Penistone

Penistone is covered by postcode district S36. It is in the Barnsley council area, England.

Typical price £230,000 Homes sold in Penistone, last 12 months. ▼ 4.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 158 of 191 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 15 of 195 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 43 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Penistone, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Penistone, by flood risk Of the 195 postcodes in Penistone that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 180 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Penistone. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A628A629 S36 6AA: not on the flood risk listS36 6AB: not on the flood risk listS36 6AD: not on the flood risk listS36 6AE: not on the flood risk listS36 6AF: not on the flood risk listS36 6AG: not on the flood risk listS36 6AH: not on the flood risk listS36 6AJ: not on the flood risk listS36 6AL: not on the flood risk listS36 6AN: not on the flood risk listS36 6AP: not on the flood risk listS36 6AQ: not on the flood risk listS36 6AR: not on the flood risk listS36 6AS: not on the flood risk listS36 6AT: not on the flood risk listS36 6AU: not on the flood risk listS36 6AW: not on the flood risk listS36 6AY: not on the flood risk listS36 6AZ: not on the flood risk listS36 6BA: not on the flood risk listS36 6BB: not on the flood risk listS36 6BD: not on the flood risk listS36 6BF: not on the flood risk listS36 6BG: not on the flood risk listS36 6BH: not on the flood risk listS36 6BN: not on the flood risk listS36 6BP: not on the flood risk listS36 6BQ: not on the flood risk listS36 6BR: not on the flood risk listS36 6BS: not on the flood risk listS36 6BT: not on the flood risk listS36 6BW: not on the flood risk listS36 6BX: not on the flood risk listS36 6BZ: not on the flood risk listS36 6DA: not on the flood risk listS36 6DB: not on the flood risk listS36 6DD: not on the flood risk listS36 6DF: not on the flood risk listS36 6DG: not on the flood risk listS36 6DJ: not on the flood risk listS36 6DL: not on the flood risk listS36 6DN: not on the flood risk listS36 6DP: not on the flood risk listS36 6DR: not on the flood risk listS36 6DS: not on the flood risk listS36 6DT: not on the flood risk listS36 6DW: not on the flood risk listS36 6DX: not on the flood risk listS36 6DY: not on the flood risk listS36 6DZ: not on the flood risk listS36 6EA: not on the flood risk listS36 6EB: not on the flood risk listS36 6ED: not on the flood risk listS36 6EE: not on the flood risk listS36 6EF: not on the flood risk listS36 6EG: not on the flood risk listS36 6EH: not on the flood risk listS36 6EJ: not on the flood risk listS36 6EL: not on the flood risk listS36 6EN: not on the flood risk listS36 6EP: not on the flood risk listS36 6EQ: not on the flood risk listS36 6ER: not on the flood risk listS36 6ES: not on the flood risk listS36 6EU: not on the flood risk listS36 6EW: not on the flood risk listS36 6EX: not on the flood risk listS36 6EY: not on the flood risk listS36 6EZ: not on the flood risk listS36 6FA: not on the flood risk listS36 6FB: not on the flood risk listS36 6FD: not on the flood risk listS36 6FE: not on the flood risk listS36 6FF: not on the flood risk listS36 6FG: not on the flood risk listS36 6FH: not on the flood risk listS36 6FL: not on the flood risk listS36 6FN: not on the flood risk listS36 6FP: not on the flood risk listS36 6FQ: not on the flood risk listS36 6FR: not on the flood risk listS36 6FS: not on the flood risk listS36 6FT: not on the flood risk listS36 6FU: not on the flood risk listS36 6FW: not on the flood risk listS36 6FX: not on the flood risk listS36 6FY: not on the flood risk listS36 6FZ: not on the flood risk listS36 6GA: not on the flood risk listS36 6GB: