23 providers offer 315 broadband deals in Barnsley, from £13.50 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 86 Mbps down and 17 Mbps up, 15% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Barnsley
The best value in Barnsley on full first-year cost is Plusnet's Full Fibre 145: £292 across year one, about £24 a month. A £155 reward card is bundled in. 145 Mbps covers streaming, video calls and working from home.
Best value in Barnsley
£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £26.32/mo over contract · £632 total over 24 months
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
£99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1188 total over 12 months
Runner-up on speed
Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+
3000 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£80/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1925 total over 24 months
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. giffgaff is essentially level at £15.00 a month. Above the UK average on download.
Cheapest in Barnsley
150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£13.50/mo
for 12 months, then £18/mo
Avg £15.75/mo over contract · £378 total over 24 months
Runner-up on price
£5/mo
for 6 months, then £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
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£1/mo
for 1 month, then £28.99/mo
Avg £27.82/mo over contract · £668 total over 24 months
£5/mo
for 6 months, then £32/mo
Avg £25.25/mo over contract · £606 total over 24 months
Sky Full Fibre Gigafast
100 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£31/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£749 total over 24 months
150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£18.50/mo
for 12 months, then £23.50/mo
Avg £21/mo over contract · £504 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in Barnsley
23 providers serve Barnsley, 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.
Which broadband networks reach Barnsley?
The wholesale networks carrying Barnsley broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independently-built fibre networks in Barnsley, taken from the live deal mix. They don't cover every street, but on streets they reach, they typically beat the Openreach price.
- CityFibre: Sky, TalkTalk, The One Broadband, Vodafone, Zen Internet
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Of the major networks, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 are also live here (Openreach covers virtually every UK premises, so it'll reach you).
Today's live count in Barnsley: 23 providers on the page.
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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* Based on Go.Compare research estimating that 28% of UK broadband users pay for faster broadband speeds than they need (which we interpret as overpaying), equivalent to around 7.5m UK households.
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.