S9 1PY 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 (94% of about 700 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
- 5 Merton Road, Sheffield S9 1ND, permissioned (240 m)
- Land Adjoining 6 Woodbury Road S9 1NZ, permissioned (260 m)
- Land Adjacent 7 Newman Close Sheffield S9 1JY, permissioned (290 m)
- 160 Newman Road Sheffield S9 1LT, permissioned (320 m)
- Working Mens Club, 2 Dara Street, Sheffield, S9 1NY, not permissioned (360 m)
- Site Of Wincobank Wash House Merton Lane Sheffield S9 1NB, permissioned (370 m)
- Newman Court, Newman Road and Vauxhall Road, Wincobank, not permissioned (390 m)
- 9 Eccles Street Sheffield S9 1LN, permissioned (410 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 9 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 45 addresses are between 66 m and 71 m above sea level (68 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 | 940 m |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km | |
| Rotherham Central 463,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Meadowhall Interchange | 1.0 km |
| Meadowhall South - Tinsley | 1.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 34 within 800 m; nearest Standon Road/Jedburgh Street Wincobank | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Meadowhall Interchange/D2 | 1.0 km |
| EV charging points | Gridserve Charging Station | 1.9 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 51.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Wincobank Medical Centre | 630 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Allied Pharmacy Tyler Street | 630 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 870 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 2.5 km |
| Police station | South Yorkshire Police Federation1 | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Fife Street Stores | 310 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.0 ha | 160 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 48 ha | 710 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 650 m² | 370 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,440 m² | 580 m |
| Allotments | Stubbin Allotment Gardens 9,490 m² | 1.4 km |
Within 800 m: 4 parks and gardens, 99 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, 570 m south. 6 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 | 570 m south |
| Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill | Scheduled monument | 860 m south |
| Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woolley Wood | Wood | 930 m north |
| Wincobank Wood | Wood | 1.3 km south-west |
| Ockley Bottom | Valley | 1.8 km north-east |
| Brush House Hill | Hill | 2.4 km west |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 3.6 km west |
| Don Island | Island | 4.2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 41 | 45 |
4 of the postcode's 45 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 | 40 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 8% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 2% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 84% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 31% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 15% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 17% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 19% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 5% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 23% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 15% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 39% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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.