Cobcar Street, Elsecar, Barnsley

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House prices, sold prices and local information for S74 8DA, S74 8BP.

Average price (last 12 months)

£242,000

1 sale

Average price (since 2016)

£143,217

23 sales

Price range

£44k – £313k

lowest to highest sale

Last sale

28 Nov 2025

S74 8BP

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At a glance

House prices£143k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationMore deprived than mostDecile 2 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station5 min walkElsecar station Schools3 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband88% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 27 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

23 property sales on Cobcar Street, Elsecar, Barnsley have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £242,000. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £103,050. 5 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 5 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 43% terraced, 39% semi-detached, 17% detached. Recorded sale prices on Cobcar Street range from £44,000 to £312,500. Every home sold here was sold freehold.

House prices on Cobcar Street compared

S74 postcode area£189,536

Barnsley£202,010

England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Cobcar Street has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all S74 house prices.

Average sale price by year

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 27 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

Type	Sales	Average price	Last sold
Terraced	10	£103,050	20 Dec 2023
Semi-detached	9	£142,000	28 Nov 2025
Detached	4	£246,375	17 Oct 2025

Sold prices on Cobcar Street

Address	Date	Price	Type	Tenure
63, Cobcar Street S74 8BP	28 Nov 2025	£242,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
26, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	17 Oct 2025	£290,000	Detached	Freehold
47, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	17 Oct 2025	£175,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
28, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	27 Jun 2024	£312,500	Detached	Freehold
43, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	22 Mar 2024	£171,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
14, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	20 Dec 2023	£116,000	Terraced	Freehold
16, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	17 Nov 2023	£190,000	Terraced	Freehold
19, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	1 Feb 2023	£110,000	Terraced	Freehold
Cobcar Sports Social Club, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	19 Jul 2022	£161,000	Other	Freehold
4, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	15 Jul 2022	£143,000	Terraced	Freehold
9, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	21 Jan 2022	£80,000	Terraced	Freehold
47, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	10 Dec 2021	£140,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
25, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	8 Dec 2021	£121,500	Terraced	Freehold
32, Cobcar Street S74 8BP	1 Apr 2021	£248,000	Detached	Freehold
6, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	15 Feb 2021	£75,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
39, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	30 Jul 2020	£97,000	Terraced	Freehold
45, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	24 Jun 2020	£100,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
2, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	3 Feb 2020	£85,000	Other	Freehold
62D, Cobcar Street S74 8BP	4 May 2018	£125,000	Semi-detached New build	Freehold
63, Cobcar Street S74 8BP	27 Apr 2018	£125,000	Semi-detached New build	Freehold
65, Cobcar Street S74 8BP	27 Apr 2018	£125,000	Semi-detached New build	Freehold
19, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	9 Feb 2018	£44,000	Terraced	Freehold
25, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	15 Jan 2018	£98,000	Terraced	Freehold
Beacon View, Cobcar Street S74 8BP	18 Dec 2017	£133,000	Other	Freehold
14, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	5 May 2017	£79,000	Terraced	Freehold
25, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	27 Feb 2017	£49,000	Terraced	Freehold
37, Cobcar Street S74 8DA	25 Apr 2016	£135,000	Detached	Freehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

Address	Sales	Change
63, Cobcar Street	£125,000 (Apr 2018) → £242,000 (Nov 2025)	+94% over 8 yrs
47, Cobcar Street	£140,000 (Dec 2021) → £175,000 (Oct 2025)	+25% over 4 yrs
14, Cobcar Street	£79,000 (May 2017) → £116,000 (Dec 2023)	+47% over 7 yrs
19, Cobcar Street	£44,000 (Feb 2018) → £110,000 (Feb 2023)	+150% over 5 yrs
25, Cobcar Street	£49,000 (Feb 2017) → £98,000 (Jan 2018) → £121,500 (Dec 2021)	+148% over 5 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Cobcar Street

Crime

141 crimes were reported within about a mile of Cobcar Street in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Higher crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences	53
Anti-social behaviour	20
Vehicle crime	15
Criminal damage & arson	14
Shoplifting	13
Other theft	8

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Cobcar Street is in or near 3 Environment Agency flood areas:

Middle River Don catchment Flood alert area
River Dearne catchment Flood alert area
Knoll Beck at Manvers Flood warning area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Cobcar Street

