S postcode area

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Sheffield postcode area
S
Postcode area	S
Postcode area name	Sheffield
Post towns	8
Postcode districts	55
Postcode sectors	248
Postcodes (live)	33,053
Postcodes (total)	47,087
Statistics as at February 2012[1]

The S postcode area, also known as the Sheffield postcode area,^[2] is a group of postcode districts in and around eight settlements with post town status: Barnsley, Chesterfield, Dronfield, Hope Valley, Mexborough, Rotherham, Sheffield and Worksop in England. Of these Dronfield and Mexborough have one postal district.

Currently the area has 49 non-sequentially numbered postal districts, three of which are 'non-geographical' being for bulk users in Sheffield and Rotherham.

The city of Sheffield which is the only city in Yorkshire and the Humber to have a single-digit designation for its postcode, is centred on the sequentially numbered districts from S1 to S14.

History

There was originally an S sector of the London postal district, which was abolished in 1868.

Similarly, there were also S-prefixed postal districts in the compass-based system used in Glasgow: the former S1, S2, S3 and S4 areas on the South Side of Glasgow now have postcodes from G41 to G44.

The S20 district was formerly numbered S19; S21, S25 and S26 were formerly numbered S31, while S32 to S36 were formerly numbered S30.

The S64 district, Mexborough, was earmarked for use as DN13 which has never been used, see DN postcode area.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area
S1	SHEFFIELD	Sheffield City Centre	Sheffield
S2	SHEFFIELD	Arbourthorne, Heeley, Highfield, Manor, Norfolk Park, Wybourn, Park Hill	Sheffield
S3	SHEFFIELD	Broomhall, Burngreave, Neepsend, Netherthorpe	Sheffield
S4	SHEFFIELD	Grimesthorpe, Pitsmoor	Sheffield
S5	SHEFFIELD	Firth Park, Fir Vale, Longley, Shirecliffe, Shiregreen, Southey Green, Parson Cross	Sheffield
S6	SHEFFIELD	Bradfield, Dungworth, Hillsborough, Holdworth, Hollow Meadows, Loxley, Malin Bridge, Middlewood, Stannington, Storrs, Upperthorpe, Walkley, Wadsley Bridge, Wisewood, Wadsley, Fox Hill,	Sheffield
S7	SHEFFIELD	Abbeydale, Carter Knowle, Nether Edge, Millhouses	Sheffield
S8	SHEFFIELD	Batemoor, Beauchief, Greenhill, Jordanthorpe, Lowedges, Meersbrook, Norton, Norton Lees, Woodseats	Sheffield
S9	SHEFFIELD	Attercliffe, Brightside, Darnall, Meadowhall, Tinsley, Wincobank	Sheffield
S10	SHEFFIELD	Broomhill, Broomhall, Crookes, Crookesmoor, Crosspool, Fulwood, Ranmoor	Sheffield
S11	SHEFFIELD	Ecclesall, Endcliffe Park, Ecclesall Road, Greystones, Hunter's Bar, Millhouses, Sharrow Vale, Nether Edge, Whirlow, Brincliffe	Sheffield
S12	SHEFFIELD	Birley, Gleadless, Gleadless Townend, Frecheville, Hackenthorpe, Intake, Ridgeway	North East Derbyshire, Sheffield
S13	SHEFFIELD	Fence, Handsworth, Richmond, Woodhouse	Rotherham, Sheffield
S14	SHEFFIELD	Gleadless Valley	Sheffield
S17	SHEFFIELD	Dore, Totley, Bradway	Sheffield
S18	DRONFIELD	Coal Aston, Dronfield, Dronfield Woodhouse, Holmesfield, Unstone	North East Derbyshire
S19	Renumbered to S20
S20	SHEFFIELD	Beighton, Crystal Peaks, Halfway, Mosborough, Owlthorpe, Sothall, Waterthorpe, Westfield,	Sheffield
S21	SHEFFIELD	Eckington, Killamarsh, Renishaw, Spinkhill	North East Derbyshire
S25	SHEFFIELD	Anston, Dinnington, Laughton-en-le-Morthen	Rotherham
