Mitchell's Street Swaithe, Barnsley
32 addresses across 1 postcode (S70), about 220 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 1803312.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Barnsley cost £173,053 in August 2026 (+2% on a year); private rents averaged £697 a month.
- Energy: 14 homes have an energy certificate (C: 6, D: 7, E: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: Its postcode is in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Landfill: 2 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, C E Medlam, is 80 m away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 2 times (1 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Houghton Main, is 5 km (3.1 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Barnsley costs £2,326 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 96% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wombwell, about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Worsbrough Dale Park, is about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 58 to 80 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 32 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Dove Valley Pms Practice, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 460 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 64% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Barnsley
A typical home in Barnsley cost £173,053 in August 2026, 2% more than a year before. That is 22% more than five years earlier and 59% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £272,591 |
| Semi-detached | £170,745 |
| Terraced | £139,753 |
| Flat or maisonette | £92,204 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £154,540 |
Private renters in Barnsley paid £697 a month on average in September 2026, 7.2% more than a year before. That is 39% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £507 |
| Two bedrooms | £631 |
| Three bedrooms | £754 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,088 |
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 150 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (6); House, detached (3); House, mid-terrace (2). Built: 1996-2002 (3); before 1900 (3); 1983-1990 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10).
Each home's certificates and sales (14 addresses)
- 1 East Wing Cottages, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- 1 Manor Cottages, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- 1 Mistle Barn Cottages, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- 1 Swaithe Cottages, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- 2 East Wing Cottages, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- 2 Manor Cottages, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- 2 Mistle Barn Cottages, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- 3 Mistle Barn Cottages, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- DOVE DALE HOUSE, MITCHELL STREET, WORSBROUGH DALE
- Ivy Cottage, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- Manor Barn Cottage, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- The Granary, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- The Old Bakehouse, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
- Willow Lodge, Mitchell Street, Swaithe
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 19,132 kWh of it on average in 2024, 78% more than the district's 10,766 kWh, and 4,492 kWh of electricity, 58% more than the district's 2,842 kWh. There are gas meters for about 92% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is S70.
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 street: most are in band A (76% of about 680 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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: yes, Barnsley.
Listed buildings
- SWAITHE HOUSE, grade II*
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley Battery Energy Storage Barnsley 2017/0117 | Battery storage | 40 MW | Operational Jan 2023 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Houghton Main Barnsley 2015/0137 | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 20 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jun 2015 | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 2 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Dove.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stairfoot Sps Yorkshire Water | River Dove | 2 | 1 | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
2 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 80 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| C E Medlam Swaithe House Farm, Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, South Yorkshire | 1979 to 1990 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household; gas control on site | 80 m |
| Swaithe Tip Warsborough Dale, Barnsley, Yorkshire | Not recorded | Commercial | 210 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 32 addresses are between 58 m and 80 m above sea level (64 m on average); the ground rises about 22 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S70 3QF | 96% | 96% | 96% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wombwell 224,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Barnsley 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Elsecar 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hunningley Lane/White Cross Lane Worsbrough | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Barnsley Interchange/A1 Barnsley Town Centre | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Wombwell Station Park and Ride | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 39.7 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Dove Valley Pms Practice Good Dec 2019 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lynton House Dental Surgery | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Kendray Hospital | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Care homes | 3 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Highgrove Good Apr 2026 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | Wombwell Police Station | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Worsbrough Dale Park 5.0 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 340 m² | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Kendray Recreation Ground 8.8 ha | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Thicket Lane Allotments 1.0 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Swaithe House, a listed building (Grade II*), 160 m south. 10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Swaithe House | Listed building, Grade II* | 160 m south |
| Romano-British settlements in Wombwell Wood | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Swaithe Wood | Wood | 330 m east |
| Lewden Hill | Hill | 730 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Lockeaflash Hill | Hill | 920 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Dovecliffe Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Worsbrough Basin | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Jump Valley | Valley | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 31 | 31 |
1 of the street's 32 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Barnsley: see them on the Barnsley page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunningley Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 900 m (0.6 miles) | Outstanding (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 87% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 15% at the higher standard (2025; 84% in 2024 and 77% in 2023) |
| Barnsley Academy Christian | Secondary | 11–16 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 41.6 (45.1 in 2025 and 43.0 in 2024); 35.5% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Bank End Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 92% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 20% at the higher standard (2025; 70% in 2024 and 69% in 2023) |
| Oakhill Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 69% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 57% in 2023) |
| The Forest Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Outstanding (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 60% in 2023) |
| The Mill Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 47% in 2024 and 56% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.1 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendray & Worsbrough Sure Start S70 4BD | Full day care | 33 | Outstanding (Sep 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Groots Childcare Hub 6 (Oakhill Primary) S71 5AG | Out-of-school day care | 18 | Not inspected yet | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 147 childminders and 16 home childcarers (nannies) in Barnsley. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Mitchell'S Street (6).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 25% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 67% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 69% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 1 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- S70 3QF: 32 addresses of 35 in the postcode
Nearby streets
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.