S3 9BF Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced October 2021. Ward: Burngreave. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Roe Lane, Sheffield: 24 addresses
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 (73% of about 830 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 1.0 km
- Post Office 509 Pitsmoor Road Sheffield S3 9AU, permissioned (130 m)
- Firs Hill Sheltered Scheme, Firshill Crescent S4 7BS, not permissioned (170 m)
- Store And Land Adjacent 2 Firshill Avenue Sheffield S4 7AA, permissioned (220 m)
- 171 Burngreave Road Sheffield S3 9DL, permissioned (270 m)
- Land At The Junction Of Abbeyfield Road And Holtwood Road Including 11 Holtwood Road Sheffield S4 7AY, permissioned (290 m)
- Site Of Norbury 2 Crabtree Road Sheffield S5 7BB, permissioned (490 m)
- Sheffield Health And Social Care Trust 259 Pitsmoor Road Sheffield S3 9AQ, permissioned (500 m)
- Land Between 38 And 44 Burngreave Street Sheffield S3 9DQ, permissioned (720 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 24 addresses are between 122 m and 124 m above sea level (123 m on average).
Broadband
No Ofcom figures for this postcode.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km | |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.0 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Infirmary Road | 1.7 km |
| Kelham Island | 1.7 km | |
| Langsett - Primrose View | 1.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 20 stops within 400 m, 53 within 800 m; nearest Barnsley Road/Firshill Close | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillsborough Interchange/H6 | 2.2 km |
| Car parks | Car Park on Stanley Street, S3 | 1.5 km |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 53.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Forge Health Group | 300 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Burngreave Pharmacy | 300 m |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Pitsmoor Dental Health Centre | 300 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 1.1 km |
| Police station | South Yorkshire And Humberside Police | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | Singhs Cashzone | 1.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Abbeyfield Park 2.1 ha | 110 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Parkwood Springs 17 ha | 360 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 430 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.1 ha | 510 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Norwood Allotment Gardens 1.5 ha | 500 m |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 26 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Burngreave Cemetery, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 490 m south-east. 19 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Burngreave Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 490 m south-east |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km south |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south-west |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.8 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Little Roe Wood | Wood | 320 m north |
| Roe Wood | Wood | 670 m north |
| Woodside | Wood | 1.1 km south |
| Wood Hill | Hill | 1.5 km east |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km north-west |
| Corker Bottoms | Valley | 3.7 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 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 | 24 | 24 |
None of the postcode's 24 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 | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 49% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 28% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 27% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 17% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 80% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 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 Roe Lane.