Great Houghton (Barnsley)

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 5° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:31

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US 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

43 reported · August 2026▲ 87% YoY

• Vehicle crime9
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Burglary7
• Violence & sexual offences6

Neighbourhood team: Barnsley North East · South Yorkshire

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

124 food businesses within 2 miles

• 93 rated 4–5 ★ (80 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Thurnscoe (2.9 km)
• 15 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: 154.9p · Esso (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.7 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Queen Street 1 (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• 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
• Additional investment into Barnsley’s roads· 28 Oct 2026
• National Gallery masterpiece comes to Barnsley in landmark exhibition· 27 Oct 2026
• Plans to improve education opportunities for children who need extra support· 27 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
• 1 listed building 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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Biomass 37% · Gas 13% · Imports 3%

94 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 · 5 pharmacies in S72

• The Rose Tree Pms Practice
• Grimethorpe Surgery
• Dermatology Community Service

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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  St Michael and All Angels Church, Great Houghton · 0.1 km

  St Michael and All Angels Church is the parish church of Great Houghton in South Yorkshire.

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  Great Houghton, South Yorkshire · 0.4 km

  Great Houghton is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England), on the border with West Yorkshire. It lies to the west of Thurnscoe, on the B6411 road. At the 2001 ce…

• Great Houghton Halt railway station · 0.6 km

  Great Houghton Halt was a small railway station on the Dearne Valley Railway (DVR) situated between Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe Halt and Grimethorpe Halt. The halt served the village of Great Houghton in South Yorkshire,…

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  Little Houghton, South Yorkshire · 1.2 km

  Little Houghton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 618, increasing to 659 at the 2011 Census.

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  Middlecliffe · 1.4 km

  Middlecliffe is a small hamlet in South Yorkshire, England. It straddles the road between Darfield and Great Houghton, close to Barnsley, where Middlecliff Lane joins the B6273 road. The hamlet falls within the Darfie…

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  Millhouses, Barnsley · 2.2 km

  Millhouses is a district of Barnsley in the English county of South Yorkshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)