S9 1LY Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Shiregreen and Brightside. 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 (92% 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
- 160 Newman Road Sheffield S9 1LT, permissioned (200 m)
- Concorde Filling Station, 330-332 Newman Road, not permissioned (200 m)
- 35 Shiregreen Lane Sheffield S5 6AA, permissioned (470 m)
- 10 Roman Ridge Road Sheffield S9 1GD, permissioned (480 m)
- Land Adjacent 7 Newman Close Sheffield S9 1JY, permissioned (520 m)
- 5 Merton Road, Sheffield S9 1ND, permissioned (550 m)
- Newman Court, Newman Road and Vauxhall Road, Wincobank, not permissioned (550 m)
- 354 Bluebell Road Sheffield S5 6BS, permissioned (570 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 2 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 34 addresses are between 97 m and 104 m above sea level (101 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 | Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.0 km | |
| Rotherham Central 463,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Meadowhall Interchange | 1.0 km |
| Meadowhall South - Tinsley | 1.6 km | |
| Carbrook | 1.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 40 within 800 m; nearest Newman Road/Newman Drive Wincobank | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Meadowhall Interchange/D1 | 1.0 km |
| EV charging points | Ionity Charging Station | 1.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 52.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Wincobank Medical Centre | 740 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Seven Hills Pharmacy | 730 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 550 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 2.2 km |
| Police station | South Yorkshire Police Federation1 | 930 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Fife Street Stores | 650 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Wincobank Common 12 ha | 190 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 48 ha | 310 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 740 m² | 630 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,440 m² | 270 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,610 m² | 1.1 km |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 101 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street, a scheduled monument, 440 m south-east. 9 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street | Scheduled monument | 440 m south-east |
| Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill | Scheduled monument | 510 m south |
| Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement | Scheduled monument | 670 m south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Wincobank Wood | Wood | 920 m south-west |
| Woolley Wood | Wood | 1.2 km north |
| Brush House Hill | Hill | 2.2 km west |
| Ockley Bottom | Valley | 2.2 km north-east |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km west |
| Don Island | Island | 4.4 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 | 34 | 34 |
None of the postcode's 34 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 | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 89% | 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) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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.