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City Centre, Sheffield

Inside the City Centre boundary: 805 upcoming events, 245 classes, 64 businesses, 23 places, 113 charities.

Also known as Town Centre, Heart of the City.

Sheffield city centre runs from the station and Sheaf Square up through the Peace Gardens, Fargate and Barker's Pool to the Cathedral, with the Moor and Devonshire Street either side. The Crucible and Lyceum theatres sit on Tudor Square, City Hall faces Barker's Pool, and the Winter Garden and Millennium Gallery link the two. Most of the city's biggest gigs, markets, festivals and seasonal events land here, and it is where the tram lines meet.

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Halloween Boomchikkaboom Family Rave

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 · 10am

Halloween family rave for 0 to 10 year olds with dance routines, parachute games and bubbles. Free, booked via Eventbrite.

Event

Sheffield Audio Tour: Crucible and Hull

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 · 12 noon

Sheffield's cutlery and steel walked the world, and behind every Old Sheffield Plate teapot and stainless dinner knife stood a courtyard yard, a wet

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Sheffield Audio Tour: Iconic Heart

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 · 12 noon

Beneath Sheffield's grand City Hall pillars and tram-rattled High Street, secrets still swirl in the open air-where revolution, riot, and the rhythm

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CASA | Halloween

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 · 9pm

Casa your student party lands at Manahatta! Strictly RnB and our promise is good vibes all night long!

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FearFest 2026

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 · 5pm

The UKs biggest Halloween Rave is back for 2026!! Grab your early HALFPRICE tickets NOW!

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Tim Burton’s Universe by Mystery Ensemble

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 · 7pm

Welcome to the fantastical worlds of Tim Burton! We invite you to celebrate this Halloween on a journey through the music that made it unforgettable!

Classes and regular sessions

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Zumba Gold

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 · 10.45am

Takes the Zumba formula and modifies the moves and pacing to suit the needs of the active older participant, as well as those just starting their…

Businesses and places

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Charities based here

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Church Burgesses Trust

11 Sep 2026

The Trust makes grants:to support general charitable purposes for the benefit of the people of Sheffield, and to support the religious and other charitable work of…

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The Hounsfield Pensions Charity

11 Sep 2026

To provide pensions for men, unmarried women and widows aged 50 or over who are members of the established Church of England, in reduced, needy or…

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Voluntary Action Sheffield

11 Sep 2026

Local infrastructre organisation providing a range of services to voluntary and community organisations, including training, specialist advice (including legal, HR, volunteering, ICT) accountancy, payroll, supporting partnership…

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Sheffield Town Trust

11 Sep 2026

A grant making charity whose charitable objects are charitable and public uses within the city of Sheffield. The trust is not empowered to make grants to…

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Poor’S Land

11 Sep 2026

The general objective of this charity is relief of those in need in the old Ecclesall township. Modest grants are offered to the old and needy…

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The Guild of St George

11 Sep 2026

Promote the advancement of education & training in the field of rural economy, industrial design and craftsmanship, and appreciation of the arts in accordance with the…

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Sheffield Theatres Trust

11 Sep 2026

Sheffield Theatres is a large theatre complex comprising of 3 venues, producing and receiving work in buildings run by one management, touring and transferring productions nationally…

Scorecard 1 card

How City Centre scores

Overall 66 out of 100, ranked 18 of 147 neighbourhoods, from 6 of 7 dimensions. Each score is a percentile rank against the other neighbourhoods, not a measurement.

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City Centre scorecard: seven dimensions from 0 at the centre to 100 at the edgeQuiet 5Green 16Connected 98Affordable 80Safe –Lively 100Served 99
  • 5Quiet 3 inputs
  • 16Green 4 inputs
  • 98Connected 5 inputs
  • 80Affordable 3 inputs
  • –Safe not scored
  • 100Lively 4 inputs
  • 99Served 7 inputs
How these scores are worked out

Each input is a percentile rank: the share of the other neighbourhoods this one is at least as good as (direction per input). A dimension is the percentile rank of the mean of its available input ranks and needs at least two inputs; the overall score is the mean of the scored dimensions. Points are placed by point-in-polygon against the Data for Action boundaries; per-head figures use Census 2021 residents for neighbourhoods with their own census areas; noise shares sample an even grid of points inside each polygon against the Defra Lden bands; distances are straight lines from the polygon centre. City Centre covers 0.52 km² with 1,469 residents (Census 2021); noise was sampled at 72 points.