not on the flood risk listS36 6GD: not on the flood risk listS36 6GE: not on the flood risk listS36 6GF: not on the flood risk listS36 6GG: not on the flood risk listS36 6GH: not on the flood risk listS36 6GJ: not on the flood risk listS36 6GL: not on the flood risk listS36 6GN: not on the flood risk listS36 6GP: not on the flood risk listS36 6GR: not on the flood risk listS36 6GT: not on the flood risk listS36 6GU: not on the flood risk listS36 6GW: not on the flood risk listS36 6GX: not on the flood risk listS36 6GY: not on the flood risk listS36 6GZ: not on the flood risk listS36 6HA: not on the flood risk listS36 6HB: not on the flood risk listS36 6HE: not on the flood risk listS36 6HF: not on the flood risk listS36 6HG: not on the flood risk listS36 6HH: not on the flood risk listS36 6HJ: not on the flood risk listS36 6HL: not on the flood risk listS36 6HN: not on the flood risk listS36 6HP: not on the flood risk listS36 6HQ: not on the flood risk listS36 6HR: not on the flood risk listS36 6HS: not on the flood risk listS36 6HT: not on the flood risk listS36 6HW: not on the flood risk listS36 6HY: not on the flood risk listS36 6HZ: not on the flood risk listS36 6JB: not on the flood risk listS36 6LQ: not on the flood risk listS36 6LX: not on the flood risk listS36 6PH: not on the flood risk listS36 6SW: not on the flood risk listS36 6SX: not on the flood risk listS36 6TS: not on the flood risk listS36 6UA: not on the flood risk listS36 6UB: not on the flood risk listS36 6UD: not on the flood risk listS36 6UE: not on the flood risk listS36 6UF: not on the flood risk listS36 6UG: not on the flood risk listS36 6UH: not on the flood risk listS36 6UJ: not on the flood risk listS36 7AA: not on the flood risk listS36 7AB: not on the flood risk listS36 7AE: not on the flood risk listS36 7BW: not on the flood risk listS36 7BX: not on the flood risk listS36 8AE: not on the flood risk listS36 8AL: not on the flood risk listS36 8AN: not on the flood risk listS36 8AQ: not on the flood risk listS36 8BB: not on the flood risk listS36 8BG: not on the flood risk listS36 8EQ: not on the flood risk listS36 8ER: not on the flood risk listS36 8GP: not on the flood risk listS36 8HL: not on the flood risk listS36 8HN: not on the flood risk listS36 8HP: not on the flood risk listS36 8HQ: not on the flood risk listS36 8HU: not on the flood risk listS36 8HW: not on the flood risk listS36 8ZP: not on the flood risk listS36 8ZS: not on the flood risk listS36 9AE: not on the flood risk listS36 9AF: not on the flood risk listS36 9AG: not on the flood risk listS36 9AP: not on the flood risk listS36 9AQ: not on the flood risk listS36 9AS: not on the flood risk listS36 9AW: not on the flood risk listS36 9AX: not on the flood risk listS36 9DA: not on the flood risk listS36 9DB: not on the flood risk listS36 9DF: not on the flood risk listS36 9DU: not on the flood risk listS36 9ED: not on the flood risk listS36 9EF: not on the flood risk listS36 9UX: not on the flood risk listS36 9UY: not on the flood risk listS36 9UZ: not on the flood risk listS36 6BL: low flood risk at worstS36 6ET: low flood risk at worstS36 8AJ: low flood risk at worstS36 9EG: low flood risk at worstS36 6DE: medium flood risk at worstS36 6DQ: medium flood risk at worstS36 6GQ: medium flood risk at worstS36 6BE: high flood riskS36 6HD: high flood riskS36 6LR: high flood riskS36 7AD: high flood riskS36 7AH: high flood riskS36 7BU: high flood riskS36 8AD: high flood riskS36 8AH: high flood risk Penistone Map of every postcode in Penistone, by flood risk Of the 195 postcodes in Penistone that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 180 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Penistone. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A628 Penistone
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 180

