S3 8AF Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced June 2001. Ward: City. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Lancaster Street, Sheffield: 32 addresses
- Neepsend Lane, Sheffield: 4 addresses
- Ball Street, Sheffield: 1 address
- Percy Street, Sheffield: 1 address
- Adelaide Lane, 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 (56% of about 1,120 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Kelham Island and Neepsend. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
- BALL STREET BRIDGE, grade II
- CORNISH WORKS, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Wharncliffe Works and 86-88 Green Lane, not permissioned (130 m)
- Nambury Engineering Ltd 56 Penistone Road Owlerton Sheffield S6 3AE, permissioned (160 m)
- Wharncliffe Works, Green Lane, permissioned (170 m)
- Carr Motors Ltd 318-328 Shalesmoor Sheffield S3 8UL, permissioned (270 m)
- Land And Buildings at Kelham Riverside, Alma Street And Green Lane, permissioned (290 m)
- Site At 31 Acorn Street/Dunfields/Green Lane (Site 4), Sheffield, S3 8SQ, permissioned (300 m)
- Ewen Engineering Co Roscoe Road Sheffield S3 7DZ, permissioned (300 m)
- Hallamshire Works (Cannon Brewery), not permissioned (310 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 17 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 16 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 16 low and 0 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 51 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 13%, ultrafast 13%, gigabit 13% 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 | 4.3 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Kelham Island | 310 m |
| Infirmary Road | 410 m | |
| Netherthorpe Road | 830 m | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m, 57 within 800 m; nearest Neepsend Lane/Percy Street | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/A1 Sheffield Centre | 1.4 km |
| Car parks | 4 within 800 m; nearest Brookshaw Retail Park Car Park | 460 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 760 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 53.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Upperthorpe Medical Centre | 720 m |
| Pharmacies | 9 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 330 m |
| NHS dentists | 11 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Green Lane (Dental Surgery) | 170 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 1.5 km |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 810 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 680 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5.0 ha | 290 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | The Ponderosa 12 ha | 540 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m; nearest The House Skate Park 4,390 m² | 340 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Nottingham Cliff 8,330 m² | 700 m |
| Allotments | Holberry Gardens Allotment Gardens 1,990 m² | 1.8 km |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 21 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is East Range at Cornish Place Works, a listed building (Grade II*), 120 m south. 88 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 12 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| East Range at Cornish Place Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 120 m south |
| West Range at Cornish Place Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 140 m south |
| Globe Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 190 m south-west |
| Entrance Gateway to Green Lane Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 210 m south-east |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 440 m south |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 580 m south-east |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 920 m south-east |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.4 km south-west |
| Burngreave Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.4 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woodside | Wood | 390 m east |
| Little Roe Wood | Wood | 1.7 km north-east |
| Roe Wood | Wood | 2.0 km north |
| Wood Hill | Hill | 2.5 km north-east |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km north |
| Sharrow Vale | Valley | 2.6 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 2% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | under 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 33% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 12% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 13% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 52% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 87% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 24% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 23% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 73% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 1% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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 Lancaster Street.