S6 2UL Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced November 2014. Ward: Walkley. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
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 (96% of about 940 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
- Hillsborough Hotel 56 Langsett Road Sheffield S6 2UB, permissioned (80 m)
- 130 - 142 Langsett Road Sheffield S6 2UB, permissioned (240 m)
- Whitehouse Lane, 158 Primrose View, not permissioned (250 m)
- 59 Daniel Hill Mews Sheffield S6 3JJ, permissioned (300 m)
- Cuthbert Bank Hotel, permissioned (300 m)
- 2 Lock Street, Sheffield S6 3BJ, permissioned (380 m)
- Burgoyne Arms 246 Langsett Road Sheffield S6 2UE, permissioned (480 m)
- Car Park Adjacent To Upperthorpe Medical Centre Upperthorpe Sheffield S6 3FT, permissioned (510 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 2 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 10 addresses are between 74 m and 78 m above sea level (75 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 | 2.5 km |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Langsett - Primrose View | 170 m |
| Bamforth Street | 560 m | |
| Infirmary Road | 600 m | |
| Bus stops | 26 stops within 400 m, 72 within 800 m; nearest Fox Road/Whitehouse Lane Upperthorpe | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillsborough Interchange/H6 | 1.0 km |
| Car parks | Morrisons - Sheffield Hillsborough Penistone Rd Car Park Prebook | 920 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 180 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 52.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Harold Street Medical Centre | 250 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Lo's Pharmacy | 510 m |
| NHS dentists | 10 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Thompson And Thomas | 220 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 1.5 km |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 1.6 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 530 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.1 ha | 60 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | The Ponderosa 12 ha | 700 m |
| Play area | 8 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 70 m² | 60 m |
| Playing field | Bolehill Recreation Ground 15 ha | 1.2 km |
| Allotments | Morley Street Allotment 5.0 ha | 1.0 km |
Within 800 m: 6 parks and gardens, 23 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Heritage House, a listed building (Grade II*), 650 m south-east. 51 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage House | Listed building, Grade II* | 650 m south-east |
| Globe Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 890 m south-east |
| West Range at Cornish Place Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km south-east |
| East Range at Cornish Place Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km south-east |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km south-east |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km south |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km south-east |
| Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km west |
| Burngreave Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woodside | Wood | 1.3 km east |
| Walkley Bank Plantation | Wood | 1.5 km west |
| Reaps Wood | Wood | 2.0 km west |
| Oxspring Dam | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km north |
| Knowle Hill | Hill | 2.3 km north-west |
| Sharrow Vale | Valley | 2.8 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 10 |
7 of the postcode's 10 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 | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 15% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 34% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 39% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 11% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 14% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 83% | 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.