Bolton upon Dearne

Bolton upon Dearne is covered by postcode district S63. It is in the Barnsley council area, England.

Typical price £140,000 Homes sold in Bolton upon Dearne, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 153 of 180 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 14 of 181 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 80 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 3 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bolton upon Dearne, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bolton upon Dearne, by flood risk Of the 181 postcodes in Bolton upon Dearne that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 167 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bolton upon Dearne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. S63 8AA: not on the flood risk listS63 8AB: not on the flood risk listS63 8AD: not on the flood risk listS63 8AE: not on the flood risk listS63 8AF: not on the flood risk listS63 8AG: not on the flood risk listS63 8AH: not on the flood risk listS63 8AJ: not on the flood risk listS63 8AL: not on the flood risk listS63 8AN: not on the flood risk listS63 8AP: not on the flood risk listS63 8AQ: not on the flood risk listS63 8AR: not on the flood risk listS63 8AS: not on the flood risk listS63 8AT: not on the flood risk listS63 8AU: not on the flood risk listS63 8AW: not on the flood risk listS63 8AX: not on the flood risk listS63 8AY: not on the flood risk listS63 8AZ: not on the flood risk listS63 8BA: not on the flood risk listS63 8BB: not on the flood risk listS63 8BD: not on the flood risk listS63 8BE: not on the flood risk listS63 8BF: not on the flood risk listS63 8BG: not on the flood risk listS63 8BH: not on the flood risk listS63 8BJ: not on the flood risk listS63 8BL: not on the flood risk listS63 8BN: not on the flood risk listS63 8BP: not on the flood risk listS63 8BQ: not on the flood risk listS63 8BS: not on the flood risk listS63 8BT: not on the flood risk listS63 8BU: not on the flood risk listS63 8BW: not on the flood risk listS63 8BX: not on the flood risk listS63 8BY: not on the flood risk listS63 8BZ: not on the flood risk listS63 8DA: not on the flood risk listS63 8DB: not on the flood risk listS63 8DD: not on the flood risk listS63 8DE: not on the flood risk listS63 8DF: not on the flood risk listS63 8DG: not on the flood risk listS63 8DH: not on the flood risk listS63 8DJ: not on the flood risk listS63 8DL: not on the flood risk listS63 8DN: not on the flood risk listS63 8DP: not on the flood risk listS63 8DQ: not on the flood risk listS63 8DR: not on the flood risk listS63 8DS: not on the flood risk listS63 8DT: not on the flood risk listS63 8DU: not on the flood risk listS63 8DW: not on the flood risk listS63 8DX: not on the flood risk listS63 8DY: not on the flood risk listS63 8DZ: not on the flood risk listS63 8EA: not on the flood risk listS63 8EB: not on the flood risk listS63 8ED: not on the flood risk listS63 8EE: not on the flood risk listS63 8EF: not on the flood risk listS63 8EG: not on the flood risk listS63 8EH: not on the flood risk listS63 8EJ: not on the flood risk listS63 8EL: not on the flood risk listS63 8EN: not on the flood risk listS63 8EP: not on the flood risk listS63 8EQ: not on the flood risk listS63 8ER: not on the flood risk listS63 8ES: not on the flood risk listS63 8ET: not on the flood risk listS63 8EU: not on the flood risk listS63 8EW: not on the flood risk listS63 8EX: not on the flood risk listS63 8EY: not on the flood risk listS63 8EZ: not on the flood risk listS63 8FA: not on the flood risk listS63 8FB: not on the flood risk listS63 8FD: not on the flood risk listS63 8FE: not on the flood risk listS63 8FF: not on the flood risk listS63 8FG: not on the flood risk listS63 8FH: not on the flood risk listS63 8FJ: not on the flood risk listS63 8FL: not on the flood risk listS63 8FQ: not on the flood risk listS63 8FR: not on the flood risk listS63 8FS: