Winster Close Birdwell, Barnsley
20 addresses across 2 postcodes (S70), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 1801747.
- Sales: 19 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £305,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 5, E: 3).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Elsecar, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 340 m away, and Worsbrough Country Park (67 hectares) is about 700 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 120 to 123 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 20 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Dove Valley Pms Practice, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 260 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 94% of households owned their home and 23% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 31 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | £305,000 | £210,000 | £400,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £168,500 | £152,000 | £185,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £152,500 | £152,500 | £152,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | £105,000 | £105,000 | £105,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £131,000 | £105,000 | £157,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £144,950 | £144,950 | £144,950 |
| 2008 | 1 | £142,000 | £142,000 | £142,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £147,950 | £147,950 | £147,950 |
| 2002 | 1 | £68,950 | £68,950 | £68,950 |
| 1999 | 1 | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| 1997 | 2 | £47,750 | £47,000 | £48,500 |
| 1996 | 3 | £56,000 | £47,500 | £58,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2023 | 7 S70 5RU | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 30 May 2023 | 10 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £210,000 | |
| 29 Oct 2021 | 10 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £166,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 12 Sep 2016 | 15 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £152,000 | |
| 19 Feb 2016 | 18 S70 5RU | Detached | £185,000 | |
| 1 May 2015 | 2 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £152,500 | |
| 15 Sep 2014 | 4 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £105,000 | |
| 23 Aug 2013 | 9 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £157,000 | |
| 23 Aug 2013 | 11 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £105,000 | |
| 21 Sep 2011 | 6 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £144,950 | |
| 1 Feb 2008 | 15 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £142,000 | |
| 14 Nov 2005 | 6 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £147,950 | |
| 24 May 2002 | 12A S70 5RU | Detached | £68,950 | |
| 24 Sep 1999 | 6 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £60,000 | |
| 25 Jul 1997 | 2 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £47,000 | |
| 9 May 1997 | 1 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £48,500 | |
| 16 Aug 1996 | 9 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £47,500 | |
| 17 May 1996 | 6 S70 5RU | Semi-detached | £58,500 | |
| 25 Mar 1996 | 7 S70 5RU | Detached | £56,000 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 87 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (8); Bungalow, detached (1); House, detached (1). Built: 1950-1966 (5); 1967-1975 (5). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8).
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 (37% of about 810 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.
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 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| S70 5RU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| S70 5RX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 20 addresses are between 120 m and 123 m above sea level (121 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S70 5RU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| S70 5RX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Elsecar 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Wombwell 224,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Barnsley 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 19 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Worsbrough Road/Balk Lane Birdwell | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Barnsley Interchange/A1 Barnsley Town Centre | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 41 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Dove Valley Pms Practice | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Birdwell Pharmacy | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Mount Vernon Hospital | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Police station | South Yorkshire Police | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Daily - Birdwell, Birdwell Cashzone | 240 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,080 m² | 340 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Worsbrough Country Park 67 ha | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 410 m² | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.9 ha | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Sheffield Road Allotments 1.8 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 67 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 700 m (0.4 miles) north-east. 16 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 Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 700 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Rockley blast furnace | Scheduled monument | 900 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Rockley engine house | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Wentworth Castle Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pudding Poke Plantation | Wood | 240 m east |
| Quarry Hill | Hill | 380 m north |
| Miller Hill | Hill | 420 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Worsbrough Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Keeper's Pond | Wetland | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) west |
| Storrs Bottom | Valley | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.2 | 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 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 20 |
1 of the street's 20 addresses is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birdwell Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 550 m (0.3 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: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Hoyland Common Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisons Daily S70 5SW | Retailers - other | 240 m | 5 Very good | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Travellers Inn S70 5XB | Pub/bar/nightclub | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Nov 2025 |
| Birdwell Methodist Church S70 5XB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 27 Nov 2025 |
| SGN Hilltop Service Station S70 5XB | Retailers - other | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 16 Oct 2025 |
| Birdwell Primary School - Kitchen S70 5XB | School/college/university | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 21 May 2026 |
| Birdwell Venue S70 5UY | Pub/bar/nightclub | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 12 Dec 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 9 |
| Vehicle crime | 5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Moor Ley (8); On or near Rockley Avenue (4); On or near Castle View (3); On or near Coltfield (3); On or near Balk Lane (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 66 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 52% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 94% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 76% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 3% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 34% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 59% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 15% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 77% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 16% | 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 5 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
Nearby streets
Worsbrough Road · Peregrine Drive · Timothy Wood Avenue · Balk Lane · Hill Top Road · Merlin Close · Short Wood Close · Green Spring Avenue · Marshfield · Fair Field · Moor Ley · Coltfield
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.
- 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.