Royston (Barnsley)

6°CClear

• Today: 11° / 5° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:33

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US 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

46 reported · August 2026▲ 44% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Public order4

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield West · West Yorkshire

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

555 reported road collisions (2025)

167 killed or seriously injured · 722 casualties · 15.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

106 food businesses within 2 miles

• 90 rated 4–5 ★ (79 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

£199,283 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Wakefield · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£806 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £576
• 2 bed £726
• 3 bed £869

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

4,321 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (6.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,357
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,379
• Net moves+1,978

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 63 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

157 schools · 56,122 pupils

113 primary · 18 secondary · 26 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wakefield

302 CQC-registered services

• Care homes97
• GP practices42
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies83
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 87% 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)

307 applications decided

93.5% granted · 287 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

12,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

32 jobs advertised · £41,503 avg

e.g. Waking Night Support Worker - Child & Youth, Bar and Waiting Team Member, Pool Lifeguard Team Member

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

90% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Biomass 38% · Gas 5% · Imports 5%

67 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

8 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in S71

• Royston Group Practice
• High Street Practice
• Lundwood Medical Centre Pms 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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  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)