Worsbrough

Worsbrough is covered by postcode district S70. It is in the Barnsley council area, England.

Typical price £160,000 Homes sold in Worsbrough, last 12 months. ▼ 3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 262 of 281 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 2 of 282 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Worsbrough, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Worsbrough, by flood risk Of the 282 postcodes in Worsbrough that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 280 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Worsbrough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A61 S70 4AA: not on the flood risk listS70 4AB: not on the flood risk listS70 4AD: not on the flood risk listS70 4AE: not on the flood risk listS70 4AF: not on the flood risk listS70 4AG: not on the flood risk listS70 4AH: not on the flood risk listS70 4AJ: not on the flood risk listS70 4AL: not on the flood risk listS70 4AN: not on the flood risk listS70 4AP: not on the flood risk listS70 4AR: not on the flood risk listS70 4AS: not on the flood risk listS70 4AT: not on the flood risk listS70 4AU: not on the flood risk listS70 4AW: not on the flood risk listS70 4AX: not on the flood risk listS70 4AY: not on the flood risk listS70 4AZ: not on the flood risk listS70 4BA: not on the flood risk listS70 4BB: not on the flood risk listS70 4BD: not on the flood risk listS70 4BE: not on the flood risk listS70 4BF: not on the flood risk listS70 4BG: not on the flood risk listS70 4BH: not on the flood risk listS70 4BJ: not on the flood risk listS70 4BL: not on the flood risk listS70 4BN: not on the flood risk listS70 4BP: not on the flood risk listS70 4BQ: not on the flood risk listS70 4BS: not on the flood risk listS70 4BT: not on the flood risk listS70 4BU: not on the flood risk listS70 4BW: not on the flood risk listS70 4FB: not on the flood risk listS70 4HF: not on the flood risk listS70 4HG: not on the flood risk listS70 4HH: not on the flood risk listS70 4HJ: not on the flood risk listS70 4HQ: not on the flood risk listS70 4PT: not on the flood risk listS70 4PU: not on the flood risk listS70 4QB: not on the flood risk listS70 4QG: not on the flood risk listS70 4QH: not on the flood risk listS70 4QJ: not on the flood risk listS70 4QL: not on the flood risk listS70 4QN: not on the flood risk listS70 4QP: not on the flood risk listS70 4QQ: not on the flood risk listS70 4QR: not on the flood risk listS70 4QS: not on the flood risk listS70 4QU: not on the flood risk listS70 4QW: not on the flood risk listS70 4QX: not on the flood risk listS70 4QY: not on the flood risk 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listS70 5AR: not on the flood risk listS70 5AS: not on the flood risk listS70 5AT: not on the flood risk listS70 5AU: not on the flood risk listS70 5AW: not on the flood risk listS70 5AX: not on the flood risk listS70 5AY: not on the flood risk listS70 5AZ: not on the flood risk listS70 5BA: not on the flood risk listS70 5BB: not on the flood risk listS70 5BD: not on the flood risk listS70 5BE: not on the flood risk listS70 5BG: not on the flood risk listS70 5BH: not on the flood risk listS70 5BJ: not on the flood risk listS70 5BL: not on the flood risk listS70 5BN: not on the flood risk listS70 5BP: not on the flood risk listS70 5BQ: not on the flood risk listS70 5BS: not on the flood risk listS70 5BT: not on the flood risk listS70 5BU: not on the flood risk listS70 5BW: not on the flood risk listS70 5BX: not on the flood risk listS70 5BY: not on the flood risk listS70 5BZ: not on the flood risk listS70 5DB: not on the flood risk listS70 5DD: not on the flood risk listS70 5DF: not on 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the flood risk listS70 5JB: not on the flood risk listS70 5JD: not on the flood risk listS70 5JE: not on the flood risk listS70 5JF: not on the flood risk listS70 5JG: not on the flood risk listS70 5JH: not on the flood risk listS70 5JJ: not on the flood risk listS70 5JL: not on the flood risk listS70 5JN: not on the flood risk listS70 5JP: not on the flood risk listS70 5JQ: not on the flood risk listS70 5JR: not on the flood risk listS70 5JS: not on the flood risk listS70 5JT: not on the flood risk listS70 5JU: not on the flood risk listS70 5JW: not on the flood risk listS70 5JX: not on the flood risk listS70 5JY: not on the flood risk listS70 5JZ: not on the flood risk listS70 5LL: not on the flood risk listS70 5NE: not on the flood risk listS70 5NG: not on the flood risk listS70 5NH: not on the flood risk listS70 5NJ: not on the flood risk listS70 5NL: not on the flood risk listS70 5NP: not on the flood risk listS70 5NQ: not on the flood risk listS70 5NR: not on the flood risk listS70 5NS: not on the flood risk listS70 5NT: not on the flood risk listS70 5NU: not on the flood risk listS70 5NW: not on the flood risk listS70 5NZ: not on the flood risk listS70 5PA: not on the flood risk listS70 5PF: not on the flood risk listS70 5PG: not on the flood risk listS70 5PH: not on the flood risk listS70 5PQ: not on the flood risk listS70 5PR: not on the flood risk listS70 5PS: not on the flood risk listS70 5PT: not on the flood risk listS70 5PU: not on the flood risk listS70 5PX: not on the flood risk listS70 5PY: not on the flood risk listS70 5PZ: not on the flood risk listS70 5QA: not on the flood risk listS70 5QB: not on the flood risk listS70 5QD: not on the flood risk listS70 5QE: not on the flood risk listS70 5QG: not on the flood risk listS70 6SA: not on the flood risk listS70 6SB: not on the flood risk listS70 6SD: not on the flood risk listS70 6SE: not on the flood risk listS70 6SF: not on the flood risk listS70 6SH: not on the flood risk listS70 6SJ: not on the flood risk listS70 6SL: not on the flood risk listS70 6SN: not on the flood risk listS70 6SP: not on the flood risk listS70 6SQ: not on the flood risk listS70 6SR: not on the flood risk listS70 6SS: not on the flood risk listS70 6ST: not on the flood risk listS70 6SU: not on the flood risk listS70 6SW: not on the flood risk listS70 6SX: not on the flood risk listS70 6SY: not on the flood risk listS70 6SZ: not on the flood risk listS70 6TA: not on the flood risk listS70 6TD: not on the flood risk listS70 6TE: not on the flood risk listS70 6TF: not on the flood risk listS70 6TG: not on the flood risk listS70 6TH: not on the flood risk listS70 6TJ: not on the flood risk listS70 6TL: not on the flood risk listS70 6TN: not on the flood risk listS70 6TQ: not on the flood risk listS70 6TW: not on the flood risk listS70 4SZ: low flood risk at worstS70 5LJ: high flood risk Worsbrough Map of every postcode in Worsbrough, by flood risk Of the 282 postcodes in Worsbrough that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 280 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Worsbrough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Worsbrough
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 280

