S5 6LU Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Firth Park. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Foremark Road, Sheffield: 14 addresses
- Dial Way, 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 (100% of about 630 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
- 77 Bellhouse Road Sheffield S5 6HP, permissioned (410 m)
- 114 Hatfield House Lane Sheffield S5 6HZ, permissioned (530 m)
- 203-205 Bellhouse Road Sheffield S5 6HQ, permissioned (550 m)
- Site Of Carpet Mill, Barnsley Road, Sheffield, S5 0QJ, not permissioned (570 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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 addresses are about 130 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km |
| Chapeltown (South Yorkshire) 383,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km | |
| Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 20 stops within 400 m, 57 within 800 m; nearest Hatfield House Lane/Etwall Way Sheffield Lane Top | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Meadowhall Interchange/D1 | 2.6 km |
| Car parks | Valet Parking Rotterdam Airport | 2.3 km |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 2.5 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 51.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Firth Park Surgery | 560 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Allied Pharmacy Firth Park Road | 560 m |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Firth Park Dental Clinic | 340 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 1.3 km |
| Police station | South Yorkshire Police Federation1 | 2.3 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest RKY Foods Cashzone | 260 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m; nearest Longley Park 28 ha | 300 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,310 m² | 530 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 570 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Stubbin Allotment Gardens 9,490 m² | 430 m |
Within 800 m: 4 parks and gardens, 47 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km south-east. 5 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km south-east |
| Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km east |
| Burngreave Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Brush House Hill | Hill | 550 m west |
| Hinde Common Wood | Wood | 1.1 km south-east |
| Wincobank Wood | Wood | 1.4 km south-east |
| Roe Wood | Wood | 1.7 km south-west |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km south-west |
| Ockley Bottom | Valley | 3.3 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 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 | 38 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 34% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 20% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 62% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 41% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 13% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 6% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 24% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 94% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 18% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 34% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 84% | 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 Foremark Road.