Darton

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:27

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, 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

51 reported · August 2026▼ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences21
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Public order4
• Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Barnsley North Neighbourhood Policing Team · South Yorkshire

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

141 food businesses within 2 miles

• 127 rated 4–5 ★ (117 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Darton (0.3 km)
• 35 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 · Shell (11 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Shell (11 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Church Street Car Park, Darton 1 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Ready, Set, Grit: Our Gritting Teams are ready to hit the road this Winter· 4 Nov 2026
• Penistone services thriving under one roof· 4 Nov 2026
• 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

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
• 33 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Dan Jarvis

Labour

Barnsley North

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 12
• LD 7
• Ref 41
• Oth 3

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

8 jobs advertised · £29,406 avg

e.g. Work from Home (Researcher), Packing Operative, Warehouse Operative

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 41% · Wind 38% · Gas 12% · Imports 5%

97 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

6 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in S75

• Hill Brow Surgery Pms Practice
• Victoria Medical Centre Pms Practice
• Darton Health Centre Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Barnsley North:

• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation463 local signatures · 23,659 nationwide
• Require NHS to offer base line X-rays for children born with a limb difference225 local signatures · 3,654 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth224 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND166 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients135 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide

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

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  Darton railway station · 0.3 km

  Darton railway station is a railway station in a large village of Darton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Train services are provided by Northern Trains.

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  All Saints Church, Darton · 0.4 km

  The Church of All Saints is the parish church in the village of Darton in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds. The 16th-century building is Grade I listed and was built o…

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  Darton · 0.4 km

  Darton is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, on the border with West Yorkshire, England. At the time of the 2001 UK census, it had a population of 14,927, increasing to 21,345 for both Darton War…

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  Woolley Colliery · 1.0 km

  Woolley Colliery was a coal mine sunk near Darton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Coal mines in the area were worked as early as 1850, and in the 1860s two rows of terrace cottages were built to accommodate miners. T…

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  Kexbrough · 1.2 km

  Kexbrough is a village in the Barnsley district, in the county of South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire. The village falls within the Darton West ward of Barnsley MBC. It is located west of the M…

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  Mapplewell · 1.6 km

  Mapplewell is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. The village currently falls within the Barnsley MBC ward of Darton East.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)