Of the 282 postcodes in Worsbrough that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 280 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 53.5326, longitude -1.4656. 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.

S70 5LJ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Worsbrough?

Homes sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3% on the 12 months before. At 262 of the 281 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 282 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Barnsley, 2.5 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 Worsbrough?

Homes in Worsbrough sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 69 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 £268,500 14 sales
  • Semi-detached £150,000 41 sales
  • Terraced £123,500 14 sales

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

Across the whole S70 district, Worsbrough's main postcode district: a typical £160,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Worsbrough: 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 Worsbrough?

2 of the 282 postcodes now in use in Worsbrough came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 89 homes sold in Worsbrough were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S70 district, 15%.

The newest postcodes

S70 5FGsince June 2026S70 5FFsince July 2022

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 WorsbroughAcross the S70 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 69 (0%) 7 of 382 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 89 (0%) 89 of 611 (15%)

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 Worsbrough?

Ofcom reports on 281 of the 282 postcodes in Worsbrough. At 262 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit262 of 281
Postcodes where every home can get superfast277 of 281

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 Worsbrough at risk of flooding?

2 of the 282 postcodes in Worsbrough 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 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2 of 282 postcodes High: 1Medium: 2Low: 3

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 Worsbrough?

The open schools at the postcodes in Worsbrough. 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 Worsbrough?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Worsbrough is Barnsley Rail Station, 2.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Barnsley Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
  • Wombwell Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Elsecar Rail Station Railway station 4.5 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 Worsbrough?

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

Police.uk records 2,435 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Worsbrough 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. 203 September 2025
  2. 206 October 2025
  3. 184 November 2025
  4. 188 December 2025
  5. 174 January 2026
  6. 154 February 2026
  7. 228 March 2026
  8. 206 April 2026
  9. 242 May 2026
  10. 207 June 2026
  11. 241 July 2026
  12. 202 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences958 reports
Anti-social behaviour412 reports
Criminal damage and arson259 reports
Public order175 reports
Other theft128 reports
Burglary117 reports
Vehicle crime109 reports
Other crime100 reports

Also: shoplifting 59, drugs 56, robbery 25, possession of weapons 25, theft from the person 6, bicycle theft 6.

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 Worsbrough?

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

All 282 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 Worsbrough

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

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Worsbrough postcodes

282 postcodes in use in Worsbrough, by district:

S70 postcode district,282 postcodes

That district is in the S postcode area.

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Places near Worsbrough

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

Barnsley2.7 km, £165,000Birdwell2.9 km, £172,500Dodworth3.8 km, £189,000Hoyland3.9 km, £170,000Wombwell4.3 km, £175,000Barugh Green and Redbrook5.0 km, £237,250Darfield5.7 km, £160,000Carlton, Barnsley6.0 km, £190,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Worsbrough

What is it like to live in Worsbrough?
Homes sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3% on the 12 months before. At 262 of the 281 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 282 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Barnsley, 2.5 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 Worsbrough?
Worsbrough is covered by postcode district S70, across 282 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Worsbrough in?
Worsbrough is in the Barnsley council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Worsbrough?
Worsbrough 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 Worsbrough?
Homes in Worsbrough sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 69 sales, down 3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Worsbrough?
In Worsbrough, primary schools at its postcodes include The Mill Academy, Ward Green Primary School and Bank End Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include West Riding Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Worsbrough have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Worsbrough is Barnsley, 2.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Worsbrough?
Ofcom reports on 281 of the 282 postcodes in Worsbrough. At 262 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Worsbrough at risk of flooding?
2 of the 282 postcodes in Worsbrough 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 3 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 Worsbrough?
2 of the 282 postcodes now in use in Worsbrough came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 89 homes sold in Worsbrough were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S70 district, 15%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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