Chapeltown and High Green

21°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 15° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:26

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

61 reported · July 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences27
• Public order9
• Shoplifting9
• Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Barnsley West · 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)

135 food businesses within 2 miles

• 120 rated 4–5 ★ (103 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chapeltown (2.8 km)
• 31 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: 156.9p · Esso (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (7.8 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: RAW GREENE KING ACORN 2 (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds5

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Reform UK majority

• Lab 12
• LD 8
• Ref 41
• Oth 2

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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 Penistone and Stocksbridge:

• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation2,243 local signatures · 22,957 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office376 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s350 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership292 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership241 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  High Green · 0.7 km

  High Green is a village situated approximately 6 miles from Barnsley, the nearest major town. It is located to the north of Chapeltown and is served by bus services ; the nearest railway station is in Chapeltown, 1 mi…

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  Westwood railway station · 1.7 km

  Westwood railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway's Blackburn Valley line between Chapeltown Central and Birdwell & Hoyland Common. The station served an area of few houses apart from two rows of mi…

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  Barnes Hall, South Yorkshire · 1.9 km

  Barnes Hall is an English country house near Burncross within the City of Sheffield in England. The estate includes the buildings of the adjacent Barnes Hall farm.

• Society of Glass Technology · 2.1 km

  The Society of Glass Technology (SGT) is an organisation for individuals and organisations with a professional interest in glass manufacture and usage. The Society is based in the United Kingdom, with its offices in…

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  Wortley, South Yorkshire · 2.3 km

  Wortley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 579, increasing to 626 at the 2011 Census. Wortley is mentioned in the…

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  Tankersley, South Yorkshire · 2.3 km

  Tankersley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,414, increasing to 1,671 at the 2011 Census.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)