Greasbrough
Greasbrough is covered by postcode district S61. It is in the Rotherham council area, England.
Every postcode in Greasbrough, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 0
- In use before 2020: 81
Of the 81 postcodes in Greasbrough that ONS places, 81 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 53.4531, longitude -1.3706. 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
What is it like to live in Greasbrough?
Homes sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.4% on the 12 months before. At 81 of the 81 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 81 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Rotherham Central, 2.4 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 Greasbrough?
Homes in Greasbrough sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, down 6.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £250,000 6 sales
- Semi-detached £220,000 13 sales
- Terraced £129,750 18 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole S61 district, Greasbrough's main postcode district: a typical £170,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Greasbrough: 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 Greasbrough?
None of the 81 postcodes now in use in Greasbrough came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 53 homes sold in Greasbrough were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S61 district, 8%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Greasbrough | Across the S61 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 37 (0%) | 3 of 302 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 53 (0%) | 37 of 436 (8%) |
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 Greasbrough?
Ofcom reports on 81 of the 81 postcodes in Greasbrough. At 81 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 Greasbrough at risk of flooding?
None of the 81 postcodes in Greasbrough is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
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 Greasbrough?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Greasbrough. 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 Greasbrough?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Greasbrough is Rotherham Central Rail Station, 2.4 km away in a straight line.
- Rotherham Central Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
- Meadowhall Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
- Swinton (South Yorks) Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
- Parkgate Underground, metro or tram 2.1 kmCycle
- Rotherham Station Underground, metro or tram 2.5 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 Greasbrough?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Greasbrough. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Greenside Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01709 560887 50 mWalk
- Greasbrough Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01709 559955 100 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Greasbrough safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,288 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Greasbrough 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
- 99 September 2025
- 105 October 2025
- 94 November 2025
- 114 December 2025
- 115 January 2026
- 85 February 2026
- 110 March 2026
- 130 April 2026
- 118 May 2026
- 90 June 2026
- 106 July 2026
- 122 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 26, robbery 17, possession of weapons 12, shoplifting 10, bicycle theft 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 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 Greasbrough?
- Council
- Rotherham
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rotherham
- Police force area
- South Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
- MP
- Sarah Champion (Labour)
All 81 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 Greasbrough
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Rotherham about council tax Council tax, on rotherham.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Greasbrough
- 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
Greasbrough postcodes
81 postcodes in use in Greasbrough, by district:
That district is in the S postcode area.
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Places near Greasbrough
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Greasbrough's £160,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Greasbrough
- What is it like to live in Greasbrough?
- Homes sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.4% on the 12 months before. At 81 of the 81 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 81 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Rotherham Central, 2.4 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 Greasbrough?
- Greasbrough is covered by postcode district S61, across 81 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Greasbrough in?
- Greasbrough is in the Rotherham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Greasbrough?
- Greasbrough is in the Rotherham parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sarah Champion (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Greasbrough?
- Homes in Greasbrough sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, down 6.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Greasbrough?
- In Greasbrough, primary schools at its postcodes include Greasbrough Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Wingfield Academy, 900 metres away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Greasbrough have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Greasbrough is Rotherham Central, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Greasbrough?
- Ofcom reports on 81 of the 81 postcodes in Greasbrough. At 81 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Greasbrough at risk of flooding?
- None of the 81 postcodes in Greasbrough is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Greasbrough?
- None of the 81 postcodes now in use in Greasbrough came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 53 homes sold in Greasbrough were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S61 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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