S3 7XD Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced May 1994. Ward: Broomhill and Sharrow Vale. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Headford Grove, Sheffield: 39 addresses
- Headford Gardens, Sheffield: 2 addresses
- Victoria 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 (82% of about 1,920 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 3.
- 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
- BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILING TO SPRINGFIELD JUNIOR AND INFANT SCHOOLS, grade II
- CARETAKERS HOUSE TO SPRINGFIELD JUNIOR AND INFANT SCHOOL, grade II
- SPRINGFIELD JUNIOR AND INFANT SCHOOLS, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Egerton Lane/Egerton Street/Dene Street, not permissioned (180 m)
- Car park, 2 Cavendish Street S3 7RZ, not permissioned (200 m)
- Egerton Street / Hanover Way, not permissioned (220 m)
- 90 Broomspring Lane Sheffield S10 2FB, permissioned (230 m)
- Broompark House, 200 - 208 Broomhall Street, Sheffield S3 7SQ, permissioned (230 m)
- Eye Witness Works, Milton St, permissioned (250 m)
- 999 Parcel Ltd, 83 Fitzwilliam Street, Sheffield S1 4JP, permissioned (250 m)
- Tritec, Milton Street, not permissioned (250 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 12 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 8 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 42 addresses are between 82 m and 88 m above sea level (84 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 | 1.3 km |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km | |
| Dore and Totley 240,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.0 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | University of Sheffield | 380 m |
| West Street | 410 m | |
| City Hall | 730 m | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 58 within 800 m; nearest Fitzwilliam Street/Wellington Street Sheffield Centre | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/A5 Sheffield Centre | 1.1 km |
| Car parks | 7 within 800 m; nearest Fitzwilliam Street Car Park | 210 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 610 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 53.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest University Health Service Health Centre | 310 m |
| Pharmacies | 15 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Welfare Pharmacy | 290 m |
| NHS dentists | 12 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Devonshire Quarter Dental | 260 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 700 m |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 1.0 km |
| Cash machines | 6 machines within 800 m; nearest Whitespace Technology Ltd. | 410 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 8 within 800 m; nearest Gell Street Park 3,910 m² | 80 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Weston Park 4.8 ha | 670 m |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 350 m² | 60 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1,510 m² | 850 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Holberry Gardens Allotment Gardens 1,990 m² | 390 m |
Within 800 m: 8 parks and gardens, 7.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Beehive Works, a listed building (Grade II*), 260 m south-east. 224 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 16 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Beehive Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 260 m south-east |
| Broom Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 550 m south-west |
| Leahs Yard | Listed building, Grade II* | 640 m east |
| Sheffield War Memorial, 25m to the south of City Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 680 m north-east |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 780 m north-west |
| Sheffield General Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.0 km south-west |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km north |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km north-east |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Sharrow Vale | Valley | 1.1 km south-west |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km south-west |
| Mill Leat | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km south-west |
| Clay Wood | Wood | 1.6 km east |
| Woodside | Wood | 1.8 km north-east |
| Wood Hill | Hill | 3.7 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 33 | 42 |
9 of the postcode's 42 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 | 26 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 22% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 10% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 5% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 47% | 17% |
| Private rented | 42% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 39% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 30% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 24% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 21% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 23% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 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) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 68% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 8% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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 Headford Grove.