Schools
42 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 4 secondary schools. Queens Road Academy is the nearest published school at 329 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
S71 1AL
Central · Barnsley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Central
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley North
- Postcode district
- S71
- Postcode sector
- S71 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- S71 1AL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 2006
- Terminated
- 1 February 2012
- Postcode area
- S
- Postcode district
- S71
- Postcode sector
- S71 1
- Latitude
- 53.550638
- Longitude
- -1.474464
- British National Grid easting
- 434,917
- British National Grid northing
- 406,127
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
- E00037182
- Lower layer super output area
- Barnsley 015D · E01007337
- 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 S71
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 42
- Primary
- 31
- Secondary
- 4
- 329 m
Queens Road Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 350 m
Oakwell Rise Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 543 m
Barnsley College
Further education
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,566
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,974
- Anti social behaviour 613
- Shoplifting 564
- Public order 540
- Criminal damage and arson 443
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- S71 1 residents
- 8,452
Age bands in S71 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.8%
1,542 residents
968 residents
2,621 residents
2,358 residents
1,304 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+
- 50%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 50%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
14
within 5 km straight-line
BURLEIGH MEDICAL CENTRE
BURLEIGH STREET, BARNSLEY, S70 1DR
ODS code C85017
195 m
THE KAKOTY PRACTICE
170 SHEFFIELD ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 4NW
ODS code C85009
474 m
THE GROVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
124-126 PARK GROVE, BARNSLEY, S70 1QE
ODS code C85019
859 m
HUDDERSFIELD ROAD SURGERY
6 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 2LT
ODS code C85020
1.1 km
VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
7 VICTORIA CRESCENT WEST, BARNSLEY, S75 2AE
ODS code C85033
1.3 km
ASHVILLE MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
OAKS PARK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, THORNTON ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 3NE
ODS code C85003
1.4 km
WOODLAND DRIVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WOODLAND DRIVE, BARNSLEY, S70 6QW
ODS code C85006
2.2 km
MONK BRETTON HEALTH CENTRE PRACTICE
MONK BRETTON HEALTH CENTRE, HIGH STREET, BARNSLEY, S71 2EQ
ODS code C85622
2.3 km
BHF LUNDWOOD SURGERY
LUNDWOOD PRIORY CAMPUS, PONTEFRACT ROAD, LUNDWOOD, BARNSLEY, S71 5PN
ODS code Y05364
2.5 km
LUNDWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
PONTEFRACT ROAD, BARNSLEY, S71 5PN
ODS code C85028
2.5 km
THE DOVE VALLEY PMS PRACTICE
WORSBROUGH HEALTHCARE CENTRE, POWELL STREET, WORSBROUGH, BARNSLEY, S70 5NZ
ODS code C85007
2.6 km
ST GEORGE'S MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
ROUNDHOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, LANGSETT COURT, NEW LODGE, BARNSLEY, S71 1RY
ODS code C85619
3.2 km
HILL BROW SURGERY PMS PRACTICE
HILL BROW SURGERY, LONGCROFT, MAPPLEWELL, BARNSLEY, S75 6FH
ODS code C85010
4.7 km
THE ROSE TREE PMS PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE MED PRACTICE, CUDWORTH CTR, CARLTON STREET, BARNSLEY, S72 8SU
ODS code C85014
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Sheffield Road/Taylor Row
BCT · Barnsley Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Sheffield Road/Taylor Row
BCT · Barnsley Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Sheffield Road/West Way
BCT · Barnsley Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Pontefract Road/Market Close
BCT · Hoyle Mill
- 0.1 miles
Pontefract Road/Market Close
BCT · Hoyle Mill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnsley 015D, 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
6,729 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
Recorded crime
5,566 published events cover 12 months, averaging 463.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,974 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.