Birdwell

15°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 14° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:26

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

20 reported · July 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Burglary1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Barnsley South · South Yorkshire

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

399 reported road collisions (2024)

148 killed or seriously injured · 550 casualties · 16.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

174 food businesses within 2 miles

• 142 rated 4–5 ★ (126 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

£175,733 average▲ 6% YoY

Across Barnsley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (7.6 km)

15 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)

• Elsecar Heritage Centre celebrates Heritage Open Days· 10 Sept 2026
• Festive Tipi set to bring Christmas Magic to The Glass Works Square· 10 Sept 2026
• Employers invited to help shape digital careers education in Barnsley· 10 Sept 2026
• Council leader announces changes to Cabinet membership· 10 Sept 2026
• More education support for children excluded from school in Barnsley· 9 Sept 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 38 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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

220 CQC-registered services

• Care homes71
• GP practices36
• 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 8
• Ref 41
• Oth 2

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £26,436 avg

e.g. Team Member, Online Piano Tutor - Part Time, Online Piano Tutoring Job in Birdwell – Flexible Schedule

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 29% · Gas 16% · Imports 7%

117 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Barnsley South:

• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation733 local signatures · 22,957 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance499 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office388 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s373 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership328 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  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 2 to 3 miles south of Barnsley in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Until 1974, Worsbrough had its own urban district council in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Muc…

• 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)