S6 6DB Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Stannington. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Church Street, Sheffield: 19 addresses
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 (30% of about 840 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
- CHRIST CHURCH, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 37 Nethergate Sheffield S6 6DH, permissioned (220 m)
- Within The Curtilage Of 127 Uppergate Road, Sheffield S6 6BZ, permissioned (250 m)
- The Old Parsonage 774 Stannington Road Sheffield S6 6AP, permissioned (360 m)
- 23 Hanmoor Road Sheffield S6 6BL, permissioned (430 m)
- 30 Cliff Road Sheffield S6 6EG, permissioned (670 m)
- 5 Acorn Hill Sheffield S6 6AW, permissioned (900 m)
- Mill Spring House Storrs Lane Sheffield S6 6GY, permissioned (930 m)
- Agricultural Building Opposite Mill Spring House, Storrs Lane, Sheffield S6 6GY, permissioned (1.0 km)
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 19 addresses are between 226 m and 239 m above sea level (233 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 | 5.9 km |
| Dore and Totley 240,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km | |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 31 within 800 m; nearest School Lane/Church Street Stannington | 10 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillsborough Interchange/H1 | 3.4 km |
| Car parks | Parking space on Tapton Hill Road | 2.7 km |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 3.8 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 48.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Manchester Road Surgery | 2.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Lo's Pharmacy Limited | 580 m |
| NHS dentists | Sandygate Dental Clinic | 2.3 km |
| Hospital | Claremont Hospital | 1.9 km |
| Police station | West Bar Police Station | 5.1 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Stannington, Stannington Cashzone | 620 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 3.5 ha | 1.1 km |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,110 m² | 220 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 130 m |
| Allotments | Roscoe Bank Allotment Gardens 6,840 m² | 930 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Little Matlock rolling mill immediately south and east of Olive Terrace, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km north-east. 11 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Little Matlock rolling mill immediately south and east of Olive Terrace | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Coppice Wood | Wood | 1.0 km south-west |
| Storrs Wood | Wood | 1.0 km north-west |
| Samehill Plantation | Wood | 1.0 km south-east |
| Rivelin Glen | Valley | 1.1 km south-east |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km north-east |
| Knowle Hill | Hill | 2.7 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 19 |
11 of the postcode's 19 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 | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 92% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 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 Church Street.