Birdwell

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:28

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

37 reported · August 2026

• Vehicle crime10
• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Public order3

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Barnsley South · South Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

167 food businesses within 2 miles

• 142 rated 4–5 ★ (125 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Elsecar (3.8 km)
• 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£173,053 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Barnsley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.3 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Distinction Doors LTD (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Barnsley Bright Nights returns for its ninth year to light up Barnsley town centre· 3 Nov 2026
• Barnsley Council acknowledges the measures set out in the Budget announcement· 2 Nov 2026
• Barnsley residents to gain practical AI skills thanks to Tech Town's AI Upskilling Challenge Fund· 2 Nov 2026
• Barnsley Hospice opens new dedicated unit in Barnsley Market· 2 Nov 2026
• Ryan's achievements celebrated as he takes his next step after ten years with Shared Lives· 2 Nov 2026

Source: Barnsley Council

244,572 residents in Barnsley · 743/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,893
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,313
• Net moves+1,580

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 40 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

22% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (57% of 115,540)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

219 CQC-registered services

• Care homes71
• GP practices35
• Dentists39
• Homecare agencies56
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Barnsley

• Not in the Green Belt
• 27 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Stephanie Peacock

Labour

Barnsley South

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 12
• LD 7
• Ref 41
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens17
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £31,093 avg

e.g. Team Member, Barista - Store 58204, Barnsley - Rockingham DT, Chef

Source: Adzuna

£742 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,322 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 117,969 certificates

15.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

81% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 51% · Wind 21% · Gas 12% · Nuclear 9%

110 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.3 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.3 women · 55.2 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

15 GP surgeries · 15 pharmacies in S70

• Willow Ward - Bcss Inpatient Unit
• Ashville Medical Centre Pms Practice
• Woodland Drive Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Barnsley South:

• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation748 local signatures · 23,659 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases229 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth184 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND149 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Require NHS to offer base line X-rays for children born with a limb difference125 local signatures · 3,654 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• 
  Church of St Mary, Worsbrough · 0.7 km

  The Church of St Mary is an active Church of England parish church located in Worsbrough Village, South Yorkshire, England. Dating from the 12th century, with substantial 15th- and 19th-century additions, the church w…

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  Worsbrough · 0.9 km

  Worsbrough is a district and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Until 1974 Worsbrough had its own urban district council in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Much of Worsbrough…

• High Royds railway station · 1.1 km

  High Royds railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway's Blackburn Valley line between Birdwell & Hoyland Common and Dovecliffe. The station opened on 4 September 1854 and closed just two years later,…

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  Worsbrough Mill · 1.3 km

  Worsbrough Mill, also known as Worsbrough Corn Mill and Worsbrough Mill Farm, is a complex of buildings including a seventeenth-century water-powered mill and a nineteenth-century steam-powered mill in Worsbrough, B…

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  Stainborough · 1.4 km

  Stainborough is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 399, reducing slightly to 390 at the 2011 Census.

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  Worsbrough Bridge Athletic F.C. · 1.4 km

  Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Worsbrough Bridge, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division and play at…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)