S3 7BD Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced August 2023. Ward: City. 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 A (46% of about 2,060 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
- CHAPEL HOUSE AND ATTACHED HALL, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Queens Hotel 85 Scotland Street Sheffield, permissioned (10 m)
- Hewitts Chartered Accountants 60 Scotland Street Sheffield S3 7DB, permissioned (70 m)
- 94 Scotland Street, not permissioned (70 m)
- St Vincent's Church Solly Street Sheffield S1 4BA, permissioned (110 m)
- Site of 1-7 Allen Street, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 Smithfield and Snow Lane, Sheffield, permissioned (140 m)
- B Braun, 43 Allen Street, Sheffield S3 7AW, permissioned (140 m)
- Former Footprint Tools, Hollis Croft, permissioned (150 m)
- Land At 7-17 Copper Street And 26-34 Trinity Street Sheffield S3, permissioned (170 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 82 addresses are between 69 m and 75 m above sea level (73 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 | 1.2 km |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | City Hall | 420 m |
| Kelham Island | 420 m | |
| Cathedral | 500 m | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m, 89 within 800 m; nearest Scotland Street/Meadow Street Shalesmoor | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/A1 Sheffield Centre | 870 m |
| Car parks | 12 within 800 m; nearest Car Park on Scotland Street, S3 | 30 m |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest Apcoa Charging Station | 1.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 53.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Clover City Practice | 670 m |
| Pharmacies | 12 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 560 m |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Green Lane (Dental Surgery) | 490 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 1.2 km |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 230 m |
| Cash machines | 6 machines within 800 m; nearest Cashpoint® 1 High Street Lloyds Bank | 520 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 6 within 800 m; nearest The Ponderosa 12 ha | 570 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 390 m² | 430 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2,370 m² | 1.1 km |
| Allotments | Holberry Gardens Allotment Gardens 1,990 m² | 1.2 km |
Within 800 m: 6 parks and gardens, 19 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace, a scheduled monument, 290 m north-west. 235 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade I and 24 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 290 m north-west |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 310 m north-east |
| 24, Paradise Square | Listed building, Grade II* | 310 m south-east |
| 17 and 19, Paradise Square | Listed building, Grade II* | 330 m south-east |
| 1-15, Paradise Square | Listed building, Grade II* | 340 m south-east |
| 14-22, Paradise Square | Listed building, Grade II* | 350 m south-east |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 620 m east |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.1 km west |
| Monument Grounds, Sheffield | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woodside | Wood | 820 m north |
| Clay Wood | Wood | 1.6 km south-east |
| Sharrow Vale | Valley | 2.1 km south-west |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km south-west |
| Mill Leat | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km south-west |
| Wood Hill | Hill | 2.8 km 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 | 35 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 47 | 82 |
35 of the postcode's 82 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 | 24 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | under 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 6% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 4% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 45% | 17% |
| Private rented | 48% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 35% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | under 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 45% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 22% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 23% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 65% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 45% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 10% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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.