Birdwell

Birdwell is covered by postcode district S70. It is in the Barnsley council area, England.

Typical price £172,500 Homes sold in Birdwell, last 12 months. ▲ 10.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 62 of 96 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 1 of 97 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Birdwell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Birdwell, by flood risk Of the 97 postcodes in Birdwell that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 96 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Birdwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M1A6195 S70 5DA: not on the flood risk listS70 5FA: not on the flood risk listS70 5FB: not on the flood risk listS70 5FD: not on the flood risk listS70 5FE: not on the flood risk listS70 5QR: not on the flood risk listS70 5QS: not on the flood risk listS70 5QT: not on the flood risk listS70 5QX: not on the flood risk listS70 5QY: not on the flood risk listS70 5QZ: not on the flood risk listS70 5RA: not on the flood risk listS70 5RB: not on the flood risk listS70 5RE: not on the flood risk listS70 5RF: not on the flood risk listS70 5RG: not on the flood risk listS70 5RH: not on the flood risk listS70 5RJ: not on the flood risk listS70 5RL: not on the flood risk listS70 5RN: not on the flood risk listS70 5RP: not on the flood risk listS70 5RQ: not on the flood risk listS70 5RR: not on the flood risk listS70 5RS: not on the flood risk listS70 5RT: not on the flood risk listS70 5RU: not on the flood risk listS70 5RW: not on the flood risk listS70 5RX: not on the flood risk listS70 5RY: not on the flood risk listS70 5RZ: not on the flood risk listS70 5SA: not on the flood risk listS70 5SD: not on the flood risk listS70 5SE: not on the flood risk listS70 5SF: not on the flood risk listS70 5SG: not on the flood risk listS70 5SH: not on the flood risk listS70 5SJ: not on the flood risk listS70 5SL: not on the flood risk listS70 5SN: not on the flood risk listS70 5SP: not on the flood risk listS70 5SQ: not on the flood risk listS70 5SR: not on the flood risk listS70 5SS: not on the flood risk listS70 5ST: not on the flood risk listS70 5SU: not on the flood risk listS70 5SW: not on the flood risk listS70 5SX: not on the flood risk listS70 5SY: not on the flood risk listS70 5SZ: not on the flood risk listS70 5TA: not on the flood risk listS70 5TB: not on the flood risk listS70 5TD: not on the flood risk listS70 5TE: not on the flood risk listS70 5TF: not on the flood risk listS70 5TG: not on the flood risk listS70 5TH: not on the flood risk listS70 5TJ: not on the flood risk listS70 5TL: not on the flood risk listS70 5TN: not on the flood risk listS70 5TQ: not on the flood risk listS70 5TR: not on the flood risk listS70 5TT: not on the flood risk listS70 5TU: not on the flood risk listS70 5TW: not on the flood risk listS70 5TX: not on the flood risk listS70 5TY: not on the flood risk listS70 5TZ: not on the flood risk listS70 5UA: not on the flood risk listS70 5UB: not on the flood risk listS70 5UE: not on the flood risk listS70 5UF: not on the flood risk listS70 5UG: not on the flood risk listS70 5UH: not on the flood risk listS70 5UJ: not on the flood risk listS70 5UL: not on the flood risk listS70 5UN: not on the flood risk listS70 5UP: not on the flood risk listS70 5UQ: not on the flood risk listS70 5UR: not on the flood risk listS70 5US: not on the flood risk listS70 5UT: not on the flood risk listS70 5UU: not on the flood risk listS70 5UW: not on the flood risk listS70 5UX: not on the flood risk listS70 5UY: not on the flood risk listS70 5UZ: not on the flood risk listS70 5XA: not on the flood risk listS70 5XB: not on the flood risk listS70 5XD: not on the flood risk listS70 5XE: not on the flood risk listS70 5XF: not on the flood risk listS70 5XG: not on the flood risk listS70 5XH: not on the flood risk listS70 5XJ: not on the flood risk listS70 5XN: not on the flood risk listS70 5XQ: not on the flood risk listS70 5UD: medium flood risk at worst Birdwell Map of every postcode in Birdwell, by flood risk Of the 97 postcodes in Birdwell that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 96 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Birdwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M1A6195 Birdwell
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 96

Of the 97 postcodes in Birdwell that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 96 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5077, longitude -1.4791. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at medium risk at worst

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

S70 5UD1 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Birdwell?

