S3 7PL Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Walkley. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Fawcett Street, Sheffield: 21 addresses
- Finlay Street, 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 A (90% of about 1,080 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 2.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN, grade II
- War Memorial in St Stephen's Churchyard, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- The Boomerang 38 Fawcett Street Sheffield S3 7PN, permissioned (50 m)
- The Bungalow 3 Dover Street Sheffield S3 7JEE, permissioned (210 m)
- The Bathfield 2 Powell Street Sheffield S3 7NX, permissioned (210 m)
- Radford Street/ Upper Allen Street/ Netherthorpe Road, permissioned (240 m)
- Land Opposite 134 to 180 St Georges Close Sheffield, permissioned (250 m)
- 54 Well Meadow Street Sheffield S3 7GS, permissioned (270 m)
- Site Of 82 - 84 Winter Street Sheffield S3 7ND, permissioned (340 m)
- St. Georges Community Health Centre (St. Georges Hospital), Winter Street, S3 7ND, not permissioned (350 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 22 addresses are between 84 m and 91 m above sea level (88 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 95%, gigabit 95% 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 | 1.7 km |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Netherthorpe Road | 170 m |
| Kelham Island | 540 m | |
| University of Sheffield | 560 m | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m, 55 within 800 m; nearest St Philips Road/Hammond Street Netherthorpe | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/A1 Sheffield Centre | 1.4 km |
| Car parks | 4 within 800 m; nearest Car Park on Scotland Street, S3 | 620 m |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 920 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 53.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Upperthorpe Medical Centre | 490 m |
| Pharmacies | 13 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Lo's Pharmacy | 490 m |
| NHS dentists | 12 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Montgomery House Medical Centre | 520 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 700 m |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 860 m |
| Cash machines | 5 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 420 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 9 within 800 m; nearest The Ponderosa 12 ha | 110 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 170 m² | 130 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1,510 m² | 1.3 km |
| Allotments | Holberry Gardens Allotment Gardens 1,990 m² | 1.0 km |
Within 800 m: 9 parks and gardens, 31 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Workshop Ranges and Crucible Furnace Attached to Number 35, a listed building (Grade II*), 270 m east. 171 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 14 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop Ranges and Crucible Furnace Attached to Number 35 | Listed building, Grade II* | 270 m east |
| Library and Arts Tower, University of Sheffield | Listed building, Grade II* | 400 m south-west |
| Heritage House | Listed building, Grade II* | 480 m north |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 490 m east |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 550 m south-west |
| Globe Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 630 m north-east |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 890 m east |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km east |
| Sheffield Botanical Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woodside | Wood | 1.2 km north-east |
| Sharrow Vale | Valley | 1.9 km south |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 2.0 km south |
| Mill Leat | Lake or reservoir | 2.0 km south |
| Clay Wood | Wood | 2.1 km south-east |
| Knowle Hill | Hill | 3.2 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 15.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 22 | 22 |
None of the postcode's 22 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 | 29 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 25% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 15% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 12% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 54% | 17% |
| Private rented | 31% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 36% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 18% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 11% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 33% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 7% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 13% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 64% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 7% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 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 Fawcett Street.