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S3

Outer Postcode Area • 859 Postcodes
Sheffield·Yorkshire and The Humber·England
Sheffield 53.3867°N, 1.4732°W
43
43/100Overall Score
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Boundary Map

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Commercial & Retail Operator Lens Official open data

Commercial location facts for S3

Local facts for retail and business operators: residents, deprivation, nearby food businesses, noise and planning constraints.

Deprivation decile
—

English IoD 2025, 10 = least deprived

Food businesses (1 km)
300

Food Standards Agency register

Daytime road noise
—

Not on the Defra noise map

Planning constraints
None recorded

Use class rights depend on the premises: check with the council

Local facts for businesses

Official figures for S3. Footfall, spending and rents are not measured here.

Fastest broadband available
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)
Ofcom

Food and drink businesses within 1 km

  • Restaurants and cafés153
  • Takeaways24
  • Pubs and bars48
  • Food shops and supermarkets51

Food Standards Agency register of inspected premises.

Planning constraints

planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC) & Historic England

Moderate constraint level
Article 4 direction
Not published
Conservation area
Not published
Furnace Hill
Listed buildings within 100m
1
Nearest: Grade II KUTRITE WORKS, 73m
Official record
Tree preservation zone
Not published
  • Sheffield has not published Article 4 direction areas to planning.data.gov.uk, so they could not be checked.
  • Sheffield has not published conservation areas to planning.data.gov.uk, so they could not be checked.
  • 1 listed building(s) within 100m (nearest: Grade II KUTRITE WORKS, 73m). Work affecting their setting may need extra consent.

Spatial screening uses the postcode centroid. Properties on boundaries must be checked against the council’s own maps.

Noise Pollution & Airport Flight Paths

Defra Strategic Noise Mapping (Agglomerations & Major Transport)

Data Unavailable Tranquillity Unrated
Road Traffic Noise (Day)
Unmeasured
Night: Unmeasured
Railway Noise (Lden)
Unmeasured
Outside mapped rail corridor
Nearest licensed airport
Retford Gamston Airport
36.6 km in a straight line (EGNE)
Flight Path Impact
Unavailable
CAA corridors unmeasured
Data Limitation: Official Defra noise mapping data has not been ingested for this location.

Data quality: Aggregated across 859 constituent postcodes

859 official/live sections, 0 fallback sections, 0 missing or limited sections. Generated 5 Oct 2026, 15:16.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Official open-data answers about safety, schools, connectivity, and living in S3.

Is S3 a good place to live?

S3 in Sheffield scores 42.9/100 overall in the Postcodewise area report, which combines safety, schools, transport, housing, demographics, environment and connectivity from official open data.

What is the crime rate in S3?

The S3 report shows recent police-recorded crime levels and trends in Sheffield, sourced from Police.uk street-level data.

What schools are near S3?

The S3 schools report lists nearby primary and secondary schools with Ofsted-linked ratings and distances.

How well connected is S3?

The S3 report covers nearby transport links, broadband speeds and mobile coverage for the area.

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