Knowle Road Sheffield
30 addresses across 1 postcode (S5), about 100 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 34405736.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £129,000 across 3 sales.
- Energy: 13 homes have an energy certificate (C: 9, D: 3, E: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Sheffield costs £2,510 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Chapeltown (South Yorkshire), about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Tunwell Park, is about 150 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 103 to 108 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 30 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Barnsley Road Surgery, about 840 m (0.5 miles) away, with 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 49% of households owned their home and 14% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 102 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | £129,000 | £70,000 | £131,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £98,000 | £98,000 | £98,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £79,000 | £79,000 | £79,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £76,250 | £76,250 | £76,250 |
| 2007 | 2 | £86,000 | £76,000 | £96,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2023 | 20 S5 9GA | Semi-detached | £129,000 | |
| 4 Aug 2023 | 26 S5 9GA | Terraced | £131,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2023 | 21 S5 9GA | Terraced | £70,000 | |
| 10 Jan 2014 | 4 S5 9GA | Semi-detached | £98,000 | |
| 12 Feb 2010 | 20 S5 9GA | Semi-detached | £79,000 | |
| 11 Feb 2008 | 26 S5 9GA | Terraced | £76,250 | |
| 30 Oct 2007 | 20 S5 9GA | Semi-detached | £76,000 | |
| 29 Oct 2007 | 18 S5 9GA | Terraced | £96,000 |
Energy performance certificates
13 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 57 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (7); House, semi-detached (4); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 1930-1949 (10); 1950-1966 (2); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (9); owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 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 street: most are in band A (97% of about 580 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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 km (0.6 miles)
- Intracam, 244A High Greave, Sheffield S5 9GR, permissioned (190 m)
- 261 High Greave Sheffield S5 9GS, permissioned (340 m)
- Wordsworth Avenue, not permissioned (460 m (0.3 miles))
- Land adjacent to 569 Wordsworth Avenue, not permissioned (670 m (0.4 miles))
- 209 High Street Ecclesfield Sheffield S35 9XB, permissioned (700 m (0.4 miles))
- Remington Youth Club site, Remington Road., not permissioned (760 m (0.5 miles))
- Parson Cross College (NE) - Remington Rd/ Monteney Rd New Parson Cross Masterplan Area, permissioned (790 m (0.5 miles))
- Site Of Carpet Mill, Barnsley Road, Sheffield, S5 0QJ, not permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 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 street's 30 addresses are between 103 m and 108 m above sea level (106 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5 9GA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Chapeltown (South Yorkshire) 383,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 50 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Colley Crescent/Rokeby Drive Parson Cross | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Meadowhall Interchange/D1 | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Valet Parking Rotterdam Airport | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 50 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Barnsley Road Surgery | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rowlands Pharmacy | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Park Dental Care | 290 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Police station | Sheffield North East Police Team | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest ATM | 180 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tunwell Park 1.1 ha | 150 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 14 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 2,030 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Colley Park Recreation Ground 7.4 ha | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 690 m² | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 32 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Paul, a listed building (Grade II*), 520 m (0.3 miles) west. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Paul | Listed building, Grade II* | 520 m (0.3 miles) west |
| File factory, 11 High Street | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Standing cross at the Church of St Mary | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Willow Garth moated site and fishpond, Ecclesfield | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Brush House Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Lee Shrogs Wood | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Cinder Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
| Woolley Wood | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Lady Clough | Valley | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 29 | 30 |
1 of the street's 30 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Sheffield: see them on the Sheffield page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monteney Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 560 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Hartley Brook Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Ecclesfield Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 840 m (0.5 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Beck Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Lift Firth Park | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Hatfield Academy | Primary | 5–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Southey Green Nursery & Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Longley Park Sixth Form Academy | 16 plus | 16–19 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Mansel Primary | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Yewlands Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Mercia Northridge School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier - Colley Road News & Booze S5 9GT | Retailers - other | 160 m | 4 Good | 18 Jun 2025 |
| Colley Road Post Office S5 9GT | Retailers - other | 160 m | 4 Good | 29 Jan 2020 |
| Ecco Tap Bar S5 9GR | Pub/bar/nightclub | 190 m | 5 Very good | 24 Feb 2026 |
| Ecco cafe S5 9GR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 190 m | 4 Good | 8 Dec 2025 |
| Valeo Ltd S5 9GS | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 290 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jan 2020 |
| Dickory Dock Nursery S5 9JT | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 340 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jan 2020 |
| St Pauls Church S5 9JH | Other catering premises | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 4 Nov 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 45 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 19 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 |
| Public order | 7 |
| Other crime | 5 |
| Possession of weapons | 3 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Drugs | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Martin Crescent (22); On or near High Greave (18); On or near Strawberry Avenue (16); On or near Knowle Road (14); On or near Colley Crescent (10).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 49% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 20% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 43% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 13% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 66% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 14% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 14% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 31% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- S5 9GA: 30 addresses
Nearby streets
Strawberry Avenue · Tunwell Avenue · Hillside Avenue · Colley Road · Tunwell Greave · Martin Crescent · Colley Crescent · High Greave Court · Rokeby Road · Cross Hill · High Greave Avenue · Orchard Crescent
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.