Darfield

Darfield is covered by postcode district S73. It is in the Barnsley council area, England.

Typical price £160,000 Homes sold in Darfield, last 12 months. ▼ 3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 165 of 200 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 15 of 200 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 126 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 3 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Darfield, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Darfield, by flood risk Of the 200 postcodes in Darfield that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 185 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: Darfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A6195 S73 8AX: not on the flood risk listS73 9AA: not on the flood risk listS73 9AB: not on the flood risk listS73 9AD: not on the flood risk listS73 9AE: not on the flood risk listS73 9AF: not on the flood risk listS73 9AG: not on the flood risk listS73 9AH: not on the flood risk listS73 9AJ: not on the flood risk listS73 9AL: not on the flood risk listS73 9AN: not on the flood risk listS73 9AP: not on the flood risk listS73 9AQ: not on the flood risk listS73 9AR: not on the flood risk listS73 9AS: not on the flood risk listS73 9AT: not on the flood risk listS73 9AU: not on the flood risk listS73 9AW: not on the flood risk listS73 9AX: not on the flood risk listS73 9AY: not on the flood risk listS73 9AZ: not on the flood risk listS73 9BA: not on the flood risk listS73 9BB: not on the flood risk listS73 9BD: not on the flood risk listS73 9BE: not on the flood risk listS73 9BG: not on the flood risk listS73 9BH: not on the flood risk listS73 9BJ: not on the flood risk listS73 9BL: not on the flood risk listS73 9BN: not on the flood risk listS73 9BP: not on the flood risk listS73 9BQ: not on the flood risk listS73 9BS: not on the flood risk listS73 9BT: not on the flood risk listS73 9BU: not on the flood risk listS73 9BW: not on the flood risk listS73 9BY: not on the flood risk listS73 9BZ: not on the flood risk listS73 9DB: not on the flood risk listS73 9DD: not on the flood risk listS73 9DE: not on the flood risk listS73 9DF: not on the flood risk listS73 9DG: not on the flood risk listS73 9DH: not on the flood risk listS73 9DJ: not on the flood risk listS73 9DL: not on the flood risk listS73 9DN: not on the flood risk listS73 9DP: not on the flood risk listS73 9DQ: not on the flood risk listS73 9DR: not on the flood risk listS73 9DS: not on the flood risk listS73 9DT: not on the flood risk listS73 9DU: not on the flood risk listS73 9DW: not on the flood risk listS73 9DX: not on the flood risk listS73 9DY: not on the flood risk listS73 9DZ: not on the flood risk listS73 9EA: not on the flood risk listS73 9EB: not on the flood risk listS73 9ED: not on the flood risk listS73 9EE: not on the flood risk listS73 9EF: not on the flood risk listS73 9EG: not on the flood risk listS73 9EH: not on the flood risk listS73 9EJ: not on the flood risk listS73 9EL: not on the flood risk listS73 9EN: not on the flood risk listS73 9EP: not on the flood risk listS73 9EQ: not on the flood risk listS73 9ES: not on the flood risk listS73 9ET: not on the flood risk listS73 9EU: not on the flood risk listS73 9EW: not on the flood risk listS73 9EX: not on the flood risk listS73 9EY: not on the flood risk listS73 9EZ: not on the flood risk listS73 9HA: not on the flood risk listS73 9HB: not on the flood risk listS73 9HD: not on the flood risk listS73 9HE: not on the flood risk listS73 9HF: not on the flood risk listS73 9HG: not on the flood risk listS73 9HH: not on the flood risk listS73 9HJ: not on the flood risk listS73 9HL: not on the flood risk listS73 9HS: not on the flood risk listS73 9HU: not on the flood risk listS73 9HY: not on the flood risk listS73 9JA: not on the flood risk listS73 9JB: not on the flood risk listS73 9JD: not on the flood risk listS73 9JE: not on the flood risk listS73 9JF: not on the flood risk listS73 9JJ: not on the flood risk listS73 9JL: not on the flood risk listS73 9JP: not on the flood risk listS73 9JR: not on the flood risk listS73 9JU: not on the flood