S1 2BG Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced October 1985. Ward: City. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Pond Hill, Sheffield: 24 addresses
- Pond Street, Sheffield: 11 addresses
- High Street, Sheffield: 2 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Sheffield in 2026-27: Band D £2,510 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,673 | £1,952 | £2,231 | £2,510 | £3,068 | £3,626 | £4,184 | £5,020 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (68% of about 1,960 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- OLD QUEENS HEAD PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II*
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Former Head Post Office Fitzalan Square Sheffield S1 1AB, permissioned (130 m)
- Former Roxy Nightclub and Odeon Cinema, Arundel Gate, not permissioned (160 m)
- Mecca Bingo Flat Street Sheffield S1 2BA, not permissioned (190 m)
- 40-50 Castle Square Sheffield S1 2GF, permissioned (250 m)
- 2 Haymarket And 5-7 Commercial Street Sheffield S1 1PF, not permissioned (270 m)
- 50 High Street City Centre Sheffield S1 1QH, permissioned (290 m)
- Park Hill (Phase 2), permissioned (310 m)
- 51-57 High Street And Second Floor Of 59-73 High Street, permissioned (310 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 2 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 37 addresses are between 52 m and 61 m above sea level (54 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 310 m |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Fitzalan Sq - Ponds Forge | 250 m |
| Castle Square | 310 m | |
| Sheffield Stn - Hallam Uni | 370 m | |
| Bus stops | 41 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 100 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Pond Hill/Pond Street Sheffield Centre | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/E1 Sheffield Centre | 60 m |
| Car parks | 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest NCP | 140 m |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Apcoa Charging Station | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 54.4 km (34 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Clover City Practice | 260 m |
| Pharmacies | 14 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 370 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Portman Dental & Implant Clinic | 370 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Snig Hill Police Station | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 5 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest NatWest | 320 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest South Street Park 2.7 ha | 210 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,960 m² | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.4 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Park Rifles Allotment Gardens 1.2 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 3.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Old Queens Head Public House, a listed building (Grade II*), 0 m. 178 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 18 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Old Queens Head Public House | Listed building, Grade II* | 0 m |
| Lyceum Theatre | Listed building, Grade II* | 250 m west |
| Sheffield United Gas Light Company Offices | Listed building, Grade II* | 260 m north |
| Park Hill | Listed building, Grade II* | 300 m south-east |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 580 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Monument Grounds, Sheffield | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 630 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 860 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Norfolk Heritage Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Clay Wood | Wood | 720 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Woodside | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Sharrow Vale | Valley | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Mill Leat | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Wood Hill | Hill | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 17.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 30 | 37 |
7 of the postcode's 37 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Sheffield: see them on the Sheffield page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 29 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 3% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | under 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 22% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 14% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 66% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 34% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 25% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 3% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 15% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 17% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 0% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 65% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 20% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Pond Hill.