S17 3NN Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Dore and Totley. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
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 (110 m)
- Curtilage Of 120 Bushey Wood Road Sheffield S17 3QD, permissioned (490 m)
- Site of King Ecberts Upper School, Furniss Avenue, Dore, permissioned (670 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 17 addresses are between 154 m and 160 m above sea level (158 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 | Dore and Totley 240,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 780 m |
| Dronfield 230,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km | |
| Grindleford 126,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 14 within 800 m; nearest Abbeydale Road South/Abbeydale Park Rise | 460 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/B6 Sheffield Centre | 7.3 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 | 1.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Well | 920 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dore Dental Care | 930 m |
| Hospital | Thornbury Hospital | 5.4 km |
| Police station | Dronfield Police Station | 3.1 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 | 410 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Vicarage Lane Allotment Gardens 6,100 m² | 480 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Abbeydale Works, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km north-east. 17 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Abbeydale Works | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km north-east |
| Beauchief Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km east |
| Whinfell Quarry Garden | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km north |
| Beauchief Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: inner precinct and three fishponds | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bushey Wood | Wood | 280 m south-west |
| Ryecroft Glen | Valley | 650 m north |
| Poynton Wood | Wood | 700 m south-east |
| Ran Wood | Wood | 860 m north-west |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km north-east |
| Taylor's Hill | Hill | 2.3 km south-west |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 17 | 17 |
None of the postcode's 17 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 94% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 63% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 3% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 39% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 57% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 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.