Schools
45 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 4 secondary schools. Oakhill Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 789 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
S70 3PB
Stairfoot · Barnsley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Stairfoot
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley South
- Postcode district
- S70
- Postcode sector
- S70 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- S70 3PB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 March 2015
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- S
- Postcode district
- S70
- Postcode sector
- S70 3
- Latitude
- 53.538880
- Longitude
- -1.430761
- British National Grid easting
- 437,823
- British National Grid northing
- 404,841
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Barnsley · E08000038
- Electoral ward
- Stairfoot · E05016585
- Parish or community
- E43000251
- Westminster constituency
- Barnsley South · E14001075
- Output area
- E00037108
- Lower layer super output area
- Barnsley 015A · E01007319
- Middle layer super output area
- Barnsley 015 · E02001523
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
- 45
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 4
- 789 m
Oakhill Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 904 m
Hunningley Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 1.5 km
Barnsley Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,351
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 508
- Anti social behaviour 207
- Criminal damage and arson 143
- Shoplifting 101
- Public order 81
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- S70 3 residents
- 8,639
Age bands in S70 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.4%
1,786 residents
859 residents
2,475 residents
1,952 residents
1,186 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
16
within 5 km
ASHVILLE MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
OAKS PARK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, THORNTON ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 3NE
ODS code C85003
1.8 km
BHF LUNDWOOD SURGERY
LUNDWOOD PRIORY CAMPUS, PONTEFRACT ROAD, LUNDWOOD, BARNSLEY, S71 5PN
ODS code Y05364
2.2 km
LUNDWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
PONTEFRACT ROAD, BARNSLEY, S71 5PN
ODS code C85028
2.2 km
THE DOVE VALLEY PMS PRACTICE
WORSBROUGH HEALTHCARE CENTRE, POWELL STREET, WORSBROUGH, BARNSLEY, S70 5NZ
ODS code C85007
2.2 km
WOMBWELL MEDICAL CENTRE PRACTICE
GEORGE STREET, WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY, S73 0DD
ODS code C85030
2.8 km
THE KAKOTY PRACTICE
170 SHEFFIELD ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 4NW
ODS code C85009
3.0 km
WOMBWELL GMS PRACTICE
MAYFLOWER WAY, WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY, S73 0AJ
ODS code C85013
3.0 km
BURLEIGH MEDICAL CENTRE
BURLEIGH STREET, BARNSLEY, S70 1DR
ODS code C85017
3.3 km
MONK BRETTON HEALTH CENTRE PRACTICE
MONK BRETTON HEALTH CENTRE, HIGH STREET, BARNSLEY, S71 2EQ
ODS code C85622
3.4 km
THE GROVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
124-126 PARK GROVE, BARNSLEY, S70 1QE
ODS code C85019
3.8 km
GARLAND HOUSE SURGERY
GARLAND HOUSE, 1 CHURCH STREET, DARFIELD, BARNSLEY, S73 9JX
ODS code C85016
4.0 km
HUDDERSFIELD ROAD SURGERY
6 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 2LT
ODS code C85020
4.2 km
HOYLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE HOYLAND CENTRE, HIGH CROFT, HOYLAND, BARNSLEY, S74 9AF
ODS code C85022
4.4 km
WALDERSLADE SURGERY
HIGH CROFT, HOYLAND, BARNSLEY, S74 9AF
ODS code C85008
4.4 km
THE ROSE TREE PMS PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE MED PRACTICE, CUDWORTH CTR, CARLTON STREET, BARNSLEY, S72 8SU
ODS code C85014
4.4 km
VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
7 VICTORIA CRESCENT WEST, BARNSLEY, S75 2AE
ODS code C85033
4.4 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Wombwell Lane/Caulk Lane
BCT · Stairfoot
- 0.1 miles
Wombwell Lane/Caulk Lane
BCT · Stairfoot
- 0.1 miles
Wombwell Lane/Wombwell Lane
BCT · Wombwell
- 0.1 miles
Wombwell Lane/Wombwell Lane
BCT · Wombwell
- 0.2 miles
Wombwell Lane/Bleachcroft Way
BCT · Stairfoot
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnsley 015A, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
20,368 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 1
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,351 published events cover 12 months, averaging 112.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 508 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.