Homes sold for a typical £172,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.6% on the 12 months before. At 62 of the 96 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 97 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Dove Valley Pms Practice, 2.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Elsecar, 3.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Birdwell?

Homes in Birdwell sold for a typical £172,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 36 sales, up 10.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£172,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£156,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 10.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £302,000 5 sales
  • Semi-detached £210,000 13 sales
  • Terraced £147,500 18 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole S70 district, Birdwell's main postcode district: a typical £160,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Birdwell: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Birdwell?

1 of the 97 postcodes now in use in Birdwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 59 homes sold in Birdwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S70 district, 15%.

The newest postcodes

S70 5FEsince July 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BirdwellAcross the S70 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 36 (3%) 7 of 382 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 59 (0%) 89 of 611 (15%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Birdwell?

Ofcom reports on 96 of the 97 postcodes in Birdwell. At 62 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit62 of 96
Postcodes where every home can get superfast96 of 96

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Birdwell at risk of flooding?

1 of the 97 postcodes in Birdwell has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 97 postcodes Medium: 1Low: 3

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Birdwell?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Birdwell. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Birdwell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Birdwell is Elsecar Rail Station, 3.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Elsecar Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
  • Wombwell Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle
  • Chapeltown Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Birdwell?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Birdwell. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Birdwell safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 487 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Birdwell over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 36 September 2025
  2. 60 October 2025
  3. 46 November 2025
  4. 39 December 2025
  5. 30 January 2026
  6. 43 February 2026
  7. 41 March 2026
  8. 42 April 2026
  9. 35 May 2026
  10. 27 June 2026
  11. 42 July 2026
  12. 46 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences138 reports
Anti-social behaviour93 reports
Other theft46 reports
Shoplifting43 reports
Vehicle crime42 reports
Criminal damage and arson39 reports
Public order28 reports
Burglary28 reports

Also: other crime 15, drugs 8, theft from the person 2, robbery 2, possession of weapons 2, bicycle theft 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Birdwell?

Council
Barnsley
Parliamentary constituencies
Barnsley South (96) and Penistone and Stocksbridge (1)
Police force area
South Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Moving to Birdwell

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Birdwell postcodes

97 postcodes in use in Birdwell, by district:

S70 postcode district,97 postcodes

That district is in the S postcode area.

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Places near Birdwell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Birdwell's £172,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Hoyland2.6 km, £170,000Worsbrough2.9 km, £160,000Chapeltown and High Green4.6 km, £215,000Dodworth4.7 km, £189,000Wombwell5.3 km, £175,000Barnsley5.5 km, £165,000Thorpe Hesley6.2 km, £225,000Brampton, Rotherham6.6 km, £180,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Birdwell

What is it like to live in Birdwell?
Homes sold for a typical £172,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.6% on the 12 months before. At 62 of the 96 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 97 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Dove Valley Pms Practice, 2.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Elsecar, 3.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Birdwell?
Birdwell is covered by postcode district S70, across 97 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Birdwell in?
Birdwell is in the Barnsley council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Birdwell?
Homes in Birdwell sold for a typical £172,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 36 sales, up 10.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Birdwell?
In Birdwell, primary schools at its postcodes include Birdwell Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Park House School, 1.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Birdwell have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Birdwell is Elsecar, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Birdwell?
Ofcom reports on 96 of the 97 postcodes in Birdwell. At 62 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Birdwell at risk of flooding?
1 of the 97 postcodes in Birdwell has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Birdwell?
1 of the 97 postcodes now in use in Birdwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 59 homes sold in Birdwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S70 district, 15%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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