Schools
41 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 4 secondary schools. Barnsley College is the nearest published school at 355 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
S70 2ET
Central · Barnsley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Central
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley North
- Postcode district
- S70
- Postcode sector
- S70 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- S70 2ET
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1986
- Postcode area
- S
- Postcode district
- S70
- Postcode sector
- S70 2
- Latitude
- 53.554924
- Longitude
- -1.482215
- British National Grid easting
- 434,400
- British National Grid northing
- 406,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Barnsley · E08000038
- Electoral ward
- Central · E05016568
- Parish or community
- E43000251
- Westminster constituency
- Barnsley North · E14001074
- Output area
- E00180004
- Lower layer super output area
- Barnsley 013B · E01007340
- Middle layer super output area
- Barnsley 013 · E02001521
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
Explore S70
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 41
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 4
- 355 m
Barnsley College
Further education
- 597 m
Queens Road Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 928 m
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,613
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,964
- Anti social behaviour 594
- Shoplifting 588
- Public order 565
- Criminal damage and arson 426
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- S70 2 residents
- 1,995
Age bands in S70 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 36.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.9%
403 residents
360 residents
1,047 residents
653 residents
398 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
14
within 5 km straight-line
HUDDERSFIELD ROAD SURGERY
6 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 2LT
ODS code C85020
428 m
VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
7 VICTORIA CRESCENT WEST, BARNSLEY, S75 2AE
ODS code C85033
605 m
BURLEIGH MEDICAL CENTRE
BURLEIGH STREET, BARNSLEY, S70 1DR
ODS code C85017
700 m
THE GROVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
124-126 PARK GROVE, BARNSLEY, S70 1QE
ODS code C85019
906 m
THE KAKOTY PRACTICE
170 SHEFFIELD ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 4NW
ODS code C85009
1.1 km
WOODLAND DRIVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WOODLAND DRIVE, BARNSLEY, S70 6QW
ODS code C85006
1.8 km
ASHVILLE MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
OAKS PARK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, THORNTON ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 3NE
ODS code C85003
2.1 km
MONK BRETTON HEALTH CENTRE PRACTICE
MONK BRETTON HEALTH CENTRE, HIGH STREET, BARNSLEY, S71 2EQ
ODS code C85622
2.4 km
ST GEORGE'S MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
ROUNDHOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, LANGSETT COURT, NEW LODGE, BARNSLEY, S71 1RY
ODS code C85619
2.7 km
BHF LUNDWOOD SURGERY
LUNDWOOD PRIORY CAMPUS, PONTEFRACT ROAD, LUNDWOOD, BARNSLEY, S71 5PN
ODS code Y05364
2.9 km
LUNDWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
PONTEFRACT ROAD, BARNSLEY, S71 5PN
ODS code C85028
2.9 km
THE DOVE VALLEY PMS PRACTICE
WORSBROUGH HEALTHCARE CENTRE, POWELL STREET, WORSBROUGH, BARNSLEY, S70 5NZ
ODS code C85007
3.2 km
HILL BROW SURGERY PMS PRACTICE
HILL BROW SURGERY, LONGCROFT, MAPPLEWELL, BARNSLEY, S75 6FH
ODS code C85010
4.0 km
DARTON HEALTH CENTRE PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, DARTON, BARNSLEY, S75 5HQ
ODS code C85614
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
St Marys Place/Shambles Street
BCT · Barnsley Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Regent Street/County Way
BCT · Barnsley Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Shambles Street/St Marys Gate
BCT · Barnsley Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Church Lane/Church Street
BCT · Barnsley Town Centre
- 0.2 miles
Eldon Street/Market Hill
BCT · Barnsley Town Centre
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnsley 013B, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
4,483 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
Recorded crime
5,613 published events cover 12 months, averaging 467.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,964 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.