Bolton upon Dearne

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 6° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:29

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

70 reported · August 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences25
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Burglary5

Neighbourhood team: Barnsley South East · South Yorkshire

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

308 food businesses within 2 miles

• 260 rated 4–5 ★ (227 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bolton-upon-Dearne (0.4 km)
• 46 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Queen Street 1 (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• 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
• Cabinet will discuss the South Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy· 30 Oct 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
• 7 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)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

10 jobs advertised · £24,486 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver / Car, Car Delivery Driver, Delivery Driver / Moped

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 35% · Gas 16% · Solar 3%

113 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

8 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in S63

• Wathwood Hospital - Bcss Inpatient Unit
• Goldthorpe Medical Centre
• Hollygreen Practice

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

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  Church of St Andrew the Apostle, Bolton upon Dearne · 0.4 km

  The Church of St Andrew the Apostle is an active Church of England parish church located on High Street in Bolton upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, England. The building contains surviving pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon stonewo…

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  Bolton upon Dearne · 0.4 km

  Bolton upon Dearne is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, in the part of the Dearne Valley through which the River Dearne passes. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorksh…

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  Bolton-upon-Dearne railway station · 0.4 km

  Bolton-upon-Dearne railway station serves the village of Bolton upon Dearne in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line 13 miles (21 km) north of Sheffield railway station.

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  Wath North railway station · 1.4 km

  Wath North railway station was on the Midland Railway's Sheffield - Cudworth - Normanton - Leeds main line, serving the town of Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, England. The town had three railway stations, of which…

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  Dearne & District F.C. · 1.4 km

  Dearne & District Football Club is an English football club representing the Dearne Valley area of South Yorkshire. They currently play in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division.

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  Manvers Main Colliery · 1.4 km

  Manvers Main Colliery was a coal mine, sunk on land belonging to the Earl Manvers on the northern edge of Wath-upon-Dearne, in the borough of Rotherham. Sited within the Dearne Valley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)