S6 5FA Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Walkley. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Watersmeet Road, Sheffield: 69 addresses
- Morley Street, 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 (71% of about 660 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
- 22 Stannington Road, Malin Bridge Sports And Social Club And Land To The Side And Rear Sheffield S6 5FL, not permissioned (370 m)
- Site Of Former 68 Holme Lane Sheffield S6 4JW, permissioned (390 m)
- 2a Haden Street, Sheffield, permissioned (420 m)
- Land At Junction With Welbeck Road Fern Road Sheffield S6 5AX, permissioned (450 m)
- Croft Acres 15 Hibberd Road Sheffield S6 4RE, permissioned (470 m)
- Land Adjacent 20 Ibbotson Road, Sheffield S6 5AD, permissioned (470 m)
- Creevela Works Parsonage Street Sheffield S6 5BL, permissioned (480 m)
- 44 Parsonage Street Sheffield S6 5BL, permissioned (480 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 1 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 70 addresses are between 73 m and 94 m above sea level (81 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 | 3.8 km |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Malin Bridge | 160 m |
| Hillsborough | 620 m | |
| Hillsborough Park | 650 m | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m, 49 within 800 m; nearest Holme Lane/Loxley New Road Malin Bridge | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillsborough Interchange/H1 | 660 m |
| Car parks | Morrisons - Sheffield Hillsborough Penistone Rd Car Park Prebook | 870 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 51.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Tramways Medical Centre | 520 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Hillsborough Pharmacy | 520 m |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Holme Lane Dental Surgery | 270 m |
| Hospital | Weston Park Hospital | 2.3 km |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 2.9 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Cash machine 34-36 Middlewood Road Halifax | 600 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Hillsborough Park 16 ha | 730 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,110 m² | 790 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Bolehill Recreation Ground 15 ha | 720 m |
| Allotments | 7 within 800 m; nearest Morley Street Allotment 5.0 ha | 20 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, 370 m south-west. 32 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge | Scheduled monument | 370 m south-west |
| Little Matlock rolling mill immediately south and east of Olive Terrace | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km west |
| Weston Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.2 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Walkley Bank Plantation | Wood | 480 m south-west |
| Knowle Hill | Hill | 1.1 km north-west |
| Reaps Wood | Wood | 1.4 km south-west |
| Roscoe Plantation | Wood | 1.5 km south-west |
| Mill Dam | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km south-west |
| Rivelin Glen | Valley | 2.2 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 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 | 16 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 53 | 70 |
17 of the postcode's 70 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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 35% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 11% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 83% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 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 Watersmeet Road.