Bridge Street, Barnsley house prices are built from 267 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 21 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £47,950. Across the 10 years from 2013 to 2023 the median moved +102.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +49.8%.
Median price paid
£47,950
Change in cash, 2013–2023
+102.1%
Change in real terms
+49.8%
Median per m²
£899
HM Land Registry267 sales62 with floor areaLatest sale 21 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Bridge Street, Barnsley prices moved
The chart tracks the median Bridge Street, Barnsley house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2023. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £26,750 | £59,398 |
| 2000s | 10 | £53,975 | £98,327 |
| 2010s | 6 | £54,000 | £76,140 |
| 2020s | 3 | £95,000 | £97,065 |
The highest yearly median on record for Bridge Street, Barnsley is £98,000 in 2022; the lowest is £14,250 in 2001. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £21,525 to £95,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £47,796, so the real change over the whole record is +114.8% — about +2.77% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +102.1% in cash against +49.8% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 21 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| 39 | 11 Apr 2025 | Terraced | £80,000 | £81,739 |
| 24 | 14 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £80,000 | £81,739 |
| 49 | 30 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £110,000 | £112,391 |
| 23 | 20 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £109,000 | £114,694 |
| 56 | 16 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £87,500 | £92,071 |
| 9 | 28 May 2024 | Terraced | £55,000 | £57,873 |
| 11 | 28 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £81,700 | £85,968 |
| 44 | 25 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £100,000 | £108,046 |
| 41 | 15 Aug 2023 | Terraced | £95,000 | £102,644 |
| 83 | 16 May 2023 | Terraced | £85,000 | £91,839 |
| 37 | 6 Apr 2023 | Terraced | £100,000 | £108,046 |
| 31 | 17 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £50,000 | £54,023 |
| 68 | 30 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £119,995 | £139,025 |
| 8 | 2 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £88,000 | £101,956 |
| 52 | 12 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £75,000 | £86,894 |
| 96 | 1 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £119,405 | £138,341 |
| 111 | 20 May 2022 | Terraced | £125,000 | £144,823 |
| 86 | 4 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £83,000 | £96,163 |
| 30 | 14 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £98,000 | £113,541 |
| 23 | 17 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £85,000 | £107,392 |
| 7 | 15 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £75,000 | £94,758 |
| 2 | 15 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £90,000 | £113,710 |
| 70 | 30 Jul 2021 | Terraced | £90,000 | £113,710 |
| 71 | 9 Jul 2021 | Terraced | £67,500 | £85,282 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Bridge Street, Barnsley values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Bridge Street | £17,500 (2000) | £75,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 39 Bridge Street | £80,000 (2008) | £80,000 (2025) | 0.0% | -2.9% |
| 49 Bridge Street | £23,550 (1995) | £110,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 23 Bridge Street | £60,000 (2004) | £109,000 (2024) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| 56 Bridge Street | £36,500 (2003) | £87,500 (2024) | +4.3% | +1.4% |
| 9 Bridge Street | £15,000 (1996) | £55,000 (2024) | +4.7% | +2.1% |
| 11 Bridge Street | £15,000 (1995) | £81,700 (2024) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 44 Bridge Street | £74,000 (2006) | £100,000 (2023) | +1.8% | -1.2% |
| 41 Bridge Street | £24,950 (2003) | £95,000 (2023) | +6.9% | +4.0% |
| 83 Bridge Street | £55,000 (2017) | £85,000 (2023) | +7.5% | +3.5% |
| 37 Bridge Street | £36,950 (2002) | £100,000 (2023) | +4.9% | +2.0% |
| 31 Bridge Street | £20,000 (2002) | £50,000 (2023) | +4.5% | +1.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Bridge Street, Barnsley is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 264 | 98.9% | £47,950 | £3,000 – £137,500 |
| Semi-detached | 3 | 1.1% | £37,500 | £12,000 – £50,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Bridge Street, Barnsley
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 267 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 267 | 100.0% | £47,950 |
A further 31 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Bridge Street, Barnsley
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Barnsley, 42.9% of 122,792 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 712 | 0.6% |
| B | 13,385 | 10.9% |
| C | 38,632 | 31.5% |
| D | 51,125 | 41.6% |
| E | 15,142 | 12.3% |
| F | 2,976 | 2.4% |
| G | 820 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Barnsley at £686 a month as of Jun 2026 — £499 for a one-bedroom home and £741 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £47,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 17.17% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of S71, 226 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 77 violent, 8 burglary, 14 vehicle-related and 36 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.4 times busier.
