Windermere Road Penistone, Barnsley
28 addresses across 1 postcode (S36), about 240 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 1802674.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £429,000 across 1 sale.
- 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: 9 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 8).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas 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: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 157 times (863 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Barnsley costs £2,326 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Penistone, about 750 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 100 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 194 to 208 m above sea level.
- Noise: 11 of its 28 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Kingswell Surgery Pms Practice, about 680 m (0.4 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 250 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 50% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 15 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £429,000 | £429,000 | £429,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £280,000 | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £323,000 | £323,000 | £323,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £337,500 | £325,000 | £350,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £312,000 | £312,000 | £312,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £152,500 | £152,500 | £152,500 |
| 2003 | 1 | £120,000 | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £118,000 | £118,000 | £118,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £56,000 | £56,000 | £56,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Apr 2003 | 4 S36 8HL | Detached | £120,000 | |
| 4 Apr 2022 | 5 S36 8HL | Detached | £323,000 | |
| 20 Oct 2021 | 7 S36 8HL | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 29 Mar 2012 | 9 S36 8HL | Detached | £152,500 | |
| 12 Sep 2025 | 10 S36 8HL | Detached | £429,000 | |
| 1 Sep 2000 | 10 S36 8HL | Detached | £118,000 | |
| 15 Nov 2023 | 11A S36 8HL | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 5 Aug 2021 | 12 S36 8HL | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2017 | 18 S36 8HL | Detached | £312,000 | |
| 5 Apr 2018 | 19 S36 8HL | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 29 May 1998 | 25 S36 8HL | Detached | £56,000 |
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
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 116 m². Most common: House, detached (7); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: 1976-1982 (5); 1967-1975 (2); 1983-1990 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (social) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 15,580 kWh of it on average in 2024, 25% more than the district's 12,456 kWh, and 3,129 kWh of electricity, about the same as the district. There are gas meters for about 100% 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 S36.
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 C (30% of about 1,170 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Penistone Coal Drops, St. Mary's Street Penistone Sheffield S36 6DT: up to 15 homes, permissioned (710 m (0.4 miles))
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royd Moor | Wind 13 turbines | 5.9 MW | Operational Dec 1993 | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Spicer Hill Wind Farm Barnsley 2009/0572 | Wind 3 turbines | 6.9 MW | Operational Feb 2013 | 4.4 km (2.7 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, 1 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.
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
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 157 times, for 863 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Don, River Don &Amp; Ingbirchworth Dyke.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge End Penistone Cso Yorkshire Water | River Don | 69 | 468 | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Ingbirchworth No. 2 Stw Yorkshire Water | River Don &Amp; Ingbirchworth Dyke | 88 | 396 | 640 m (0.4 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 coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 1 to 3%: 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. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 28 addresses are between 194 m and 208 m above sea level (201 m on average); the ground rises about 14 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S36 8HL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Penistone 163,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Silkstone Common 34,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Denby Dale 108,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 17 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Barnsley Road/Wellhouse Lane Penistone | 70 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 37.2 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kingswell Surgery Pms Practice Good Jan 2024 | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Clark's Chemist | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Barnsley District Hospital Good Sep 2023 | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Buckingham Care Home Requires improvement Apr 2024 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6.6 ha | 100 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 380 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,100 m² | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Wilson Avenue Allotments 2,310 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 6.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St John, a listed building (Grade I), 680 m (0.4 miles) south. 27 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St John | Listed building, Grade I | 680 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Broad Hill | Hill | 600 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Scout Dam Plantation | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Crab Tree Hill | Hill | 780 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Shrogg Wood | Wood | 840 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Castle Dam | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Small Clough | Valley | 4 km (2.5 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 28 |
11 of the street's 28 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penistone Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 51.4 (53.6 in 2025 and 55.4 in 2024); 59.1% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B; 25.9% AAB or better; progress average |
| Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 74% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 66% in 2023) |
| Springvale Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 80% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 77% in 2023) |
| Thurlstone Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 37% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 68% in 2023) |
| Hoylandswaine Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Inadequate (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 85% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 20% at the higher standard (2025; 100% in 2024) |
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
5 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 630 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busy Bees Penistone S36 6AR | Full day care | 45 | Outstanding (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Penistone Stagecoach S36 7BX | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 740 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Little Freddies Nursery School S36 6HD | Full day care | 73 | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Rascalz S36 6HH | Full day care | 60 | Good (Jun 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| CampActive (Penistone) Limited - St John's Out Of School Club S36 6BS | Out-of-school day care | 60 | Not inspected yet | 1 km (0.6 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 | 8 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Well House Lane (11); On or near Wellfield Grove (2); On or near Wellhouse Court (1); On or near Grasmere Close (1).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. Most were on roads with a 50 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 2021 16:33 | Serious | 2 people | A628, 50 mph | Daylight |
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 | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 38% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 64% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 46% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 33% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 50% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
- S36 8HL: 28 addresses of 29 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Rydal Close · Barnsley Road · Coniston Close · Viewlands Close · Wellhouse Court · Grasmere Close · Wellfield Grove · Water Hall Lane · Wellhouse Way · Hawk Drive · Cruck Barn Road · Hill Farm Gardens
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.