S30 5HG

Penistone West · Barnsley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Penistone West
Local authority: Barnsley
Constituency: Penistone and Stocksbridge
Postcode district: S30
Postcode sector: S30 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
S36 4HG	0 m
S36 4AG	189 m
S36 4HD	379 m
S36 4HE	610 m
S36 4HF	646 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: S30 5HG
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 1997
Postcode area: S
Postcode district: S30
Postcode sector: S30 5
Latitude: 53.538243
Longitude: -1.728758
British National Grid easting: 418,074
British National Grid northing: 404,654

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district: Barnsley · E08000038
Electoral ward: Penistone West · E05016582
Parish or community: E04000042
Westminster constituency: Penistone and Stocksbridge · E14001423
Output area: E00037629
Lower layer super output area: Barnsley 027D · E01007426
Middle layer super output area: Barnsley 027 · E02001535

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 7
Primary: 7
Secondary: 0

Hepworth Junior and Infant School

Academy converter
2.4 km
Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School

Academy sponsor led
3.6 km
Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School

Community school
3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 25
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 7
Anti social behaviour 5
Burglary 4
Other theft 4
Criminal damage and arson 3

Nearby transport

Whams Road/Sledbrook Crescent

BCT · Crow Edge
0.2 miles
Whams Road/A616

BCT · Crow Edge
0.3 miles
Whams Road/Sledbrook Crescent

BCT · Crow Edge
0.3 miles
Whams Road/Pennine Edge

BCT · Crow Edge
0.3 miles
Whams Road/Bedding Edge Road

BCT · Victoria
0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnsley 027D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,837 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 7 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 5 of 10
Crime: 7 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hepworth Junior and Infant School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

25 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.