Carlton, Barnsley

Carlton, Barnsley is covered by postcode district S71. It is in the Barnsley council area, England.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Carlton (Barnsley).

Typical price £190,000 Homes sold in Carlton, Barnsley, last 12 months. ▲ 1.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 48 of 77 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 11 of 77 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 21 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Carlton, Barnsley, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Carlton, Barnsley, by flood risk Of the 77 postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 66 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Carlton, Barnsley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. S71 3BL: not on the flood risk listS71 3BY: not on the flood risk listS71 3BZ: not on the flood risk listS71 3EG: not on the flood risk listS71 3EH: not on the flood risk listS71 3EJ: not on the flood risk listS71 3EL: not on the flood risk listS71 3EN: not on the flood risk listS71 3EP: not on the flood risk listS71 3EQ: not on the flood risk listS71 3ER: not on the flood risk listS71 3ET: not on the flood risk listS71 3EU: not on the flood risk listS71 3EW: not on the flood risk listS71 3EX: not on the flood risk listS71 3EY: not on the flood risk listS71 3EZ: not on the flood risk listS71 3FF: not on the flood risk listS71 3FH: not on the flood risk listS71 3FJ: not on the flood risk listS71 3FL: not on the flood risk listS71 3FP: not on the flood risk listS71 3FU: not on the flood risk listS71 3HA: not on the flood risk listS71 3HB: not on the flood risk listS71 3HD: not on the flood risk listS71 3HE: not on the flood risk listS71 3HF: not on the flood risk listS71 3HG: not on the flood risk listS71 3HN: not on the flood risk listS71 3HP: not on the flood risk listS71 3HS: not on the flood risk listS71 3HW: not on the flood risk listS71 3HX: not on the flood risk listS71 3HY: not on the flood risk listS71 3JB: not on the flood risk listS71 3JD: not on the flood risk listS71 3JE: not on the flood risk listS71 3JF: not on the flood risk listS71 3JG: not on the flood risk listS71 3JH: not on the flood risk listS71 3JJ: not on the flood risk listS71 3JL: not on the flood risk listS71 3JN: not on the flood risk listS71 3JP: not on the flood risk listS71 3JQ: not on the flood risk listS71 3JR: not on the flood risk listS71 3JT: not on the flood risk listS71 3JU: not on the flood risk listS71 3JW: not on the flood risk listS71 3JX: not on the flood risk listS71 3JY: not on the flood risk listS71 3JZ: not on the flood risk listS71 3LA: not on the flood risk listS71 3LB: not on the flood risk listS71 3LD: not on the flood risk listS71 3LF: not on the flood risk listS71 3LJ: not on the flood risk listS71 3LQ: not on the flood risk listS71 3PG: not on the flood risk listS71 3PQ: not on the flood risk listS71 3RN: not on the flood risk listS71 3RP: not on the flood risk listS71 3RW: not on the flood risk listS71 3TE: not on the flood risk listS71 3TG: not on the flood risk listS71 3ES: low flood risk at worstS71 3FB: low flood risk at worstS71 3FD: low flood risk at worstS71 3FE: low flood risk at worstS71 3FG: low flood risk at worstS71 3JA: medium flood risk at worstS71 3HU: high flood riskS71 3HZ: high flood riskS71 3JS: high flood riskS71 3LE: high flood riskS71 3LG: high flood risk Carlton, Barnsley Map of every postcode in Carlton, Barnsley, by flood risk Of the 77 postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 66 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Carlton, Barnsley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Carlton, Barnsley
  • A home or business at high risk: 5
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 5
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 66

Of the 77 postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 66 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 53.5854, longitude -1.4510. 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.

S71 3HZ10 at high riskS71 3HU2 at high riskS71 3LE2 at high riskS71 3JS1 at high riskS71 3LG1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Carlton, Barnsley?

Homes sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 48 of the 77 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 21 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 77 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is High Street Practice, 1.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Barnsley, 3.9 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 Carlton, Barnsley?

