S3 8EN Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: City. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Mowbray Street, Sheffield: 177 addresses
- Chatham Street, Sheffield: 6 addresses
- Harvest Lane, Sheffield: 3 addresses
- Corporation Street, Sheffield: 1 address
- Nursery Street, Sheffield: 1 address
- Neepsend 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
- 30, MOWBRAY STREET, grade II
- FORMER RUSSELL WORKS, (NOW PART OF KELHAM ISLAND INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM), grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Harvest Lane, S3 8EQ, not permissioned (90 m)
- Mowbray Street/ Pitsmoor Road, not permissioned (120 m)
- Land And Buildings at Kelham Riverside, Alma Street And Green Lane, permissioned (190 m)
- Site Of Mackleys Building And 2 Chatham Street Sheffield S3 8EG, permissioned (200 m)
- 72 Russell Street Sheffield S3 8RW, permissioned (240 m)
- (Kelham Central) Site of Richardsons Cutlery Works, 60 Russell Street, Cotton Street and Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RW, permissioned (260 m)
- Site Of 55 Russell Street And Bowling Green Street Sheffield S3 8RW, permissioned (260 m)
- Site At 31 Acorn Street/Dunfields/Green Lane (Site 4), Sheffield, S3 8SQ, permissioned (270 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 5 addresses are in areas at high risk, 10 at medium risk and 34 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 10 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 2 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 190 addresses are between 48 m and 58 m above sea level (49 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 97%, ultrafast 96%, gigabit 96% 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 | 1.5 km |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.0 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Kelham Island | 460 m |
| Infirmary Road | 720 m | |
| Cathedral | 890 m | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m, 59 within 800 m; nearest Mowbray Street/Harvest Lane Neepsend | 10 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/A1 Sheffield Centre | 1.2 km |
| Car parks | 7 within 800 m; nearest Brookshaw Retail Park Car Park | 280 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 53.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest The Burngreave Surgery | 750 m |
| Pharmacies | 10 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 620 m |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Green Lane (Dental Surgery) | 330 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 1.7 km |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 660 m |
| Cash machines | Cashpoint® 1 High Street Lloyds Bank | 870 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5.0 ha | 190 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Parkwood Springs 17 ha | 790 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,040 m² | 390 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Nottingham Cliff 8,330 m² | 570 m |
| Allotments | Grimesthorpe Allotments 3.8 ha | 1.8 km |
Within 800 m: 4 parks and gardens, 35 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Entrance Gateway to Green Lane Works, a listed building (Grade II*), 240 m south-west. 144 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Entrance Gateway to Green Lane Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 240 m south-west |
| East Range at Cornish Place Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 290 m west |
| West Range at Cornish Place Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 350 m west |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 390 m south |
| Globe Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 430 m west |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 520 m south-west |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 640 m south-east |
| Burngreave Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km north-east |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woodside | Wood | 220 m north |
| Little Roe Wood | Wood | 1.7 km north |
| Clay Wood | Wood | 1.9 km south-east |
| Wood Hill | Hill | 2.3 km north-east |
| Sharrow Vale | Valley | 2.7 km south-west |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 14.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 42 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 53 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 26 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 66 | 190 |
124 of the postcode's 190 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 | 28 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 0% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 17% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 5% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 77% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 84% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 0% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 31% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 78% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 1% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 63% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 2% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 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 Mowbray Street.