not on the flood risk listS63 8FT: not on the flood risk listS63 8FU: not on the flood risk listS63 8FW: not on the flood risk listS63 8GH: not on the flood risk listS63 8GY: not on the flood risk listS63 8GZ: not on the flood risk listS63 8HA: not on the flood risk listS63 8HB: not on the flood risk listS63 8HD: not on the flood risk listS63 8HE: not on the flood risk listS63 8HF: not on the flood risk listS63 8HG: not on the flood risk listS63 8HH: not on the flood risk listS63 8HJ: not on the flood risk listS63 8HL: not on the flood risk listS63 8HN: not on the flood risk listS63 8HP: not on the flood risk listS63 8HQ: not on the flood risk listS63 8HR: not on the flood risk listS63 8HS: not on the flood risk listS63 8HT: not on the flood risk listS63 8HU: not on the flood risk listS63 8HW: not on the flood risk listS63 8HX: not on the flood risk listS63 8HY: not on the flood risk listS63 8HZ: not on the flood risk listS63 8JA: not on the flood risk listS63 8JB: not on the flood risk listS63 8JE: not on the flood risk listS63 8JF: not on the flood risk listS63 8JH: not on the flood risk listS63 8JJ: not on the flood risk listS63 8JL: not on the flood risk listS63 8JN: not on the flood risk listS63 8JP: not on the flood risk listS63 8JQ: not on the flood risk listS63 8JR: not on the flood risk listS63 8JS: not on the flood risk listS63 8JU: not on the flood risk listS63 8JW: not on the flood risk listS63 8JX: not on the flood risk listS63 8JY: not on the flood risk listS63 8JZ: not on the flood risk listS63 8LA: not on the flood risk listS63 8LB: not on the flood risk listS63 8LD: not on the flood risk listS63 8LE: not on the flood risk listS63 8LF: not on the flood risk listS63 8LG: not on the flood risk listS63 8LH: not on the flood risk listS63 8LJ: not on the flood risk listS63 8LL: not on the flood risk listS63 8LN: not on the flood risk listS63 8LP: not on the flood risk listS63 8LQ: not on the flood risk listS63 8LR: not on the flood risk listS63 8LS: not on the flood risk listS63 8LW: not on the flood risk listS63 8NA: not on the flood risk listS63 8NB: not on the flood risk listS63 8ND: not on the flood risk listS63 8NG: not on the flood risk listS63 8NH: not on the flood risk listS63 8NJ: not on the flood risk listS63 8NL: not on the flood risk listS63 8NN: not on the flood risk listS63 8NQ: not on the flood risk listS63 8NR: not on the flood risk listS63 8NS: not on the flood risk listS63 8NT: not on the flood risk listS63 8NU: not on the flood risk listS63 8NW: not on the flood risk listS63 8NY: not on the flood risk listS63 8NZ: not on the flood risk listS63 8PA: not on the flood risk listS63 8PB: not on the flood risk listS63 8FP: very low flood risk onlyS63 8LT: low flood risk at worstS63 8LZ: low flood risk at worstS63 8NE: low flood risk at worstS63 8NP: low flood risk at worstS63 8GW: medium flood risk at worstS63 8GX: medium flood risk at worstS63 8JD: medium flood risk at worstS63 8LU: medium flood risk at worstS63 8LY: medium flood risk at worstS63 8NF: medium flood risk at worstS63 8NX: medium flood risk at worstS63 8JT: high flood riskS63 8LX: high flood risk Bolton upon Dearne 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to S63 8LX, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Bolton upon Dearne, by flood risk Of the 181 postcodes in Bolton upon Dearne that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 167 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bolton upon Dearne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Bolton upon Dearne
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 7
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 167
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 181 postcodes in Bolton upon Dearne that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 167 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5190, longitude -1.3196. 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 high risk