Homes in Carlton, Barnsley sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, up 1.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£190,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£187,500
12 months to August 2026
£190,000

▲ up 1.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£290,000 12 sales
Semi-detached£183,500 10 sales
Terraced£121,000 9 sales

Across the whole S71 district, Carlton, Barnsley's main postcode district: a typical £175,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Carlton, Barnsley: 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 Carlton, Barnsley?

1 of the 77 postcodes now in use in Carlton, Barnsley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 40 homes sold in Carlton, Barnsley were newly built (13%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S71 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

S71 3FUsince July 2024

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 Carlton, BarnsleyAcross the S71 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 31 (0%) 0 of 451 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 5 of 40 (13%) 5 of 558 (Under 1%)

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 Carlton, Barnsley?

Ofcom reports on 77 of the 77 postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley. At 48 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit48 of 77
Postcodes where every home can get superfast69 of 77

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.

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

Is Carlton, Barnsley at risk of flooding?

11 of the 77 postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley 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 21 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 11 of 77 postcodes High: 16Medium: 5Low: 37

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 Carlton, Barnsley?

The open schools at the postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. 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 Carlton, Barnsley?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley is Barnsley Rail Station, 3.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Barnsley Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
  • Darton Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive
  • Dodworth Rail Station Railway station 7.0 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 Carlton, Barnsley?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley. 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 Carlton, Barnsley safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,657 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley 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. 152 September 2025
  2. 116 October 2025
  3. 113 November 2025
  4. 125 December 2025
  5. 114 January 2026
  6. 134 February 2026
  7. 139 March 2026
  8. 152 April 2026
  9. 187 May 2026
  10. 156 June 2026
  11. 139 July 2026
  12. 130 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences575 reports
Anti-social behaviour362 reports
Criminal damage and arson179 reports
Shoplifting124 reports
Public order112 reports
Vehicle crime72 reports
Other theft70 reports
Other crime55 reports

Also: burglary 46, drugs 27, robbery 15, possession of weapons 13, bicycle theft 5, theft from the person 2.

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 Carlton, Barnsley?

Council
Barnsley
Parliamentary constituency
Barnsley North
Police force area
South Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Dan Jarvis (Labour)

All 77 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. See all our data sources

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Carlton, Barnsley postcodes

77 postcodes in use in Carlton, Barnsley, by district:

S71 postcode district,77 postcodes

That district is in the S postcode area.

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Places near Carlton, Barnsley

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Carlton, Barnsley's £190,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Royston, Barnsley1.6 km, £186,000Cudworth and Shafton2.6 km, £170,000Barnsley3.4 km, £165,000Darton4.4 km, £198,750South Hiendley4.4 km, £170,000Brierley4.7 km, £205,000Barugh Green and Redbrook4.9 km, £237,250Grimethorpe4.9 km, £152,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Carlton, Barnsley

What is it like to live in Carlton, Barnsley?
Homes sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 48 of the 77 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 21 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 77 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is High Street Practice, 1.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Barnsley, 3.9 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 Carlton, Barnsley?
Carlton, Barnsley is covered by postcode district S71, across 77 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Carlton, Barnsley in?
Carlton, Barnsley is in the Barnsley council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Carlton, Barnsley?
Carlton, Barnsley is in the Barnsley North parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dan Jarvis (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Carlton, Barnsley?
Homes in Carlton, Barnsley sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, up 1.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Carlton, Barnsley?
In Carlton, Barnsley, primary schools at its postcodes include Carlton Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Outwood Academy Carlton. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Carlton, Barnsley have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley is Barnsley, 3.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Carlton, Barnsley?
Ofcom reports on 77 of the 77 postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley. At 48 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Carlton, Barnsley at risk of flooding?
11 of the 77 postcodes in Carlton, Barnsley 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 21 homes and businesses 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 Carlton, Barnsley?
1 of the 77 postcodes now in use in Carlton, Barnsley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 40 homes sold in Carlton, Barnsley were newly built (13%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S71 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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