east from Barnsley and forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley of South Yorkshire, England. The village is in the Stairfoot ward of Barnsley Metropolitan Council. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The A635 (or Doncaster Road) divides the village into two parts.

The Ardsley House Hotel was one of the key features of the village, however the hotel entered administration in March 2014 and subsequently closed down in July 2014.^[1] There is a small primary school, named Oakhill Primary Academy (previously named Ardsley Oaks Junior School and then Oakhill Primary School),^[2] and an Anglican church (Christ Church).^[3]

History

Ardsley was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Darfield,^[4] in 1866 Ardsley became a separate civil parish, on 9 November 1921 the parish was abolished and merged with Barnsley.^[5] In 1921 the parish had a population of 7059.^[6] From 1894 to 1921 Ardsley was an urban district which contained the parish.^[7] It is now in the unparished area of Barnsley.

Sport

Two football teams from the village have played in the FA Cup: Ardsley F.C.^[8] and Ardsley Athletic F.C.^[9]