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County or areaSouth Yorkshire
Postcode districtS70
Telephone code01226
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 3 min4:36 am – 9:39 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 28 min8:20 am – 3:47 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People12,091 residentsin the Barnsley Town & Park Road census areaMedian age 36.05,810 households46% of homes owner-occupied23% owned outright12% social rented, 42% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.0% unemployment rate68% of adults are economically active, 6,368 in work, 15% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 25%, health and social work 14%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 16% work from home, 57% go by car, 11% take public transport, 15% walk or cycle72% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages26% of adults hold a degree or higher24% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 81%4% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C690 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November37 days of air frost, 10 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 2 to 7°CJFebruary: 2 to 8°CFMarch: 3 to 10°CMApril: 4 to 13°CAMay: 7 to 16°CMJune: 10 to 19°CJJuly: 12 to 21°CJAugust: 12 to 21°CASeptember: 10 to 18°CSOctober: 7 to 14°CONovember: 4 to 10°CNDecember: 2 to 7°CD25°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksWorsbrough Commonhistoric site · 1.0 miHound Hillhistoric site · 1.5 miStainborough Castlecastle · 2.8 miCastle Hillhill · under a mileThe Fleetswater · under a mileMeasborough Hillhill · 1.1 miWorsbrough Reservoirreservoir · 1.8 miTranspennine Trail - Dodworthwalk or trail · 2.0 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesDearne Valley Parkpark · under a mile · 93 haLocke Parkpark · under a mile · 19 haSwanee Fieldspark · under a mile · 23 haMetrodome Leisure Complexsports ground · under a mile · 5 haHarborough Hill Road Allotmentsallotments · under a mileSugden's Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes209 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197017 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200848 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202511 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Low risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 1,000 and a 1 in 100 chance in any yearSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 12 · PM2.5 7.3 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband93% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)6,109 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation96 m315 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 40 to 157 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBarnsley District Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryBarnsley Drug & Alcohol Service32 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacySuperdrug Pharmacy21 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistHayes Croft Dental Surgeryright herePolice stationBarnsley Police Stationunder a mileCash machineCash machine 2-8A Queen Street4 within half a mileright hereSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi31 schools23 primary, 3 secondary, 1 all-through, 3 special, 1 otherPrimaryQueens Road Academyages 3-11, 208 pupilsunder a milePrimaryOakwell Rise Primary Academyages 3-11, 236 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryTrinity Academy St. Edwardsages 11-16, 882 pupilsunder a mileCollegeBarnsley Collegeright hereUniversityUniversity of Sheffield11.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA23 miRailway stationBarnsleyunder a mileBus stationBarnsley Interchange/A1Barnsley Town Centreunder a mileBus stops138 within a mileCar parkMarket Hill On-Street ParkingBarnsley4 car parks within half a mileunder a mileEV chargingBe.EV Charging StationSheffield7 charging points within a mileunder a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps

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