Of the 195 postcodes in Penistone that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 180 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5237, longitude -1.6282. 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.

S36 7AD18 at high riskS36 7AH5 at high riskS36 8AD4 at high riskS36 6BE3 at high riskS36 6HD1 at high riskS36 6LR1 at high riskS36 7BU1 at high riskS36 8AH1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Penistone?

Homes sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.2% on the 12 months before. At 158 of the 191 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 43 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 195 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Penistone, 400 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 Penistone?

Homes in Penistone sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 93 sales, down 4.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£230,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£240,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 4.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £340,000 31 sales
  • Semi-detached £225,000 32 sales
  • Terraced £180,000 17 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £128,000 13 sales

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

Across the whole S36 district, Penistone's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Penistone: 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 Penistone?

7 of the 195 postcodes now in use in Penistone came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 161 homes sold in Penistone were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S36 district, 24%.

The newest postcodes

S36 9YYsince June 2025S36 8BBsince March 2024S36 8BGsince August 2023S36 6FQsince May 2022S36 9EGsince June 2021S36 8AQsince February 2021

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 PenistoneAcross the S36 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 93 (0%) 20 of 355 (6%)
The 12 months to August 2025 3 of 161 (2%) 147 of 616 (24%)

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 Penistone?

Ofcom reports on 191 of the 195 postcodes in Penistone. At 158 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit158 of 191
Postcodes where every home can get superfast187 of 191

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 Penistone at risk of flooding?

15 of the 195 postcodes in Penistone 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 43 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 15 of 195 postcodes High: 34Medium: 9Low: 20Very 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 Penistone?

The open schools at the postcodes in Penistone. 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 Penistone?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Penistone is Penistone Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.

  • Penistone Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
  • Silkstone Common Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
  • Denby Dale Rail Station Railway station 5.9 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 Penistone?

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

Police.uk records 537 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Penistone 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. 36 September 2025
  2. 47 October 2025
  3. 46 November 2025
  4. 48 December 2025
  5. 30 January 2026
  6. 36 February 2026
  7. 55 March 2026
  8. 51 April 2026
  9. 39 May 2026
  10. 37 June 2026
  11. 64 July 2026
  12. 48 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences210 reports
Anti-social behaviour92 reports
Shoplifting67 reports
Public order38 reports
Burglary35 reports
Criminal damage and arson32 reports
Vehicle crime22 reports
Other theft18 reports

Also: other crime 13, drugs 4, bicycle theft 3, possession of weapons 2, robbery 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 Penistone?

Council
Barnsley
Parliamentary constituency
Penistone and Stocksbridge
Police force area
South Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Dr Marie Tidball (Labour)

All 195 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 Penistone

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

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Penistone postcodes

195 postcodes in use in Penistone, by district:

S36 postcode district,195 postcodes

That district is in the S postcode area.

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Places near Penistone

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Penistone's £230,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Silkstone5.0 km, £248,000Stocksbridge5.2 km, £183,000Denby Dale5.8 km, £305,000Deepcar6.3 km, £192,500Dodworth7.4 km, £189,000Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West7.6 km, £268,000Barugh Green and Redbrook8.7 km, £237,250Shepley and Shelley9.0 km, £275,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Penistone

What is it like to live in Penistone?
Homes sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.2% on the 12 months before. At 158 of the 191 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 43 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 195 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Penistone, 400 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.
What is the postcode for Penistone?
Penistone is covered by postcode district S36, across 195 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Penistone in?
Penistone is in the Barnsley council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Penistone?
Penistone is in the Penistone and Stocksbridge parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Marie Tidball (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Penistone?
Homes in Penistone sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 93 sales, down 4.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Penistone?
In Penistone, primary schools at its postcodes include Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School and Springvale Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Penistone Grammar School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Penistone have a railway station?
Yes: Penistone is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Penistone, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Penistone?
Ofcom reports on 191 of the 195 postcodes in Penistone. At 158 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Penistone at risk of flooding?
15 of the 195 postcodes in Penistone 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 43 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 Penistone?
7 of the 195 postcodes now in use in Penistone came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 161 homes sold in Penistone were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S36 district, 24%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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