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

S63 8JT2 at high riskS63 8LX1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. S63 8LX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Bolton upon Dearne?

Homes sold for a typical £140,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. At 153 of the 180 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 80 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 14 of its 181 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Goldthorpe Medical Centre, 1.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bolton-Upon-Dearne, 550 metres 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 Bolton upon Dearne?

Homes in Bolton upon Dearne sold for a typical £140,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 81 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £125,000 from 97 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£140,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£125,000 12 months to August 2025
  • Detached £270,000 12 sales
  • Semi-detached £152,500 30 sales
  • Terraced £120,000 35 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole S63 district, Bolton upon Dearne's main postcode district: a typical £165,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bolton upon Dearne: 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 Bolton upon Dearne?

4 of the 181 postcodes now in use in Bolton upon Dearne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 97 homes sold in Bolton upon Dearne were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S63 district, 18%.

The newest postcodes

S63 8FWsince July 2026S63 8FUsince November 2022S63 8FTsince May 2021S63 8GWsince September 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 Bolton upon DearneAcross the S63 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 81 (0%) 30 of 466 (6%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 97 (0%) 127 of 696 (18%)

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 Bolton upon Dearne?

Ofcom reports on 180 of the 181 postcodes in Bolton upon Dearne. At 153 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit153 of 180
Postcodes where every home can get superfast178 of 180

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 Bolton upon Dearne at risk of flooding?

14 of the 181 postcodes in Bolton upon Dearne have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 80 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 14 of 181 postcodes High: 3Medium: 77Low: 47Very low: 2

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 Bolton upon Dearne?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Bolton upon Dearne. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).

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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 Bolton upon Dearne?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bolton upon Dearne is Bolton-Upon-Dearne Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.

  • Bolton-Upon-Dearne Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
  • Goldthorpe Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
  • Thurnscoe Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle

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 Bolton upon Dearne?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Bolton upon Dearne. 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 Bolton upon Dearne safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 900 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bolton upon Dearne 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. 92 September 2025
  2. 82 October 2025
  3. 98 November 2025
  4. 69 December 2025
  5. 62 January 2026
  6. 67 February 2026
  7. 80 March 2026
  8. 70 April 2026
  9. 68 May 2026
  10. 73 June 2026
  11. 64 July 2026
  12. 75 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences363 reports
Anti-social behaviour153 reports
Criminal damage and arson89 reports
Vehicle crime62 reports
Burglary60 reports
Public order58 reports
Other theft47 reports
Other crime42 reports

Also: drugs 12, robbery 7, shoplifting 3, possession of weapons 3, 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 Bolton upon Dearne?

Council
Barnsley
Parliamentary constituency
Barnsley South
Police force area
South Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Stephanie Peacock (Labour)

All 181 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

Moving to Bolton upon Dearne

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Bolton upon Dearne postcodes

181 postcodes in use in Bolton upon Dearne, by district:

S63 postcode district,181 postcodes

That district is in the S postcode area.

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Places near Bolton upon Dearne

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bolton upon Dearne's £140,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Goldthorpe1.7 km, £153,000Wath upon Dearne2.6 km, £175,000Barnburgh and Harlington3.1 km, £250,000Thurnscoe3.1 km, £148,000Mexborough3.4 km, £156,500Swinton, Rotherham4.0 km, £182,500Brampton, Rotherham4.1 km, £180,000Great Houghton4.3 km, £160,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Bolton upon Dearne

What is the postcode for Bolton upon Dearne?
Postcode district S63, with 181 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Bolton upon Dearne in?
Barnsley. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Bolton upon Dearne?
Stephanie Peacock (Labour), for Barnsley South. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Bolton upon Dearne?
A typical £140,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, from 81 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Bolton upon Dearne?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Lacewood Primary School, Heather Garth Primary School Academy and Carrfield Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Astrea Academy Dearne, 1.3 km away. Source: Department for Education.
Does Bolton upon Dearne have a railway station?
Yes: Bolton-Upon-Dearne station, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Bolton upon Dearne?
Ofcom reports on 180 of the 181 postcodes in Bolton upon Dearne. At 153 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Bolton upon Dearne at risk of flooding?
14 of the 181 postcodes in Bolton upon Dearne have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 80 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Bolton upon Dearne?
4 of the 181 postcodes now in use in Bolton upon Dearne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 97 homes sold in Bolton upon Dearne were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S63 district, 18%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

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