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Town Centre market report S70, Barnsley
The S70 (Town Centre) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 19,151 sales registered with HM Land Registry in S70 (Barnsley) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Covers registered sales to July 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the typical home in S70 (Barnsley) sold for £146,000 in 2026, the median of 179 registered sales, up 22% on five years earlier. The mean was £166,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £1,920 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 19,151 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
S70 is the postcode district covering Town Centre, Birdwell, Kendray in Barnsley. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.
Where S70 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
What buyers actually paid in S70
In the S70 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £146,000, from 179 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £166,200, sitting modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in S70
The last five years of sales put S70 at roughly £1,920 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts S70 49% below the country at large.
S70's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £146,000 | £146,000 | 179 |
| 2025 | £165,000 | £168,946 | 560 |
| 2024 | £153,000 | £162,670 | 580 |
| 2023 | £137,000 | £150,530 | 523 |
| 2022 | £141,800 | £166,277 | 602 |
| 2021 | £120,000 | £151,935 | 663 |
| 2020 | £120,000 | £155,702 | 477 |
| 2019 | £110,000 | £144,184 | 586 |
| 2018 | £110,000 | £146,632 | 576 |
| 2017 | £100,000 | £136,390 | 624 |
| 2016 | £90,000 | £125,911 | 632 |
| 2015 | £92,000 | £129,996 | 507 |
| 2014 | £100,000 | £141,867 | 541 |
| 2013 | £93,500 | £134,537 | 493 |
| 2012 | £94,000 | £138,356 | 403 |
| 2011 | £93,000 | £140,394 | 448 |
| 2010 | £86,000 | £134,870 | 424 |
| 2009 | £90,000 | £144,676 | 399 |
| 2008 | £95,000 | £155,725 | 619 |
| 2007 | £98,000 | £166,235 | 995 |
| 2006 | £92,000 | £159,700 | 963 |
| 2005 | £85,000 | £151,266 | 978 |
| 2004 | £70,000 | £127,134 | 823 |
| 2003 | £51,500 | £94,875 | 867 |
| 2002 | £37,000 | £69,615 | 863 |
| 2001 | £35,500 | £68,247 | 716 |
| 2000 | £35,400 | £69,473 | 554 |
| 1999 | £35,000 | £69,753 | 552 |
| 1998 | £32,000 | £64,594 | 489 |
| 1997 | £31,500 | £64,600 | 489 |
| 1996 | £33,000 | £69,596 | 531 |
| 1995 | £32,800 | £71,302 | 495 |
In cash terms the typical S70 home went from £32,800 in 1995 to £146,000 in 2026, roughly 4 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 105%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2025. The market now sits about 14% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the S70 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+39.2% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−11.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 52% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £301,000 against £92,000 for a flat, 3.3 times the price.
Median by property type, S70
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £301,000 | 18 | 2,640 |
| Semi-detached | £165,000 | 63 | 5,394 |
| Terraced | £130,000 | 85 | 9,961 |
| Flats | £92,000 | 13 | 1,149 |
What S70 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −11.5% | −13.6% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +4.0% | −0.8% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +5.0% | +1.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.3% | −0.4% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Transaction volumes
How many homes change hands
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
Over the last twelve months of data, 392 sales completed in S70. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 845 sales a year before the financial crisis and 489 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
How S70 trades
Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Among the 45 measurable districts of its area, S70 ranks 41 by median price: towards the affordable end.
What homes rent for around S70
For renting purposes S70 sits in Barnsley. The ONS average private rent there is £678 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £494 a month here against £1,061 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Barnsley
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £146,000 median sold price, £678 a month is £8,136 a year, a gross yield of 5.6%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
Asked and answered: S70 (Town Centre)
How much did a house sell for in S70 (Town Centre)?
Are property prices falling in S70 (Town Centre)?
Is S70 (Town Centre) a good place to buy a house?
What happens to S70 prices now?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 22% over five years in cash but down 4% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
What is for sale in S70 right now
Everything above is what homes in S70 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 134 homes currently on the market from 9 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 10% above the S70 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 31% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Farm Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Barnsley
- Bellmer Croft, Birdwell, Barnsley
- Bank End Avenue, Worsbrough, Barnsley, Barnsley
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every S70 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
What another bedroom costs in S
Real sold prices by size across the S area, straight from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £235,000 | £330,000 (+40%) | £495,000 (+50%) | £750,000 (+52%) |
| Semi-detached | £160,000 | £175,000 (+9%) | £220,000 (+26%) | £321,000 (+46%) | £550,000 (+71%) |
| Terraced | £132,000 | £140,000 (+6%) | £175,000 (+25%) | £256,500 (+47%) | £350,000 (+36%) |
| Flat | £120,000 | £148,000 (+23%) | £265,000 (+79%) | £461,750 (+74%) | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
S70 ranks 13 of 45 in the S area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
Winners and losers across the S area, five years
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside S70, sector by sector
Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets with its own market report. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| S70 1 | £112,800 | 30 |
| S70 2 | £95,000 | 7 |
| S70 3 | £167,500 | 28 |
| S70 4 | £145,000 | 31 |
| S70 5 | £174,000 | 35 |
| S70 6 | £150,000 | 48 |
How S70 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The dearest districts of the S area, and S70 itself, which ranks 41 of 45 by median price:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| S32 | £490,000 | +24% |
| S17 | £462,500 | +23% |
| S11 | £350,000 | +0% |
| S7 | £310,000 | -3% |
| S18 | £300,000 | +15% |
| S33 | £295,000 | -21% |
| S10 | £290,000 | +4% |
| S8 | £252,200 | +20% |
| S35 | £237,000 | +17% |
| S42 | £235,000 | +3% |
| S20 | £229,000 | +24% |
| S6 | £224,000 | +17% |
| S81 | £222,000 | +8% |
| S21 | £220,000 | +22% |
| S75 | £219,000 | +11% |
| S45 | £207,000 | -2% |
| S26 | £205,000 | +5% |
| S36 | £205,000 | +0% |
| S60 | £203,000 | +4% |
| S25 | £200,000 | +18% |
| S66 | £200,000 | +11% |
| S40 | £198,000 | -1% |
| S41 | £195,000 | +3% |
| S70 (this report) | £146,000 | +22% |
Selling a home in S70? Price it on the evidence
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in S70, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from S70's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded S70 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim S70.
Dig further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with S70 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual S70 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.