S75 4LA Barnsley
Live postcode, introduced December 1994. Ward: Penistone East. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Barnsley in 2026-27: Band D £2,326 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,551 | £1,809 | £2,068 | £2,326 | £2,843 | £3,360 | £3,877 | £4,652 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band D (23% of about 640 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 19 addresses are between 127 m and 130 m above sea level (129 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Silkstone Common 34,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km |
| Dodworth 48,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km | |
| Penistone 163,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 9 within 800 m; nearest High Street/Martin Croft Silkstone | 310 m |
| Bus or coach station | Barnsley Interchange/A1 Barnsley Town Centre | 6.0 km |
| EV charging points | E.ON Drive Public Charging Station | 2.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 35.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Woodland Drive Medical Centre | 4.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Silkstone Pharmacy | 310 m |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 4.8 km |
| Hospital | Barnsley District Hospital | 4.7 km |
| Police station | Barnsley Police Station | 5.5 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Asda Silkstone - Barnsley Road PFS, Silkstone Cashzone | 600 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,800 m² | 220 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 780 m² | 230 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 670 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Bull Haw Lane Allotments 2,830 m² | 170 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade I), 390 m east. 20 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 390 m east |
| Silkstone 17th century glassworks and 18th century pottery, 180m east of All Saints Church | Scheduled monument | 570 m east |
| Low Mill furnace | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km north-east |
| Cannon Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Banks Bottom | Valley | 580 m north-west |
| Tanyard Wood | Wood | 670 m south-east |
| Hollow Spring | Wood | 830 m south-east |
| Blacker Dam | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km south |
| Bentcliff Hill | Hill | 1.3 km north-west |
| Keeper's Pond | Wetland | 4.2 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 19 | 19 |
None of the postcode's 19 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 96% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 3% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | under 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 6% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.