Whiston

Whiston is covered by postcode district S60. It is in the Rotherham council area, England.

Typical price £205,000 Homes sold in Whiston, last 12 months. ▲ 2.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 83 of 90 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 19 of 90 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 109 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Whiston, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Whiston, by flood risk Of the 90 postcodes in Whiston that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at low risk at worst and 71 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Whiston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A631 S60 4AB: not on the flood risk listS60 4AD: not on the flood risk listS60 4AE: not on the flood risk listS60 4AF: not on the flood risk listS60 4AG: not on the flood risk listS60 4AH: not on the flood risk listS60 4AJ: not on the flood risk listS60 4AL: not on the flood risk listS60 4AN: not on the flood risk listS60 4AP: not on the flood risk listS60 4AQ: not on the flood risk listS60 4AR: not on the flood risk listS60 4AS: not on the flood risk listS60 4AT: not on the flood risk listS60 4AU: not on the flood risk listS60 4AW: not on the flood risk listS60 4AX: not on the flood risk listS60 4AY: not on the flood risk listS60 4AZ: not on the flood risk listS60 4BA: not on the flood risk listS60 4BB: not on the flood risk listS60 4BD: not on the flood risk listS60 4BE: not on the flood risk listS60 4BQ: not on the flood risk listS60 4DD: not on the flood risk listS60 4DE: not on the flood risk listS60 4DF: not on the flood risk listS60 4DG: not on the flood risk listS60 4DJ: not on the flood risk listS60 4DL: not on the flood risk listS60 4DN: not on the flood risk listS60 4DS: not on the flood risk listS60 4DU: not on the flood risk listS60 4DW: not on the flood risk listS60 4DX: not on the flood risk listS60 4DY: not on the flood risk listS60 4DZ: not on the flood risk listS60 4EA: not on the flood risk listS60 4EB: not on the flood risk listS60 4ED: not on the flood risk listS60 4EE: not on the flood risk listS60 4EF: not on the flood risk listS60 4EG: not on the flood risk listS60 4EH: not on the flood risk listS60 4EJ: not on the flood risk listS60 4EN: not on the flood risk listS60 4EX: not on the flood risk listS60 4EY: not on the flood risk listS60 4EZ: not on the flood risk listS60 4FB: not on the flood risk listS60 4HA: not on the flood risk listS60 4HB: not on the flood risk listS60 4HD: not on the flood risk listS60 4HE: not on the flood risk listS60 4HJ: not on the flood risk listS60 4HL: not on the flood risk listS60 4HN: not on the flood risk listS60 4HR: not on the flood risk listS60 4HS: not on the flood risk listS60 4HW: not on the flood risk listS60 4HZ: not on the flood risk listS60 4JA: not on the flood risk listS60 4JB: not on the flood risk listS60 4JE: not on the flood risk listS60 4JG: not on the flood risk listS60 4JH: not on the flood risk listS60 4JJ: not on the flood risk listS60 4JT: not on the flood risk listS60 4JX: not on the flood risk listS60 4NP: not on the flood risk listS60 4NR: not on the flood risk listS60 4DB: low flood risk at worstS60 4HF: low flood risk at worstS60 4HP: low flood risk at worstS60 4JQ: low flood risk at worstS60 4BG: high flood riskS60 4BH: high flood riskS60 4BJ: high flood riskS60 4DQ: high flood riskS60 4HG: high flood riskS60 4HH: high flood riskS60 4HQ: high flood riskS60 4HT: high flood riskS60 4HU: high flood riskS60 4HX: high flood riskS60 4HY: high flood riskS60 4JD: high flood riskS60 4NH: high flood riskS60 4NN: high flood riskS60 4NQ: high flood risk Whiston 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to S60 4HH, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Whiston, by flood risk Of the 90 postcodes in Whiston that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at low risk at worst and 71 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Whiston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A631 Whiston
  • A home or business at high risk: 15
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 71
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 90 postcodes in Whiston that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at low risk at worst and 71 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 53.4073, longitude -1.3221. 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

15 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

S60 4DQ33 at high riskS60 4HH11 at high riskS60 4HT8 at high riskS60 4NH8 at high riskS60 4BJ7 at high riskS60 4HY7 at high riskS60 4NQ7 at high riskS60 4BH4 at high riskS60 4HG3 at high riskS60 4HU3 at high riskS60 4HQ2 at high riskS60 4JD2 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. S60 4HH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. S60 4DQ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Whiston?

