Stairfoot is an electoral ward in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, on the south‑eastern edge of the town in South Yorkshire. The ward is centred on the busy Stairfoot junction where several A‑roads meet, making it a local transport hub that links Barnsley with Doncaster, Sheffield and the Dearne Valley. Its landscape reflects 19th‑ and 20th‑century industrial growth - former coal and engineering works gave rise to terraced housing and working‑class communities.
Today Stairfoot is a mixed residential area with pockets of social housing, local shops and retailing, and ongoing regeneration aimed at tackling post‑industrial economic challenges. Community groups, schools and local histories keep a strong sense of place, while the remaining industrial legacy and road network continue to shape daily life and development prospects.
Postcode districts covering Stairfoot
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Leeds 18.8 miles30.3 km
- Bradford 22 miles35.4 km
- Huddersfield 16.7 miles26.8 km
- Rotherham 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Doncaster 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Chesterfield 20 miles32.1 km
- Wakefield 10.3 miles16.5 km
- Halifax 22.5 miles36.1 km
- Barnsley 2 miles3.3 km
- Castleford 13.2 miles21.3 km
- Morley 16.2 miles26 km
Neighbouring places
- Worsbrough Built-up area 1.3 miles2 km
- Central Ward 1.9 miles3 km
- Wombwell Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Barnsley Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Kingstone Ward 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Jump Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Monk Bretton Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Hemingfield Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Hoyland Milton Ward 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Darfield Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Hoyland Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Old Town Ward 2.6 miles4.3 km
Example postcodes in Stairfoot
S70 3LW, S70 3AB, S73 8FJ, S73 8DY, S70 3AH, S70 3BJ, S70 3LB, S70 3HN, S70 3DD … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 18.1 miles29.1 km
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 24.4 miles39.3 km
- Wombwell Railway Station 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Barnsley Interchange 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Doncaster Sheffield Bus Station 9.8 miles15.7 km
Hotels near Stairfoot Ad
- Churchill's Hotel 2 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Ibis Styles Barnsley Hotel 3 3.5 miles5.6 km
- The Fairway 3 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Holiday Inn Barnsley 4 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Holiday Inn Express Rotherham North 3 4.3 miles7 km
- Mercure Barnsley Tankersley Manor Hotel 4 3.9 miles6.4 km
- Whitley Hall Hotel 4 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Gulliver's Valley M1 Jct 31 8.3 miles13.4 km
- Friendship Hotel 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Cubley Hall 3 8.2 miles13.2 km
Schools in Stairfoot
- Barnsley Academy Secondary
- Hunningley Primary Academy Primary
- Oakhill Primary Academy Primary
- The Forest Academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Oakwell Stadium 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 3.1 miles5 km
- Nostell Priory Country house 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 8.7 miles13.9 km
- Meadowhall Shopping centre 8.7 miles13.9 km
- Hampole Priory Historic site 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Hillsborough Stadium Stadium 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Don Valley Stadium Stadium 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 10.6 miles17.1 km
- University of Sheffield University 11.1 miles17.9 km
- The Leadmill Theatre 11.3 miles18.2 km