Royston (Barnsley)

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 11° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:31

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

49 reported · July 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Public order5

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield West · West Yorkshire

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

589 reported road collisions (2024)

187 killed or seriously injured · 754 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

104 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Fitzwilliam (4.8 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£198,519 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Wakefield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£800 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £572
• 2 bed £721
• 3 bed £863

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (9.9 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Aldi-Barnsley (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

353,364 residents in Wakefield · 1,044/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 64 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,297 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (48% of 165,130)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

158 schools · 56,852 pupils

113 primary · 18 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 51 of 61 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

141inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wakefield

304 CQC-registered services

• Care homes97
• GP practices42
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies85
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wakefield

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

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

257 applications decided

90.3% granted · 232 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dan Jarvis

Labour

Barnsley North

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 1
• LD 2
• Grn 1
• Ref 55
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens54
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

70 jobs advertised · £35,019 avg

e.g. Estate Agent - Sales Negotiator, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Royston – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£689 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,460 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 · 204,474 certificates

13.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

95% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Biomass 37% · Imports 3% · Nuclear 3%

53 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.8 women · 54 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Barnsley North:

• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation459 local signatures · 22,957 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office436 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance415 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s361 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership337 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  Monckton Coke Works · 0.6 km

  Monckton Coke Works was a coking plant near Royston in South Yorkshire, England. The plant opened in 1884 and was closed 130 years later in 2014, being one of the last remnants of the coal industry in Yorkshire. In th…

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  Royston and Notton railway station · 1.0 km

  Royston and Notton railway station was opened in 1841 by the North Midland Railway, near the Yorkshire summit of the line, on the south side of Navvy Lane bridge.

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  Royston, South Yorkshire · 1.0 km

  Royston is a village within the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically, the village formed part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but was incorporated into the Metropolitan borough…

• Royston High School · 1.5 km

  Royston High School was a state school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

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  Hodroyd Hall · 1.6 km

  Hodroyd Hall at South Hiendley in the parish of Felkirk near Barnsley in West Yorkshire, England is an Elizabethan manor house currently used as 3 dwellings. It is Grade II listed.

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  Notton and Royston railway station · 1.6 km

  Notton and Royston railway station was a railway station that served the village of Royston, South Yorkshire, England. It was situated on the Barnsley Coal Railway between Staincross and Mapplewell and Ryhill.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)