Against the 244,572 residents the 2021 census counted in Barnsley, that is 0.92 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Bridge Street, Barnsley
The 2021 census counted 244,572 residents in Barnsley across 108,053 households. 62.8% of those households own their home and 36.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
15 state and independent schools have a S71 postcode: 13 primary, 1 secondary, 1 all-through. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outwood Academy Carlton | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,109 |
| Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School | All-through | Academy sponsor led | 1,108 |
| Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth Grange | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 394 |
| Burton Road Primary School | Primary | Community school | 331 |
| Oakhill Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 328 |
| Carlton Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 317 |
| Laithes Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 308 |
| Athersley South Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 306 |
| Athersley North Primary School | Primary | Community school | 290 |
| Parkside Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 225 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Barnsley Rail Station | Rail | 2.6 km |
| Darton Rail Station | Rail | 5.2 km |
| Dodworth Rail Station | Rail | 6.0 km |
| Wombwell Rail Station | Rail | 6.9 km |
Section 09
How Bridge Street, Barnsley compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Bridge Street, Barnsley sits below that national figure — -69.6%.
Within Barnsley the street ranks 2414 of 2493 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £96,000 (-50.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £899 per square metre, across 62 of the 267 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £3,000 to £137,500. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Bridge Street, Barnsley sits in Barnsley, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Barnsley at 5.1 times median local earnings of £35,629 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Pontefract Road£83,000 median
- Station Road£77,500 median
- Midland Road£63,000 median
- Rotherham Road£87,500 median
- Burton Road£74,000 median
- Wakefield Road£79,000 median
- Park View£95,000 median
- Carlton Road£83,450 median
- Parkland View£145,750 median
- Brettas Park£152,750 median
- North Royds Wood£55,995 median
- Fish Dam Lane£82,000 median
- Park Avenue£75,000 median
- Milgate Street£44,900 median
- Wood Park View£59,950 median
- St Pauls Parade£119,950 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 35 Bridge Street8 sales
- 36 Bridge Street7 sales
- 34 Bridge Street7 sales
- 15 Bridge Street7 sales
- 49 Bridge Street6 sales
- 32 Bridge Street6 sales
- 55 Bridge Street6 sales
- 24 Bridge Street5 sales
- 23 Bridge Street5 sales
- 11 Bridge Street5 sales
- 31 Bridge Street5 sales
- 86 Bridge Street5 sales
- 7 Bridge Street5 sales
- 6 Bridge Street5 sales
- 53 Bridge Street5 sales
- 16 Bridge Street5 sales
- 48 Bridge Street5 sales
- 40 Bridge Street5 sales
- 9 Bridge Street4 sales
- 8 Bridge Street4 sales
- 52 Bridge Street4 sales
- 70 Bridge Street4 sales
- 5 Bridge Street4 sales
- 25 Bridge Street4 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Bridge Street, Barnsley?
The median price paid in Bridge Street, Barnsley across every sale on the register is £47,950. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Bridge Street, Barnsley?
267 sales are on record for Bridge Street, Barnsley, the most recent completing on 21 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Bridge Street, Barnsley house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +102.1% between 2013 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +49.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Bridge Street, Barnsley house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £98,000, set in 2022. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Bridge Street, Barnsley?
£899 per square metre, from the 62 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 21 Jan 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Bridge Street, Barnsley house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.