S17 3NL Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Dore and Totley. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Ashfurlong Road, Sheffield: 52 addresses
- Ashfurlong Drive, Sheffield: 1 address
- Burlington Road, Sheffield: 1 address
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 G (30% of about 790 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 16 Ashfurlong Road, Sheffield S17 3NL, permissioned (20 m)
- Curtilage Of 120 Bushey Wood Road Sheffield S17 3QD, permissioned (520 m)
- Site of King Ecberts Upper School, Furniss Avenue, Dore, permissioned (710 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 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 54 addresses are between 151 m and 175 m above sea level (159 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 98%, gigabit 98% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Dore and Totley 240,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 760 m |
| Dronfield 230,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Grindleford 126,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 10 within 800 m; nearest Abbeydale Road South/Abbeydale Park Rise | 510 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/B6 Sheffield Centre | 7.2 km |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 3.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 50.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Steel City General Practice | 1.2 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Well | 1.0 km |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dore Dental Care | 930 m |
| Hospital | Thornbury Hospital | 5.3 km |
| Police station | Dronfield Police Station | 3.2 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Dore Devenshire Terr, Dore Cashzone | 920 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Beauchief Garden 4,480 m² | 1.0 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,120 m² | 1.2 km |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.3 ha | 480 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Vicarage Lane Allotment Gardens 6,100 m² | 460 m |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 51 | 54 |
3 of the postcode's 54 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 86% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 50% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 59% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 6% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 10 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 Ashfurlong Road.