S8 0BZ Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced July 1995. Ward: Beauchief and Greenhill. 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 C (47% of about 640 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
- The Beauchief Hotel, 161 Abbeydale Road South, permissioned (270 m)
- 1 Whirlowdale Crescent Sheffield S7 2NA, permissioned (720 m)
- 211 Abbey Lane Sheffield S8 0BT, permissioned (830 m)
- S E Yates & Co, 28 Terminus Road, Sheffield S7 2LH, permissioned (860 m)
- 12 Terminus Road Sheffield S7 2LH, permissioned (900 m)
- 20 Hutcliffe Wood Road Sheffield S8 0EX, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are 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 32 addresses are between 106 m and 110 m above sea level (108 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 | Dore and Totley 240,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km |
| Dronfield 230,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km | |
| Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 11 within 800 m; nearest Abbeydale Road South/Abbey Lane | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/B6 Sheffield Centre | 5.6 km |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 1.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 51.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Beauchief Medical Practice | 1.7 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 1.5 km |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 1.6 km |
| Hospital | Thornbury Hospital | 4.3 km |
| Police station | Woodseats Police Station | 2.1 km |
| Cash machines | BR Spar Bocking Lane, Greenhill Cashzone | 1.6 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Millhouses Park 13 ha | 180 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8,680 m² | 710 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.8 ha | 790 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,950 m² | 810 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 14 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Managers House and Adjoining Stable on East Side of Abbeydale Works Museum, a listed building (Grade II*), 410 m south-west. 14 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Managers House and Adjoining Stable on East Side of Abbeydale Works Museum | Listed building, Grade II* | 410 m south-west |
| Former Counting House and Workmens' Cottages at Abbeydale Works Museum | Listed building, Grade II* | 430 m south-west |
| Abbeydale Works Museum | Listed building, Grade I | 450 m south-west |
| Abbeydale Works | Scheduled monument | 530 m south-west |
| Church of St Thomas A Becket and Remains of Beauchief Abbey Church | Listed building, Grade II* | 590 m south-east |
| Beauchief Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: inner precinct and three fishponds | Scheduled monument | 670 m south-east |
| Beauchief Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 800 m south |
| Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House | Scheduled monument | 890 m north |
| Whinfell Quarry Garden | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| High Wood | Wood | 550 m south |
| Hutcliffe Wood | Wood | 580 m north-east |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 590 m south-west |
| Abbey Dale | Valley | 600 m north-east |
| Ecclesall Woods | Wood | 620 m north-west |
| Taylor's Hill | Hill | 4.0 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 3 |
| 55 to 59 | 23 | 19 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 10 |
26 of the postcode's 32 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 22 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 35% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 41% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 45% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 69% | 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) | 48% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 10 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.