S26	SHEFFIELD	Aston, Aughton, Harthill, Kiveton Park, Swallownest, Todwick, Wales	Rotherham
S30	Renumbered to S32, S33, S35, S36
S31	Renumbered to S21, S25, S26
S32	HOPE VALLEY	Calver, Eyam, Grindleford, Hathersage, Stoney Middleton	Derbyshire Dales
S33	HOPE VALLEY	Bamford, Bradwell, Castleton, Edale, Hope, Yorkshire Bridge	High Peak
S35	SHEFFIELD	Chapeltown, Crane Moor, Ecclesfield, Grenoside, High Green, Oughtibridge, Thurgoland, Wharncliffe Side, Wortley	Sheffield
S36	SHEFFIELD	Penistone, Thurlstone, Millhouse Green, Oxspring, Stocksbridge, Deepcar Bolsterstone	Barnsley, Sheffield
S40	CHESTERFIELD	Central and West Chesterfield, Brampton	Chesterfield
S41	CHESTERFIELD	Hasland, North Chesterfield, Old Whittington	Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire
S42	CHESTERFIELD	Holymoorside, Grassmoor, North Wingfield, Tupton, Wingerworth, Mastin Moor,	Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire
S43	CHESTERFIELD	Brimington, Barlborough, Clowne, Inkersall Green, Staveley	Bolsover, Chesterfield
S44	CHESTERFIELD	Bolsover, Calow, Sutton-cum-Duckmanton, Scarcliffe	Bolsover, North East Derbyshire
S45	CHESTERFIELD	Ashover, Clay Cross, Pilsley	North East Derbyshire
S49	CHESTERFIELD	Bulk users
S60	ROTHERHAM	Brinsworth, Catcliffe, Canklow, Clifton Central Rotherham, Masbrough, Moorgate, Treeton, Whiston	Rotherham
S61	ROTHERHAM	Greasbrough, Kimberworth, Rockingham, Thorpe Hesley, Munsborough, Scholes, Ferham	Rotherham
S62	ROTHERHAM	Rawmarsh, Wentworth, Parkgate	Rotherham
S63	ROTHERHAM	Bolton-on-Dearne, Goldthorpe, Thurnscoe, Wath-on-Dearne, West Melton	Barnsley, Rotherham
S64	MEXBOROUGH	Mexborough, Swinton, Kilnhurst, Adwick Upon Dearne	Doncaster, Rotherham
S65	ROTHERHAM	Herringthorpe, Hooton Roberts, Ravenfield, Thrybergh, East Dene
S66	ROTHERHAM	Bramley Hellaby, Maltby, Thurcroft, Wickersley, Braithwell	Rotherham
S70	BARNSLEY	Central Barnsley, Birdwell, Stairfoot, Worsborough, Kendray	Barnsley
S71	BARNSLEY	Ardsley, Athersley, Monk Bretton, Lundwood, Royston	Barnsley
S72	BARNSLEY	Brierley, Cudworth, Grimethorpe, Shafton, South Hiendley	Barnsley, City of Wakefield
S73	BARNSLEY	Brampton, Darfield, Wombwell, Hemingfield	Barnsley, Rotherham
S74	BARNSLEY SHEFFIELD	Elsecar, Hoyland, Jump, Blacker Hill	Barnsley Sheffield
S75	BARNSLEY	Barugh Green, Cawthorne, Darton, Dodworth, Gawber, Mapplewell, Pogmoor, Staincross, Wilthorpe, Tankersley, Kexborough	Barnsley
S80	WORKSOP	Creswell, Thorpe Salvin, South Worksop, Whitwell	Bassetlaw, Bolsover, Rotherham
S81	WORKSOP	Blyth, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Langold, North Worksop, Shireoaks, Woodsetts	Bassetlaw, Rotherham
S95	SHEFFIELD	Bulk users
S96	SHEFFIELD	Bulk users
S97	ROTHERHAM, SHEFFIELD	Bulk users
S98	SHEFFIELD	Bulk users
S99	SHEFFIELD	Jobcentre Plus	non-geographic

Map

S postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby DE, DN, HD, NG, SK and WF postcode areas.

See also

• Postcode Address File
• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

References

1. "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. February 2012. Table 2. Retrieved 21 April 2012. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
2. Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

External links

• Royal Mail's Postcode Address File
• A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)