S71 1ER postcode in Barnsley, England

S71 1ER is a postcode in Barnsley, in the Central ward. It is in the Barnsley North parliamentary constituency and the South Yorkshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at S71 1ER can get it Across Barnsley: 91% Typical price £150,000 Homes sold in S71 1, last 12 months. ▲ 10.7% on the year before Nearest station Barnsley 450 m in a straight line

Where S71 1ER is, and what is near it

Map of S71 1ER and what is near it Map of S71 1ER: its centre point, with the 233 other postcodes in the S71 1 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 4 bus stops and 3 EV charging points (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. S71 1AA: also in S71 1S71 1AB: also in S71 1S71 1AF: also in S71 1S71 1AH: also in S71 1S71 1AJ: also in S71 1S71 1AN: also in S71 1S71 1AQ: also in S71 1S71 1AR: also in S71 1S71 1AU: also in S71 1S71 1AW: also in S71 1S71 1AY: also in S71 1S71 1BB: also in S71 1S71 1BH: also in S71 1S71 1BL: also in S71 1S71 1BN: also in S71 1S71 1BQ: also in S71 1S71 1BW: also in S71 1S71 1DA: also in S71 1S71 1DB: also in S71 1S71 1DD: also in S71 1S71 1DE: also in S71 1S71 1DP: also in S71 1S71 1DR: also in S71 1S71 1DS: also in S71 1S71 1DU: also in S71 1S71 1DW: also in S71 1S71 1DX: also in S71 1S71 1DY: also in S71 1S71 1DZ: also in S71 1S71 1EA: also in S71 1S71 1EB: also in S71 1S71 1ED: also in S71 1S71 1EE: also in S71 1S71 1EF: also in S71 1S71 1EG: also in S71 1S71 1EH: also in S71 1S71 1EJ: also in S71 1S71 1EL: also in S71 1S71 1EN: also in S71 1S71 1EP: also in S71 1S71 1EQ: also in S71 1S71 1ES: also in S71 1S71 1ET: also in S71 1S71 1EU: also in S71 1S71 1EW: also in S71 1S71 1EX: also in S71 1S71 1EZ: also in S71 1S71 1HA: also in S71 1S71 1HB: also in S71 1S71 1HD: also in S71 1S71 1HF: also in S71 1S71 1HG: also in S71 1S71 1HH: also in S71 1S71 1HJ: also in S71 1S71 1HL: also in S71 1S71 1HN: also in S71 1S71 1HP: also in S71 1S71 1HX: also in S71 1S71 1JE: also in S71 1S71 1LF: also in S71 1S71 1LG: also in S71 1S71 1LQ: also in S71 1S71 1NB: also in S71 1S71 1PJ: also in S71 1S71 1PL: also in S71 1S71 1PR: also in S71 1 The Kakoty Practice 650 m2 places, 950 m–4.1 km2 places, 1.1–2.1 kmBarnsley Academy 1.9 kmBarnsley S71 1ER Map of S71 1ER and what is near it Map of S71 1ER: its centre point, with the 233 other postcodes in the S71 1 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 4 bus stops and 3 EV charging points (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. The Kakoty Practice 650 mBe.EV 800 m2 places, 950 m–4.1 kmBarnsley S71 1ER
  • S71 1ER
  • Other postcodes in S71 1: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 4 bus stops
  • 3 EV charging points
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 53.5522, longitude -1.4709)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; charging points: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after S71 1ER?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at S71 1ER?

Every home and business at S71 1ER can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

S71 1ER 100% Barnsley 91%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

S71 1ER 100% Barnsley Over 99%
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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at S71 1ER?

BinDayBuddy has not read Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council's days for S71 1ER today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for S71 1ER on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is S71 1ER at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include S71 1ER.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Barnsley

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for S71 1ER: 2,255 properties in Barnsley are at high risk (1.7% of all its properties). All the figures for Barnsley

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of S71 1ER is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near S71 1ER?

Homes in S71 1 sold for a typical £150,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 72 sales, up 10.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£150,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£135,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 10.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £250,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £163,000 30 sales
  • Terraced £120,000 27 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole S71 district: a typical £175,000 from 451 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in S71 1ER

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in S71 1ER from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near S71 1ER?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 980 homes in the neighbourhood around S71 1ER. Over half of them (78%) are in council tax band A. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (37%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around S71 1ER

Band D in Barnsley for 2026‑27: £2,326. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,551 (band A) to £2,326 (band D); band A, the most common, is £1,551.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 760 (78%)£1,551
Band Babout 140 (14%)£1,809
Band Cabout 70 (7%)£2,068
Band Dabout 10 (1%)£2,326
Band Ewithheld£2,843
Band Ffewer than 5£3,360
Band Gfewer than 5£3,877
Band Hfewer than 5£4,652

When the homes were built

  1. 37% Before 1900
  2. 12% 1900 to 1918
  3. 11% 1919 to 1939
  4. None 1945 to 1964
  5. 2% 1965 to 1982
  6. 8% 1983 to 1999
  7. 20% 2000 to 2009
  8. 8% 2010 to 2019
  9. 1% 2020 or later

1945 to 1964: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Barnsley before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of S71 1ER is in (ONS area E01007337), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near S71 1ER?

The nearest open schools to S71 1ER, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near S71 1ER, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to S71 1ER?

The nearest railway station to the centre of S71 1ER is Barnsley Rail Station, 450 metres away in a straight line.

  • Barnsley Rail Station Railway station 450 mWalk
  • Dodworth Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

4 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Pontefract Road/Market Close, 225 m away.

More stations near S71 1ER, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near S71 1ER?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of S71 1ER, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near S71 1ER?

3 within 1 km 6 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of S71 1ER, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Market Gate Car Park Charging point · 8 chargers · Type 2 350 mWalk
  • Be.EV Charging point · 11 chargers 800 mWalk
  • Blink Charging point · 5 chargers 950 mWalk

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near S71 1ER?

The nearest to the centre of S71 1ER, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to S71 1ER?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near S71 1ER?

The nearest care homes to the centre of S71 1ER, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near S71 1ER?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of S71 1ER, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near S71 1ER?

The nearest vets to the centre of S71 1ER on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is S71 1ER in a conservation area?

The centre of S71 1ER is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near S71 1ER?

Police.uk records 576 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of S71 1ER in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences182 reports
Anti-social behaviour115 reports
Shoplifting53 reports
Public order52 reports
Criminal damage and arson51 reports
Other theft43 reports

Also: burglary 23, drugs 17, vehicle crime 13, other crime 10, robbery 6, possession of weapons 5, theft from the person 4, bicycle theft 2.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for S71 1ER

Ward
Central
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
Built-up area
Barnsley
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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