The village of High Melton is located within the county of South Yorkshire.
The Parish Church (a Grade II* listed building) is called High Melton: St James and serves the parish of Barnburgh w Melton-on-the-Hill and the benefice of Barnburgh w Melton on the Hill etc and belongs to the diocese of Sheffield.
High Melton is situated in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of the UK and is governed by Doncaster, council.
The village of High Melton is in the Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham region of South Yorkshire within Yorkshire and The Humber.