Editing Goldthorpe (section)

==Economy==
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The area is now commonly referred to as the [[Dearne Valley]] and was a major [[coal mining]] area.  There is a small industrial estate to the north of the village but in the absence of new industries the area has become deprived.  The village is connected to areas of wider employment such as [[Leeds]], [[Wakefield]] and [[Barnsley]] by public transport.

There have been attempts to regenerate the village in the twenty first century.  In the 2010s several residential streets are part of the village centre were demolished and a new school constructed.  Regeneration proposals have been made for Co-operative Street.  The village is plagued by many abandoned houses which have become unlettable and lie often in states of dereliction.