Schools
34 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 3 secondary schools. Netherwood Academy is the nearest published school at 312 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
S73 8AT
Stairfoot · Barnsley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Stairfoot
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley South
- Postcode district
- S73
- Postcode sector
- S73 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- S73 8AT
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- S
- Postcode district
- S73
- Postcode sector
- S73 8
- Latitude
- 53.532973
- Longitude
- -1.401014
- British National Grid easting
- 439,800
- British National Grid northing
- 404,200
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
- E00037755
- Lower layer super output area
- Barnsley 023C · E01007449
- Middle layer super output area
- Barnsley 023 · E02001531
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 S73
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 34
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 3
- 312 m
Netherwood Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 990 m
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 1.0 km
Upperwood Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,596
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 670
- Anti social behaviour 254
- Criminal damage and arson 177
- Public order 97
- Burglary 85
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- S73 8 residents
- 9,701
Age bands in S73 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.6%
1,790 residents
1,082 residents
2,791 residents
2,626 residents
1,765 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
13
within 5 km straight-line
WOMBWELL MEDICAL CENTRE PRACTICE
GEORGE STREET, WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY, S73 0DD
ODS code C85030
1.2 km
WOMBWELL GMS PRACTICE
MAYFLOWER WAY, WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY, S73 0AJ
ODS code C85013
1.3 km
GARLAND HOUSE SURGERY
GARLAND HOUSE, 1 CHURCH STREET, DARFIELD, BARNSLEY, S73 9JX
ODS code C85016
2.0 km
BHF LUNDWOOD SURGERY
LUNDWOOD PRIORY CAMPUS, PONTEFRACT ROAD, LUNDWOOD, BARNSLEY, S71 5PN
ODS code Y05364
3.7 km
LUNDWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
PONTEFRACT ROAD, BARNSLEY, S71 5PN
ODS code C85028
3.7 km
ASHVILLE MEDICAL CENTRE PMS PRACTICE
OAKS PARK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, THORNTON ROAD, BARNSLEY, S70 3NE
ODS code C85003
3.9 km
THE DOVE VALLEY PMS PRACTICE
WORSBROUGH HEALTHCARE CENTRE, POWELL STREET, WORSBROUGH, BARNSLEY, S70 5NZ
ODS code C85007
3.9 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
BHF HIGHGATE SURGERY
THE GRIMETHORPE CENTRE, ACORN WAY, GRIMETHORPE, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ
ODS code Y05363
4.8 km
BRIERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
BARNSLEY HEALTHCARE FED, GRIMETHORPE HEALTH CENTRE, ACORN WAY, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ
ODS code Y05248
4.8 km
GRIMETHORPE SURGERY
THE GRIMETHORPE CENTRE, ACORN WAY, GRIMETHORPE, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ
ODS code C85018
4.8 km
MARKET SURGERY
WAREHOUSE LANE, WATH-UPON-DEARNE, ROTHERHAM, S63 7RA
ODS code C87029
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Dove Valley Way/Mitchells Way
BCT · Wombwell
- 0.4 miles
Barnsley Road/Mitchells Way
BCT · Wombwell
- 0.4 miles
Barnsley Road/Sadlers Gate
BCT · Wombwell
- 0.5 miles
Upperwood Road/Ferrara Close
BCT · Darfield
- 0.5 miles
Upperwood Road/Modena Court
BCT · Darfield
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnsley 023C, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,313 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
1,596 published events cover 12 months, averaging 133 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 670 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.