West Melton

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See also West Melton, New Zealand.

West Melton
Statistics
Population:	3007
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	SE425005
Administration
District:	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
Services
Police force:	South Yorkshire Police
Fire and rescue:	{{{Fire}}}
Ambulance:	Yorkshire
Post office and telephone
Post town:	Rotherham
Postal district:	S63
Dialling code:	+44-01709
Politics
UK Parliament:	Wentworth
European Parliament:	Yorkshire and the Humber

West Melton is a former mining village in the parish of Brampton Bierlow in South Yorkshire. It lies between Wath-upon-Dearne and Brampton Bierlow, roughly 5 miles north of Rotherham and 5 miles South East of Barnsley.