Birdwell
Birdwell is covered by postcode district S70. It is in the Barnsley council area, England.
Every postcode in Birdwell, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 1
- In use before 2020: 96
Of the 97 postcodes in Birdwell that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 96 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 newest postcode
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.
- 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
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
| Period | In Birdwell | Across 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.
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 checkerSource: 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.
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.
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.
- The Dove Valley Pms Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01226 648150 2.7 kmCycle
- Hoyland Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2024 · Phone 01226 355800 2.9 kmCycle
- Walderslade Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01226 743221 2.9 kmCycle
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
- 36 September 2025
- 60 October 2025
- 46 November 2025
- 39 December 2025
- 30 January 2026
- 43 February 2026
- 41 March 2026
- 42 April 2026
- 35 May 2026
- 27 June 2026
- 42 July 2026
- 46 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 postcodeSource: 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
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Barnsley about council tax Council tax, on barnsley.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Birdwell postcodes
97 postcodes in use in Birdwell, by district:
That district is in the S postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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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.
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, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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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