Schools
47 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 5 secondary schools. Laithes Primary School is the nearest published school at 51 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
S71 3AG
Athersley & New Lodge · Barnsley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley North
- Postcode district
- S71
- Postcode sector
- S71 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- S71 3AG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 September 2004
- Postcode area
- S
- Postcode district
- S71
- Postcode sector
- S71 3
- Latitude
- 53.579354
- Longitude
- -1.476133
- British National Grid easting
- 434,783
- British National Grid northing
- 409,321
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Barnsley · E08000038
- Electoral ward
- Athersley & New Lodge · E05016567
- Parish or community
- E43000251
- Westminster constituency
- Barnsley North · E14001074
- Output area
- E00037133
- Lower layer super output area
- Barnsley 007B · E01007324
- Middle layer super output area
- Barnsley 007 · E02001515
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
- 47
- Primary
- 36
- Secondary
- 5
- 51 m
Laithes Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 293 m
Athersley South Primary School
Academy converter
- 675 m
Waterton Newstead Academy
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,267
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 773
- Shoplifting 323
- Criminal damage and arson 263
- Anti social behaviour 235
- Public order 207
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- S71 3 residents
- 9,778
Age bands in S71 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.7%
1,900 residents
1,031 residents
2,425 residents
2,627 residents
1,718 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
16
within 5 km straight-line
ST GEORGE'S MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
ROUNDHOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, LANGSETT COURT, NEW LODGE, BARNSLEY, S71 1RY
ODS code C85619
444 m
MONK BRETTON HEALTH CENTRE PRACTICE
MONK BRETTON HEALTH CENTRE, HIGH STREET, BARNSLEY, S71 2EQ
ODS code C85622
2.1 km
HILL BROW SURGERY PMS PRACTICE
HILL BROW SURGERY, LONGCROFT, MAPPLEWELL, BARNSLEY, S75 6FH
ODS code C85010
2.3 km
HIGH STREET PRACTICE
48 HIGH STREET, ROYSTON, BARNSLEY, S71 4RF
ODS code C85024
2.4 km
HUDDERSFIELD ROAD SURGERY
6 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 2LT
ODS code C85020
2.4 km
VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
7 VICTORIA CRESCENT WEST, BARNSLEY, S75 2AE
ODS code C85033
2.7 km
ROYSTON GROUP PRACTICE
THE SURGERY, 65D MIDLAND ROAD, ROYSTON, BARNSLEY, S71 4QW
ODS code C85005
2.8 km
BURLEIGH MEDICAL CENTRE
BURLEIGH STREET, BARNSLEY, S70 1DR
ODS code C85017
3.3 km
BHF LUNDWOOD SURGERY
LUNDWOOD PRIORY CAMPUS, PONTEFRACT ROAD, LUNDWOOD, BARNSLEY, S71 5PN
ODS code Y05364
3.5 km
LUNDWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
PONTEFRACT ROAD, BARNSLEY, S71 5PN
ODS code C85028
3.5 km
DARTON HEALTH CENTRE PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, DARTON, BARNSLEY, S75 5HQ
ODS code C85614
3.6 km
THE GROVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
124-126 PARK GROVE, BARNSLEY, S70 1QE
ODS code C85019
3.6 km
THE KAKOTY PRACTICE
170 SHEFFIELD ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 4NW
ODS code C85009
3.7 km
THE ROSE TREE PMS PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE MED PRACTICE, CUDWORTH CTR, CARLTON STREET, BARNSLEY, S72 8SU
ODS code C85014
3.9 km
WOODLAND DRIVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WOODLAND DRIVE, BARNSLEY, S70 6QW
ODS code C85006
4.1 km
ASHVILLE MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
OAKS PARK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, THORNTON ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 3NE
ODS code C85003
4.2 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Laithes Lane/Laithes Crescent
BCT · Athersley South
- 0.1 miles
Laithes Lane/Laithes Crescent
BCT · Athersley South
- 0.1 miles
Laithes Lane/Mansfield Road
BCT · Athersley South
- 0.1 miles
Laithes Lane/Laithes Crescent
BCT · New Lodge
- 0.1 miles
Laithes Lane/Roundhouse
BCT · New Lodge
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnsley 007B, 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
4,087 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
2,267 published events cover 12 months, averaging 188.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 773 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.