School	Type	Ages	Ofsted	Distance
Elsecar Holy Trinity CofE Primary Academy 172 pupils	Primary Church of England	3–11	Report	0.2 mi
Greenfield Primary School 251 pupils	Primary	5–11	Report	0.4 mi
Jump Primary Academy	Primary	3–11	Good Report	0.6 mi
The Ellis Church of England Primary School 227 pupils	Primary Church of England	3–11	Good Report	0.8 mi
Hoyland Springwood Primary School 159 pupils	Primary	5–11	Report	0.9 mi
St Helen's Catholic Primary School 126 pupils	Primary Roman Catholic	3–11	Report	0.9 mi
Kirk Balk Academy 1,318 pupils	Secondary	11–16	Good Report	1.3 mi
West Meadows Primary School 214 pupils	Primary	3–11	Report	1.4 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

Elsecar station 0.2 mi · 5 min walk
Wombwell station 1.2 mi · 24 min walk
Chapeltown station 3.2 mi · 1 hr 4 min walk

Nearest bus stops

Cobcar Lane/Welland Crescent (nr, Cobcar Lane) 1 min walk
Cobcar Lane/Cobcar Street (adj, Cobcar Lane) 1 min walk
Cobcar Lane/Strafford Avenue (adj, Cobcar Lane) 1 min walk
Cobcar Street/Grey Street (adj, Cobcar Street) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

Walderslade Surgery
High Croft, Hoyland, Barnsley · 0.6 mi
Hoyland Medical Practice
The Hoyland Centre, High Croft, Barnsley · 0.6 mi
Wombwell Medical Centre Practice
George Street, Wombwell, Barnsley · 1.8 mi
Wombwell Gms Practice
Mayflower Way, Wombwell, Barnsley · 1.9 mi

Supermarkets

Heron Heron Hoyland · 0.6 mi
Spar PFS Spar - Harvest Hoyland · 0.8 mi
Tesco Tesco Hoyland Superstore · 0.9 mi
Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Hoyland · 1.0 mi

Pharmacies

Cohens Chemist · 0.2 mi
Well · 0.6 mi
Cohens Pharmacy · 0.6 mi

Dentists

Dental Surgery · 0.7 mi
Fern Cottage Dental Practice · 1.6 mi
3 George Street (dental Surgery) · 1.8 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income	3 of 10
Employment	2 of 10
Education and skills	2 of 10
Health and disability	1 of 10
Crime	4 of 10
Access to housing and services	8 of 10
Living environment	7 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

	Here	Eng & Wales
Owned	52.1%	62.5%
Private rented	17.3%	20.3%
Social rented	30.7%	17.1%
Households	584

People

	Here	Eng & Wales
Under 15	18.5%	17.4%
Aged 15–64	66.1%	64.1%
Aged 65+	15.4%	18.6%
Residents	1,378

Broadband

	Here	UK
Superfast (30Mbit+)	100%	95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)	88%	80%
Gigabit-capable	88%	80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

	Here	Eng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks	89%	89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network	100%	100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks	100%	99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks	92%	92%

Share of homes across Barnsley with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Cobcar Street

Ethnic group

	Here	Barnsley
White	97.5%	96.9%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	0.7%	0.9%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African	0.7%	0.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	0.7%	0.9%
Other ethnic group	0.4%	0.5%

Religion

	Here	Barnsley
Christian	50.2%	51.3%
No religion	43.6%	42.1%
Not answered	5.5%	5.2%
Sikh	0.3%	0.1%
Other religion	0.2%	0.4%
Buddhist	0.1%	0.2%
Jewish	0.1%	–
Muslim	0.1%	0.6%

Country of birth

	Here	Barnsley
Born in the UK	95.3%	93.6%
Born outside the UK	4.7%	6.4%

Highest qualification

	Here	Barnsley
No qualifications	26.9%	25.1%
Level 3 qualifications	18.5%	16.9%
Level 4 qualifications and above	18.3%	23.5%
Level 2 qualifications	15.4%	14.5%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications	12.6%	10.8%
Apprenticeship	6.7%	6.6%
Other qualifications	1.6%	2.6%

General health

	Here	Barnsley
Very good health	38.4%	43.4%
Good health	34.5%	33.6%
Fair health	18.1%	15.5%
Bad health	7%	5.8%
Very bad health	2%	1.7%

Cars or vans per household

	Here	Barnsley
1 car or van in household	40.2%	41.5%
No cars or vans in household	26.4%	22.7%
2 cars or vans in household	26%	27.4%
3 or more cars or vans in household	7.4%	8.4%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Barnsley.

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