South Hiendley

{{short description|Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name = South Hiendley

| coordinates = {{coord|53.608|-1.401|display=inline,title}}

| population = 1,817

| population_ref = (2011)

| civil_parish =

| metropolitan_borough = City of Wakefield

| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Hemsworth

| post_town = BARNSLEY

| postcode_district = S72

| postcode_area = S

| dial_code = 01226

| static_image = South_Hiendley_-_Almshouses.jpg

| static_image_width = 250px

| static_image_caption = South Hiendley Almshouses

}}

South Hiendley is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 1,667,[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790273 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wakefield] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613050045/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790273 |date=2011-06-13 }} Retrieved 12 September 2009 increasing to 1,817 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128672&c=south+hiendley&d=16&e=62&g=6374944&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1456933747431&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=2 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} Until 1974 it was part of Hemsworth Rural District.

The village is on the edge of the county of West Yorkshire in the Wakefield area 8 miles (14 km) from the city centre. However it is marginally closer to the town of Barnsley 7 miles (12 km) just across the border in South Yorkshire. It has a Barnsley postcode (S72) and telephone code (01226).

The village has one public house, The Sun Inn, (the Fox Inn was demolished in 2013),[http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/areas/south-hiendley/west-yorkshire/ Pubs in South Hiendley - Pubsgalore.com] a primary school (South Hiendley Junior Infant and Early Years School)[http://southhiendley.wakefield.sch.uk/ South Hiendley Junior Infant and Early Years School website] and a Doctor's surgery.[http://www.nhs.uk/Services/GP/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=45874 South Hiendley Surgery - NHS Choices]