S4 7EQ Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced September 2012. Ward: City. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
No addresses are linked to this postcode in the ONS UPRN Directory.
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 (68% of about 1,960 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- 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
- NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK, grade II
- ROYAL VICTORIA HOTEL, RETAINING WALL AND APPROACH RAMP, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Victoria Station Road, not permissioned (70 m)
- Imran's Diner 60 - 62 Wicker Sheffield S3 8JD, permissioned (160 m)
- Wicker/ Wicker Lane, S3 8H (flats above shops on the Wicker), not permissioned (240 m)
- Leviten Thompson And Co 19 - 21 Wicker Sheffield S3 8HS, permissioned (270 m)
- Lion Works Handley Street Sheffield S4 7LD, permissioned (290 m)
- Castle House Lady's Bridge Sheffield S3 8HT, permissioned (300 m)
- Nursery Lane/ Stanley Street, not permissioned (300 m)
- Former Coroners Court, Nursery Street, permissioned (300 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
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.
Broadband
No Ofcom figures for this postcode.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Fitzalan Sq - Ponds Forge | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hyde Park | 580 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Castle Square | 630 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 73 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Wicker/Walker Street Sheffield Centre | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/E1 Sheffield Centre | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Car parks | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Car Park on Stanley Street, S3 | 310 m |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 54.7 km (34 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Burngreave Surgery | 390 m |
| Pharmacies | 11 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wicker Pharmacy | 170 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 320 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Police station | Snig Hill Police Station | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 5 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest ATM | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,340 m² | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 5.0 ha | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 100 m² | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,370 m² | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Park Rifles Allotment Gardens 1.2 ha | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 8.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Wicker Arch and adjoining viaduct and buildings, a listed building (Grade II*), 130 m north-west. 135 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 14 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Wicker Arch and adjoining viaduct and buildings | Listed building, Grade II* | 130 m north-west |
| Terminal Warehouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 310 m south |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 420 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Sheffield United Gas Light Company Offices | Listed building, Grade II* | 490 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| The Old Bank House and Attached Railings | Listed building, Grade II* | 690 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 750 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Monument Grounds, Sheffield | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Burngreave Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woodside | Wood | 900 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Clay Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Little Roe Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Wood Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Corker Bottoms | Valley | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 3 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 17.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.1 | 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
No addresses here are in the mapped area.
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 | 29 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 3% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | under 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 22% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 14% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 66% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 34% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 25% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 3% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 15% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 17% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 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 | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 0% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 65% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 20% | 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.