Brampton Bierlow

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Brampton Bierlow







Statistics
Population:	3,658 (2001 census)
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	SE415015
Administration
Metropolitan borough:	Rotherham
Metropolitan county:	South Yorkshire
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	South Yorkshire
Historic county:	Yorkshire (West Riding)
Services
Police force:	South Yorkshire Police
Fire and rescue:	{{{Fire}}}
Ambulance:	Yorkshire
Post office and telephone
Post town:	BARNSLEY
Postal district:	S73
Dialling code:	01226
Politics
UK Parliament:	Wentworth
European Parliament:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Brampton Bierlow, often known as simply Brampton is a former mining village and civil parish situated in South Yorkshire, England, on the south side of the Dearne Valley, between Barnsley and Rotherham. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 3,658. It forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, but is within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Employment in the village was primarily related to the coal industry, the economy and residents suffered after the sudden closure of mines in the 1980's which was in part sparked by the announcement of the closure of Cortonwood Colliery in the village. The hardship caused by this has left a significant amount of bad feeling in the locality, which, although waning over time, has still not gone away. Despite some recovery, Brampton was at one point delared one of the poorest areas in the European Union (prior to the 2004 expansion).

Recently the economy of the area has improved as much investment has been put into infrastructure and developing light industry and service industries in the area.

Guitarist Steve Rothery was born in Brampton.