Hood Green

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Hood Green
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Village street, Hood Green
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Hood Green
Location within South Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE309029
Civil parish
  • Stainborough
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BARNSLEY
Postcode district S75
Police South Yorkshire
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Ambulance Yorkshire
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53°31′19″N1°32′02″W / 53.522°N 1.534°W / 53.522; -1.534

Hood Green is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is near the villages of Dodworth and Silkstone and is within the Penistone and Stocksbridge parliamentary constituency. [1]

Wentworth Castle and gardens is a nearby tourist attraction.

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References

  1. "Open Windrow Composting". www.parliament.uk. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

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