S6 2DF Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Hillsborough. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Penistone Road, Sheffield: 16 addresses
- Beulah Road, Sheffield: 4 addresses
- Livesey Street, Sheffield: 2 addresses
- Sedgley Road, Sheffield: 1 address
- Lowther Road, 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 (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
- 65-69 Hawksley Avenue Sheffield S6 2BD, permissioned (450 m)
- The Hillsborough Arcade And Site Of Former Old Blue Ball Public House, Middlewood Road And Bradfield Road, Sheffield S6 4HL, permissioned (500 m)
- NatWest 72 Middlewood Road Sheffield S6 4PB, permissioned (530 m)
- Hei Moon 135 - 141 Middlewood Road Sheffield S6 4HB, permissioned (550 m)
- 129 Middlewood Road And 1-7 Leader Road Sheffield S6 4HB, permissioned (560 m)
- HSBC 503 Langsett Road Sheffield S6 2LP, permissioned (590 m)
- Units 1 and 2 Hussar Court, Hillsborough Barracks, Sheffield, S6 2GZ, not permissioned (640 m)
- Garage Block At Limbrick Road Limbrick Road Sheffield S6 2PB, permissioned (670 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 4 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 1 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 24 addresses are between 61 m and 62 m above sea level (62 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 80%, ultrafast 80%, gigabit 80% 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 | 3.9 km |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km | |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Hillsborough Park | 550 m |
| Hillsborough | 580 m | |
| Leppings Lane | 650 m | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 35 within 800 m; nearest Penistone Road/Lowther Road Owlerton | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillsborough Interchange/H5 | 570 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Morrisons - Sheffield Hillsborough Penistone Rd Car Park Prebook | 580 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 540 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 52.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Tramways Medical Centre | 630 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 520 m |
| NHS dentists | 10 practices within 1.6 km; nearest One Smile Dental | 570 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 2.7 km |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 3.0 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Cashpoint® 148 Bradfield Road Lloyds Bank | 470 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Hillsborough Park 16 ha | 230 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 820 m² | 390 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.4 ha | 1.0 km |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Shirecliffe Allotment Gardens 1.5 ha | 680 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, 1.5 km south-west. 33 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km south-west |
| Burngreave Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km east |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.8 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Oxspring Dam | Lake or reservoir | 800 m north |
| Scraith Wood | Wood | 1.0 km north-east |
| Knowle Hill | Hill | 1.4 km west |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km north-east |
| Walkley Bank Plantation | Wood | 1.6 km south-west |
| Rivelin Glen | Valley | 3.4 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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 9 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 8 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 24 |
22 of the postcode's 24 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 | 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 Penistone Road.