S6 3FD Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. 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 (90% of about 1,080 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
- Vestry Hall 80 Crookesmoor Road Sheffield S6 3FR, permissioned (230 m)
- Car Park Adjacent To Upperthorpe Medical Centre Upperthorpe Sheffield S6 3FT, permissioned (240 m)
- The Boomerang 38 Fawcett Street Sheffield S3 7PN, permissioned (290 m)
- The Bathfield 2 Powell Street Sheffield S3 7NX, permissioned (400 m)
- St. Georges Community Health Centre (St. Georges Hospital), Winter Street, S3 7ND, not permissioned (410 m)
- The Bungalow 3 Dover Street Sheffield S3 7JEE, permissioned (420 m)
- Heritage Park 55 Albert Terrace Road Sheffield S6 3BR, permissioned (420 m)
- Chiropody Surgery 203 Crookes Valley Road Sheffield S10 1BA, permissioned (440 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 24 addresses are between 92 m and 98 m above sea level (95 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 | 2.0 km |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.0 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.0 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Netherthorpe Road | 490 m |
| Infirmary Road | 540 m | |
| Kelham Island | 700 m | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m, 58 within 800 m; nearest Addy Street/Albion Street Upperthorpe | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillsborough Interchange/H6 | 1.7 km |
| Car parks | Q-Park Durham Road | 810 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 720 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 52.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Upperthorpe Medical Centre | 280 m |
| Pharmacies | 12 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Lo's Pharmacy | 280 m |
| NHS dentists | 13 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Montgomery House Medical Centre | 570 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 780 m |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 290 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,530 m² | 30 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | The Ponderosa 12 ha | 50 m |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,520 m² | 210 m |
| Playing field | Bolehill Recreation Ground 15 ha | 1.2 km |
| Allotments | Holberry Gardens Allotment Gardens 1,990 m² | 1.2 km |
Within 800 m: 7 parks and gardens, 31 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Heritage House, a listed building (Grade II*), 460 m north-east. 123 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 8 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage House | Listed building, Grade II* | 460 m north-east |
| Library and Arts Tower, University of Sheffield | Listed building, Grade II* | 530 m south |
| Workshop Ranges and Crucible Furnace Attached to Number 35 | Listed building, Grade II* | 570 m south-east |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 600 m south |
| Mappin Art Gallery | Listed building, Grade II* | 660 m south |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 710 m east |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km east |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km east |
| Sheffield Botanical Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woodside | Wood | 1.3 km north-east |
| Walkley Bank Plantation | Wood | 1.8 km north-west |
| Reaps Wood | Wood | 2.0 km west |
| Sharrow Vale | Valley | 2.0 km south |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km south |
| Knowle Hill | Hill | 2.9 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 15.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 24 | 24 |
None of the postcode's 24 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 6% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 7% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 7% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 78% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 33% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 16% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 19% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 13% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 11% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 89% | 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) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 71% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 10% | 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.