risk listS73 9JX: not on the flood risk listS73 9JZ: not on the flood risk listS73 9LA: not on the flood risk listS73 9LB: not on the flood risk listS73 9LD: not on the flood risk listS73 9LE: not on the flood risk listS73 9LF: not on the flood risk listS73 9LG: not on the flood risk listS73 9LH: not on the flood risk listS73 9LJ: not on the flood risk listS73 9LL: not on the flood risk listS73 9LP: not on the flood risk listS73 9LQ: not on the flood risk listS73 9LR: not on the flood risk listS73 9LS: not on the flood risk listS73 9LT: not on the flood risk listS73 9LU: not on the flood risk listS73 9LW: not on the flood risk listS73 9LX: not on the flood risk listS73 9LY: not on the flood risk listS73 9LZ: not on the flood risk listS73 9NA: not on the flood risk listS73 9NB: not on the flood risk listS73 9ND: not on the flood risk listS73 9NE: not on the flood risk listS73 9NF: not on the flood risk listS73 9NG: not on the flood risk listS73 9NH: not on the flood risk listS73 9NJ: not on the flood risk listS73 9NL: not on the flood risk listS73 9NN: not on the flood risk listS73 9NP: not on the flood risk listS73 9NQ: not on the flood risk listS73 9NR: not on the flood risk listS73 9NS: not on the flood risk listS73 9NT: not on the flood risk listS73 9NW: not on the flood risk listS73 9NY: not on the flood risk listS73 9PA: not on the flood risk listS73 9PB: not on the flood risk listS73 9PD: not on the flood risk listS73 9PE: not on the flood risk listS73 9PF: not on the flood risk listS73 9PH: not on the flood risk listS73 9PJ: not on the flood risk listS73 9PL: not on the flood risk listS73 9PN: not on the flood risk listS73 9PP: not on the flood risk listS73 9PQ: not on the flood risk listS73 9PR: not on the flood risk listS73 9PS: not on the flood risk listS73 9PT: not on the flood risk listS73 9PU: not on the flood risk listS73 9PW: not on the flood risk listS73 9PX: not on the flood risk listS73 9PY: not on the flood risk listS73 9PZ: not on the flood risk listS73 9QA: not on the flood risk listS73 9QB: not on the flood risk listS73 9QD: not on the flood risk listS73 9QE: not on the flood risk listS73 9QF: not on the flood risk listS73 9QG: not on the flood risk listS73 9QH: not on the flood risk listS73 9QJ: not on the flood risk listS73 9QL: not on the flood risk listS73 9QP: not on the flood risk listS73 9QQ: not on the flood risk listS73 9QR: not on the flood risk listS73 9QS: not on the flood risk listS73 9QT: not on the flood risk listS73 9QU: not on the flood risk listS73 9QW: not on the flood risk listS73 9QX: not on the flood risk listS73 9QZ: not on the flood risk listS73 9RA: not on the flood risk listS73 9RB: not on the flood risk listS73 9RD: not on the flood risk listS73 9RF: not on the flood risk listS73 9RG: not on the flood risk listS73 9RH: not on the flood risk listS73 9RJ: not on the flood risk listS73 9RL: not on the flood risk listS73 9RN: not on the flood risk listS73 9RP: not on the flood risk listS73 9RQ: not on the flood risk listS73 9RR: not on the flood risk listS73 9HT: low flood risk at worstS73 9HP: medium flood risk at worstS73 9HX: medium flood risk at worstS73 9HZ: medium flood risk at worstS73 9JN: medium flood risk at worstS73 9JQ: medium flood risk at worstS73 9JS: medium flood risk at worstS73 9JT: medium flood risk at worstS73 9HN: high flood riskS73 9HR: high flood riskS73 9HW: high flood riskS73 9JH: high flood riskS73 9NU: high flood riskS73 9NX: high flood riskS73 9QY: high flood risk Darfield Map of every postcode in Darfield, by flood risk Of the 200 postcodes in Darfield that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 185 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: Darfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A6195 Darfield
  • A home or business at high risk: 7
  • At medium risk at worst: 7
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 185
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 200 postcodes in Darfield that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 185 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 53.5357, longitude -1.3795. 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.

