Wombwell

Wombwell
High Street, Wombwell
Wombwell Location within South Yorkshire
Population	15,316 (2011)
OS grid reference	SE399028
Metropolitan borough	Barnsley
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARNSLEY
Postcode district	S73
Dialling code	01226
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Barnsley East
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°30′58″N 1°24′00″W / 53.516°N 1.400°W / 53.516; -1.400

Wombwell (locally /ˈwʊmwɛl/) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. In the 2011 census, data for the town was split between the ward of Wombwell^[1] and small sections that fell into the wards of Darfield (specifically the area south of Pitt Street, including Broomhill)^[2] and Stairfoot (specifically the area south of Aldham Crescent).^[3] Added together, these record the town's population at approximately 15,316.

Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, its name may have originally been "Womba's Well", meaning "well in a hollow".