S71 — Barnsley
Barnsley's S71 postcode sits in Barnsley. The board behind it is assembled from 20,488 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical S71 sale went from £38,000 in 1995 to £180,000 in 2026 — 4.7× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2003 — prices moved +40.0% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -13.6%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in S71
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £38,000 | 411 |
| 2000 | £41,600 | 614 |
| 2005 | £94,500 | 729 |
| 2010 | £90,000 | 405 |
| 2015 | £106,000 | 672 |
| 2020 | £130,000 | 635 |
| 2025 | £160,000 | 551 |
| 2026 | £180,000 | 122 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Royston (26% of local sales) — busiest streets: Midland Road, Milgate Street, High Street
- Barnsley (S71 1) (20% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bridge Street, Wakefield Road, Pontefract Road
- Monk Bretton (15% of local sales) — busiest streets: Burton Road, Fish Dam Lane, Brettas Park
- Barnsley (S71 3) (10% of local sales) — busiest streets: North Royds Wood, Wood Park View, Wakefield Road
- Barnsley (S71 2) (10% of local sales) — busiest streets: Burton Road, Bretton Way, Carlton Road
- Barnsley (S71 5) (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Pontefract Road, Hawthorne Avenue, Arundell Drive
- Ardsley (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Doncaster Road, St Pauls Parade, Roehampton Rise
- Carlton (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Lynwood Drive, Wood Lane, Grays Road
Reading about 2003 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the S71 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.