S6 3FL Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced July 2002. 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: 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
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Vestry Hall 80 Crookesmoor Road Sheffield S6 3FR, permissioned (170 m)
- Car Park Adjacent To Upperthorpe Medical Centre Upperthorpe Sheffield S6 3FT, permissioned (220 m)
- The Boomerang 38 Fawcett Street Sheffield S3 7PN, permissioned (370 m)
- Chiropody Surgery 203 Crookes Valley Road Sheffield S10 1BA, permissioned (410 m)
- 59 Daniel Hill Mews Sheffield S6 3JJ, permissioned (410 m)
- Heritage Park 55 Albert Terrace Road Sheffield S6 3BR, permissioned (450 m)
- St. Georges Community Health Centre (St. Georges Hospital), Winter Street, S3 7ND, not permissioned (460 m)
- The Bathfield 2 Powell Street Sheffield S3 7NX, permissioned (470 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: 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 18 addresses are between 93 m and 103 m above sea level (98 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 | 2.1 km |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Infirmary Road | 570 m |
| Netherthorpe Road | 570 m | |
| Kelham Island | 760 m | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 59 within 800 m; nearest Addy Street/Albion Street Upperthorpe | 20 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillsborough Interchange/H6 | 1.7 km |
| Car parks | Q-Park Durham Road | 850 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 700 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 52.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Upperthorpe Medical Centre | 280 m |
| Pharmacies | 11 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Lo's Pharmacy | 280 m |
| NHS dentists | 12 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Montgomery House Medical Centre | 610 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 810 m |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 300 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,530 m² | 50 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | The Ponderosa 12 ha | 120 m |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,520 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | Bolehill Recreation Ground 15 ha | 1.1 km |
| Allotments | Bolehill Quarry Allotment Gardens 3,980 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*), 490 m north-east. 115 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* | 490 m north-east |
| Library and Arts Tower, University of Sheffield | Listed building, Grade II* | 580 m south |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 630 m south |
| Workshop Ranges and Crucible Furnace Attached to Number 35 | Listed building, Grade II* | 650 m south-east |
| Mappin Art Gallery | Listed building, Grade II* | 680 m south |
| Remains of the former Doncaster Street Steelworks including the standing structure of a cementation furnace | Scheduled monument | 780 m east |
| Remains of the former tool steelworks at Bower Spring | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km east |
| Buried remains of the former Marshall’s Millsands steelworks | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km east |
| Sheffield Botanical Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woodside | Wood | 1.3 km east |
| Walkley Bank Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km north-west |
| Reaps Wood | Wood | 2.0 km west |
| Sharrow Vale | Valley | 2.1 km south |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km south |
| Knowle Hill | Hill | 2.9 km north-west |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 12 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 18 |
13 of the postcode's 18 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 | 22% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 15% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 10% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 60% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 37% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 18% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 14% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 9% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 18% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 86% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 30% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 69% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 11% | 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.