S6 3AA Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: City. 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 (46% of about 2,060 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Kelham Island and Neepsend. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- 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
- CORNISH WORKS, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Nambury Engineering Ltd 56 Penistone Road Owlerton Sheffield S6 3AE, permissioned (80 m)
- Wharncliffe Works and 86-88 Green Lane, not permissioned (90 m)
- Wharncliffe Works, Green Lane, permissioned (130 m)
- Bison Lock And Door Co Ltd 58 - 60 Infirmary Road Sheffield S6 3DD, permissioned (230 m)
- Ewen Engineering Co Roscoe Road Sheffield S3 7DZ, permissioned (250 m)
- Site Of Watery Street Sheffield S3 7ES, permissioned (260 m)
- Carr Motors Ltd 318-328 Shalesmoor Sheffield S3 8UL, permissioned (280 m)
- 18 Henry Street Shalesmoor Sheffield S3 7EQ, permissioned (280 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 51 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 | Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Kelham Island | 270 m |
| Infirmary Road | 320 m | |
| Netherthorpe Road | 770 m | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m, 55 within 800 m; nearest Penistone Road/Rutland Road Shalesmoor | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/A1 Sheffield Centre | 1.5 km |
| Car parks | 4 within 800 m; nearest Brookshaw Retail Park Car Park | 520 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 680 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 53.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Upperthorpe Medical Centre | 620 m |
| Pharmacies | 9 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 240 m |
| NHS dentists | 12 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Green Lane (Dental Surgery) | 170 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 1.4 km |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 830 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 590 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5.0 ha | 380 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | The Ponderosa 12 ha | 450 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m; nearest The House Skate Park 4,390 m² | 330 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Nottingham Cliff 8,330 m² | 790 m |
| Allotments | Holberry Gardens Allotment Gardens 1,990 m² | 1.7 km |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 21 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Globe Works, a listed building (Grade II*), 120 m south. 82 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 11 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Globe Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 120 m south |
| West Range at Cornish Place Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 130 m south-east |
| East Range at Cornish Place Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 150 m south-east |
| Entrance Gateway to Green Lane Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 250 m south-east |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 410 m south |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 630 m south-east |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km south-east |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km south-west |
| Burngreave Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woodside | Wood | 490 m east |
| Little Roe Wood | Wood | 1.8 km north-east |
| Roe Wood | Wood | 2.0 km north |
| Sharrow Vale | Valley | 2.6 km south |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km north |
| Wood Hill | Hill | 2.6 km north-east |
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 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 7 |
3 of the postcode's 7 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 | 31 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 5% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 3% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 49% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 15% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 48% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 85% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 34% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 77% | 34% |
| No qualifications | under 1% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | under 1% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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.