S6 1SA Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Hillsborough. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Vere Road, Sheffield: 36 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 (79% of about 670 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
- Loxley Technical Services Ltd 69 Leppings Lane Sheffield S6 1SS, permissioned (140 m)
- Land To Rear Of 212-214 Middlewood Road Sheffield S6 1TE, permissioned (220 m)
- Hairflair 222 Middlewood Road Sheffield S6 1TE, permissioned (260 m)
- Land To The Rear Of 337 To 359 Middlewood Road Sheffield S6 1TH, not permissioned (310 m)
- 11 Beeley Wood Road, Sheffield S6 1NH, permissioned (370 m)
- Land Used For Parking Adjacent 2 Niagara Road Sheffield S6 1LU, permissioned (410 m)
- Gilders Car Showroom, Middlewood Road, not permissioned (440 m)
- Hei Moon 135 - 141 Middlewood Road Sheffield S6 4HB, permissioned (710 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 36 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 36 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 36 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 36 addresses are between 63 m and 64 m above sea level (63 m on average).
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 | Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km | |
| Chapeltown (South Yorkshire) 383,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.0 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Leppings Lane | 320 m |
| Middlewood | 710 m | |
| Hillsborough Park | 910 m | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m, 36 within 800 m; nearest Leppings Lane/Vere Road Hillsborough | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillsborough Interchange/H4 | 1.2 km |
| Car parks | Valet Parking Rotterdam Airport | 1.1 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest PoGo Charge | 1.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 51.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Far Lane Medical Centre | 560 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Far Lane Pharmacy | 560 m |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km; nearest L W T Dental Care | 100 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 3.0 km |
| Police station | South Yorkshire Police Training Centre | 3.5 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest BR Spar Leppings lane, Wadsley Bridge Cashzone | 300 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Hillsborough Park 16 ha | 310 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 820 m² | 470 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Niagara Grounds 3.1 ha | 390 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.9 ha | 500 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 16 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge, a scheduled monument, 1.8 km south-west. 17 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Oxspring Dam | Lake or reservoir | 620 m east |
| Scraith Wood | Wood | 1.0 km east |
| Knowle Hill | Hill | 1.2 km south-west |
| Birley Edge | Hill | 1.5 km north |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km east |
| Rivelin Glen | Valley | 3.6 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 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 | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 56% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 44% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 75% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 36% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 10% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 15% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 93% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 0% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 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 Vere Road.