S73 9HW28 at high riskS73 9HR14 at high riskS73 9NU12 at high riskS73 9NX10 at high riskS73 9JH5 at high riskS73 9HN3 at high riskS73 9QY1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. S73 9HW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Darfield?

Homes sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3% on the 12 months before. At 165 of the 200 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 126 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 200 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wombwell, 3.2 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 Darfield?

Homes in Darfield sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 55 sales, down 3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£160,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£165,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £235,000 7 sales
  • Semi-detached £165,000 31 sales
  • Terraced £120,000 17 sales

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

Across the whole S73 district, Darfield's main postcode district: a typical £171,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Darfield: 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 Darfield?

3 of the 200 postcodes now in use in Darfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 91 homes sold in Darfield were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S73 district, 17%.

The newest postcodes

S73 9ESsince April 2022S73 9DFsince January 2021S73 9LXsince 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 DarfieldAcross the S73 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 55 (0%) 8 of 298 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 91 (0%) 77 of 441 (17%)

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 Darfield?

Ofcom reports on 200 of the 200 postcodes in Darfield. At 165 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit165 of 200
Postcodes where every home can get superfast198 of 200

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 Darfield at risk of flooding?

15 of the 200 postcodes in Darfield 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 126 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 15 of 200 postcodes High: 73Medium: 53Low: 11Very low: 1

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 Darfield?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Darfield. 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

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Darfield?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Darfield is Wombwell Rail Station, 3.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Wombwell Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
  • Goldthorpe Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
  • Thurnscoe Rail Station Railway station 4.8 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 Darfield?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Darfield. 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 Darfield safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 848 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Darfield 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. 62 September 2025
  2. 70 October 2025
  3. 84 November 2025
  4. 60 December 2025
  5. 58 January 2026
  6. 70 February 2026
  7. 65 March 2026
  8. 81 April 2026
  9. 58 May 2026
  10. 71 June 2026
  11. 73 July 2026
  12. 96 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences320 reports
Anti-social behaviour154 reports
Criminal damage and arson105 reports
Burglary67 reports
Vehicle crime51 reports
Public order38 reports
Other crime35 reports
Other theft30 reports

Also: drugs 26, shoplifting 9, possession of weapons 7, robbery 5, theft from the person 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 Darfield?

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

All 200 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

Moving to Darfield

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Darfield postcodes

200 postcodes in use in Darfield, by district:

S73 postcode district,200 postcodes

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 Darfield

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Darfield's £160,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Wombwell2.1 km, £175,000Great Houghton2.8 km, £160,000Brampton, Rotherham3.1 km, £180,000Wath upon Dearne4.3 km, £175,000Bolton upon Dearne4.4 km, £140,000Grimethorpe4.6 km, £152,500Thurnscoe4.6 km, £148,000Goldthorpe4.9 km, £153,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Darfield

What is it like to live in Darfield?
Homes sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3% on the 12 months before. At 165 of the 200 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 126 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 200 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wombwell, 3.2 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 Darfield?
Darfield is covered by postcode district S73, across 200 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Darfield in?
Darfield is in the Barnsley council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Darfield?
Darfield is in the Barnsley South parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Stephanie Peacock (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Darfield?
Homes in Darfield sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 55 sales, down 3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Darfield?
In Darfield, primary schools at its postcodes include All Saints Academy Darfield, Upperwood Academy and Outwood Primary Academy Darfield; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Netherwood Academy, 1.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Darfield have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Darfield is Wombwell, 3.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Darfield?
Ofcom reports on 200 of the 200 postcodes in Darfield. At 165 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Darfield at risk of flooding?
15 of the 200 postcodes in Darfield 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 126 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 Darfield?
3 of the 200 postcodes now in use in Darfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 91 homes sold in Darfield were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S73 district, 17%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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