Background Info For South Yorkshire Travelers

The metropolitan county, South Yorkshire is established in the Yorkshire and the Humber area of England. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the county was spruced up in 1974 and by 2001 is spread in an area of 599.25 square miles. Divided into four local government districts, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and City of Sheffield.

The county shares its borders with West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. The metropolitan county is mostly sprawled on the rocks full of carbon in the Yorkshire coalfields. It produces a country side landscape with hills, wide valleys and large cliffs hanging out at different elevations. Many rivers flow in the county such as Dearne, Don and Rother.

In this area there is a great proof of both previous and present industrial activity. There are iron and steel plants, numerous of mines and piles of previous spoil. Overall the scenery is a mix of constructed areas, industries land that is neglected and farms in open country. With industry developing along the transport routes like rail, road and canal are exclusive features of the region, whereas some remains of the past industry and some semi natural greenery and vegetation still survive.

In 1974, South Yorkshire was established as a metropolitan county under the Local Government Act 1972 out of southern portion of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the pre county boroughs of Rotherham, Sheffield, Doncaster and Barnsley. In 1974, South Yorkshire County Council created a public attitudes discovery about everything available and required in the county. All the metropolitan county councils were ceased in 1986. Their functions were transferred to the various boroughs.

Despite county councils being dissolved, South Yorkshire still is a ceremonial and metropolitan county with a High Sheriff and a Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire. The major settlements took place in South Yorkshire progressed adjacent to industries of manufacturing steel and mining. The main mining was of coal whose hub was in the north and east of the county. Iron deposits were also mined in this region. The rivers flowed off the Pennines in the west of the county aided the steel industry that is focused in city of Sheffield.

As the hopeless regions of Western Europe, South Yorkshire is targeted for providing funds from the European Regional Development Fund. This is a chart of pattern of regional gross value added of South Yorkshire at present basic prices with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling. Three major urban areas of South Yorkshire are the Sheffield urban area that sprawls Sheffield, Rotherham and suburbs, the Dearne Valley that sprawls Barnsley and suburbs and the Doncaster urban area that sprawls Doncaster and its suburbs.

There are a plenty of places in the county that can amuse a visitor such as Brodsworth Hall and Gardens, Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield, Sheffield Winter Gardens, Rother Valley Country Park, Ulley reservoir and Country park, Magna Science Adventure Centre, Clifton Park Museum that is at Rotherham, Doncaster Mansion House, Howden Moors, Meadowhall shopping centre, Cusworth Hall, Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens at Barnsley, St Lawrence Church, Adwick le Street, St Thomas the Apostle Church in Barnsley, Worsborough Mill and Country Park, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet at Sheffield, Chapel of Our Lady of Rotherham Bridge or also called Chapel on the Bridge at Rotherham and many more Castles and abbeys.