Homes sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 83 of the 90 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 109 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 19 of its 90 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Stag Medical Centre, 1.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Rotherham Central, 3.8 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 Whiston?

Homes in Whiston sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 39 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£205,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£200,000
12 months to August 2026
£205,000

▲ up 2.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£385,000 6 sales
Semi-detached£200,000 27 sales
Terraced£143,000 5 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole S60 district, Whiston's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Whiston: 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 Whiston?

None of the 90 postcodes now in use in Whiston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 68 homes sold in Whiston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S60 district, 25%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn WhistonAcross the S60 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 39 (0%) 37 of 480 (8%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 68 (0%) 166 of 670 (25%)

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 Whiston?

Ofcom reports on 90 of the 90 postcodes in Whiston. At 83 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit83 of 90
Postcodes where every home can get superfast89 of 90

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 Whiston at risk of flooding?

19 of the 90 postcodes in Whiston 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 109 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 19 of 90 postcodes High: 99Medium: 10Low: 31

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 Whiston?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Whiston. 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

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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 Whiston?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Whiston is Rotherham Central Rail Station, 3.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Rotherham Central Rail Station Railway station 3.8 kmCycle
  • Woodhouse Rail Station Railway station 5.4 kmDrive
  • Meadowhall Rail Station Railway station 6.1 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 Whiston?

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

Police.uk records 1,038 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Whiston 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. 66 September 2025
  2. 85 October 2025
  3. 67 November 2025
  4. 91 December 2025
  5. 58 January 2026
  6. 64 February 2026
  7. 83 March 2026
  8. 99 April 2026
  9. 116 May 2026
  10. 96 June 2026
  11. 91 July 2026
  12. 122 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences402 reports
Anti-social behaviour164 reports
Public order102 reports
Criminal damage and arson78 reports
Shoplifting59 reports
Burglary57 reports
Vehicle crime50 reports
Other theft50 reports

Also: other crime 25, drugs 24, possession of weapons 12, robbery 8, bicycle theft 4, theft from the person 3.

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 Whiston?

Council
Rotherham
Parliamentary constituency
Rother Valley
Police force area
South Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Jake Richards (Labour)

All 90 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 Whiston

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

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Whiston postcodes

90 postcodes in use in Whiston, by district:

S60 postcode district,90 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 Whiston

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Whiston's £205,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Brinsworth3.1 km, £195,000Treeton3.1 km, £210,000Rotherham3.7 km, £170,000Wickersley and Bramley3.7 km, £235,000Waverley and Catcliffe3.9 km, £266,000Thrybergh and Dalton4.6 km, £160,000Thurcroft4.6 km, £183,750Swallownest and Aston4.8 km, £210,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Whiston

What is it like to live in Whiston?
Homes sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 83 of the 90 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 109 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 19 of its 90 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Stag Medical Centre, 1.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Rotherham Central, 3.8 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 Whiston?
Whiston is covered by postcode district S60, across 90 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Whiston in?
Whiston is in the Rotherham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Whiston?
Whiston is in the Rother Valley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jake Richards (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Whiston?
Homes in Whiston sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 39 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Whiston?
In Whiston, primary schools at its postcodes include Whiston Junior and Infant School and Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Newman School, 600 metres away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Whiston have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Whiston is Rotherham Central, 3.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Whiston?
Ofcom reports on 90 of the 90 postcodes in Whiston. At 83 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Whiston at risk of flooding?
19 of the 90 postcodes in Whiston 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 109 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 Whiston?
None of the 90 postcodes now in use in Whiston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 68 homes sold in Whiston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S60 district, 25%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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