20 providers offer 305 broadband deals in Barnsley, from £13.50 a month (£18 after 12 months) and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 86 Mbps down and 17 Mbps up, 15% below the UK download average. Full fibre is available to 87.3% of homes.
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Best value broadband deal in Barnsley
The best value in Barnsley on full first-year cost is 4th Utility's 250Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months): £198 across year one, about £17 a month. 250 Mbps covers streaming, video calls and working from home.
Best value in Barnsley
250Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
£16.50/mo
for 12 months, then £22/mo
Cheapest broadband deal in Barnsley
The cheapest deal in Barnsley is 150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months) from 4th Utility at £13.50 a month for 150 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £13.50 is an intro price that rises to £18.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £162. Above the UK average on download.
Cheapest in Barnsley
150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
£13.50/mo
for 12 months, then £18/mo
Fastest broadband deal in Barnsley
The fastest deal available in Barnsley is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps. Next fastest is Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+ from Sky at 5,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Barnsley
£50/mo
No rises, no surprises.
Runner-up on speed
£50/mo
No rises, no surprises.
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£22/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
£1/mo
for 1 month, then £32.99/mo
£25/mo
rises to £29 in April 2027 (+£4)
Broadband providers in Barnsley
20 providers serve Barnsley including Virgin Media, Sky and BT, with YouFibre the fastest at 7,000 Mbps.
Ranked by Ofcom complaints per 100,000 customers, fewest first. A down arrow is below the industry average, up is above, and a dash means Ofcom publishes no figure for that provider (usually because it is below Ofcom's 1.5% market-share reporting threshold). A small diagonal arrow shows the past-year trend (↘ improving, ↗ getting worse).
Ofcom records the typical Barnsley download speed at 86 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Barnsley
Only 12% of the 72,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 87% can get gigabit.
The faster line is already there. For most of these homes it is the contract holding them back, not the infrastructure.
Is your broadband good enough?
The typical Barnsley line runs 86 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 87% of Barnsley, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
What broadband coverage does Barnsley have?
Superfast broadband reaches 98% of Barnsley premises but gigabit only 87%, so around 11% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Broadband speeds by Barnsley neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 106 Mbps in Central to 56 Mbps in Penistone, so your street matters more than the Barnsley average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central S70 | 106 | +19 | 18 | 97% | 87% | — |
| Monk Bretton S71 | 103 | +17 | 18 | 99% | 92% | 100% |
| Wombwell S73 | 89 | +3 | 18 | 100% | 92% | 100% |
| Darton S75 | 83 | -3 | 17 | 98% | 89% | 100% |
| Hoyland Milton S74 | 79 | -8 | 17 | 97% | 76% | 100% |
| North S72 | 72 | -15 | 17 | 97% | 76% | 100% |
| Dearne S63 | 66 | -20 | 16 | 98% | 92% | 100% |
| Penistone S36 | 56 | -30 | 15 | 95% | 82% | — |
Measured Ofcom data per Barnsley neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Barnsley average; superfast, gigabit and 5G are the % of premises covered. Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
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Speed and coverage figures for Barnsleycome from Ofcom's Connected Nations data, current to January 2026. Deal prices are pulled live from providers. Compiled by the FindBroadband team. See how we rank and source our data.