S3 8AW Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Hillsborough. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Neepsend Lane, Sheffield: 26 addresses
- Penistone Road, Sheffield: 3 addresses
- Livesey Street, Sheffield: 1 address
- Hillfoot Road, Sheffield: 1 address
- Hillfoot Road, 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 (88% of about 740 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 km (0.6 miles)
- 2 Lock Street, Sheffield S6 3BJ, permissioned (280 m)
- 100 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2AY, not permissioned (320 m)
- Hillsborough Hotel 56 Langsett Road Sheffield S6 2UB, permissioned (320 m)
- 130 - 142 Langsett Road Sheffield S6 2UB, permissioned (400 m (0.2 miles))
- Site Of 126-130 Infirmary Road Sheffield S6 3DH, permissioned (400 m (0.2 miles))
- Cuthbert Bank Hotel, permissioned (450 m (0.3 miles))
- Hallamshire Works (Cannon Brewery), not permissioned (450 m (0.3 miles))
- 59 Daniel Hill Mews Sheffield S6 3JJ, permissioned (530 m (0.3 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is 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: of the 1 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 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 32 addresses are between 49 m and 54 m above sea level (53 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 93%, gigabit 93% 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 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3 miles) | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Langsett - Primrose View | 380 m |
| Infirmary Road | 470 m (0.3 miles) | |
| Bamforth Street | 730 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 61 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Neepsend Lane/Parkwood Road | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillsborough Interchange/H6 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Morrisons - Sheffield Hillsborough Penistone Rd Car Park Prebook | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 240 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 53.2 km (33 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Upperthorpe Medical Centre | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Thompson And Thomas | 390 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.1 ha | 330 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | The Ponderosa 12 ha | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The House Skate Park 4,390 m² | 370 m |
| Playing field | Nottingham Cliff 8,330 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Morley Street Allotment 5.0 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 7 parks and gardens, 28 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Heritage House, a listed building (Grade II*), 570 m (0.4 miles) south. 44 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 5 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage House | Listed building, Grade II* | 570 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Globe Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 670 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| West Range at Cornish Place Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 720 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| East Range at Cornish Place Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 740 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 950 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Burngreave Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km (1 mile) east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woodside | Wood | 920 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Little Roe Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Roe Wood | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Oxspring Dam | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Knowle Hill | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
| Sharrow Vale | Valley | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) 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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 9 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 17 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 32 |
32 of the postcode's 32 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Sheffield: see them on the Sheffield page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 18% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 11% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 39% | 17% |
| Private rented | 42% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 50% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 33% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 9% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 25% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 75% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 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 Neepsend Lane.