Inputs behind the City Centre scorecard
DimensionInputValueRankBetterSourceLicence
QuietSampled points inside a Defra road-noise band (55 dB Lden and over)8.3%21lowernoiseOpen Government Licence v3.0
QuietSampled points inside a Defra rail-noise band (55 dB Lden and over)6.9%6lowernoiseOpen Government Licence v3.0
QuietDaily vehicles at DfT count points inside the boundary (sum of AADT; 0 when no counted major road is inside)86,636 vehicles a day7lowerroadsOpen Government Licence v3.0
GreenNature and green sites inside the boundary: Natural England reserves, SSSIs, ancient woodland and open access land, plus council historic parks0 per km²49higherland, council_moreOpen Government Licence v3.0
GreenCouncil community-forestry trees planted inside the boundary0 per km²43highercouncil_moreOpen Government Licence v3.0
GreenRecent wildlife observations inside the boundary (iNaturalist and GBIF; counts only)1.92 per km²88highernaturePer record: CC0, CC BY or CC BY-NC
GreenPlaygrounds, sports pitches and dog parks on OpenStreetMap0.68 per 1,000 residents31higherosm_amenitiesODbL 1.0
ConnectedNaPTAN bus and coach stops inside the boundary136.02 per km²100highernaptanOpen Government Licence v3.0
ConnectedNaPTAN bus and coach stops inside the boundary48.33 per 1,000 residents100highernaptanOpen Government Licence v3.0
ConnectedStraight-line distance from the neighbourhood centre to the nearest tram stop316 m89lowernaptanOpen Government Licence v3.0
ConnectedStraight-line distance from the neighbourhood centre to the nearest rail station entrance322 m99lowernaptanOpen Government Licence v3.0
ConnectedPremises able to get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations)60.7%7higherconnectivityOpen Government Licence v3.0
AffordableMedian sold price over the last twelve months (standard sales, at least five)£130,25089lowerpricepaidOpen Government Licence v3.0
AffordableMedian sold price against the Sheffield median for the same mix of property types (1.0 = Sheffield)0.9349lowerpricepaidOpen Government Licence v3.0
AffordableMedian sold price of a terraced house (at least five sales)– Fewer than five sales in the window.–lowerpricepaidOpen Government Licence v3.0
AffordableHouseholds renting (council, other social and private), Census 2021, as a proxy for rented supply87.0%98highercensus_moreOpen Government Licence v3.0
SafeRecorded street-level crimes over the last twelve months– No street-level crime rows are stored.–lowerpoliceOpen Government Licence v3.0
SafeViolence and sexual offences over the last twelve months– No street-level crime rows are stored.–lowerpoliceOpen Government Licence v3.0
SafeBurglaries over the last twelve months– No street-level crime rows are stored.–lowerpoliceOpen Government Licence v3.0
SafeAnti-social behaviour reports over the last twelve months– No street-level crime rows are stored.–lowerpoliceOpen Government Licence v3.0
SafeThe stored police data holds neighbourhood meetings and priorities only; street-level crime counts are deliberately not stored, so no neighbourhood has a safety score yet.
LivelyUpcoming events and classes on Sheffield Events located inside the boundary729.07 per 1,000 residents100higherneighbourhoodsCC BY 4.0 (Sheffield Events listings inside Data for Action boundaries)
LivelyBusinesses and places in the Sheffield Events directory located inside the boundary59.22 per 1,000 residents100higherneighbourhoodsCC BY 4.0 (Sheffield Events listings inside Data for Action boundaries)
LivelyReal ale pubs on OpenStreetMap2.72 per 1,000 residents100higherosm_amenitiesODbL 1.0
LivelyCommunity centres on OpenStreetMap2.04 per 1,000 residents99higherosm_amenitiesODbL 1.0
ServedStraight-line distance from the neighbourhood centre to the nearest GP practice (NHS ODS)233 m84lowernhsOpen Government Licence v3.0
ServedCommunity pharmacies inside the boundary (NHS ODS)0.68 per 1,000 residents100highernhsOpen Government Licence v3.0
ServedOpen primary and all-through schools inside the boundary (Get Information about Schools)0 per 1,000 under-15s34higherschoolsOpen Government Licence v3.0
ServedStraight-line distance from the neighbourhood centre to the nearest library (Sheffield City Council)28 m100lowercouncilOpen Government Licence v3.0
ServedPublic defibrillators on OpenStreetMap inside the boundary42.15 per km²100higherosm_amenitiesODbL 1.0
ServedPublic toilets inside the boundary (OpenStreetMap and the Toilet Map)47.89 per km²100higherosm_amenitiesODbL 1.0 and CC BY 4.0
ServedElectric vehicle chargers on OpenStreetMap inside the boundary1.92 per km²94higherosm_amenitiesODbL 1.0

Areas like this

Neighbourhood scorecards by Sheffield Events, CC BY 4.0, derived from Defra noise mapping, DfT traffic counts, Natural England, Sheffield City Council, iNaturalist and GBIF, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the Toilet Map, NaPTAN, Ofcom, HM Land Registry, ONS Census 2021, NHS ODS, Get Information about Schools and the Data for Action neighbourhood boundaries; each input keeps its own licence. CC BY 4.0 · All data sources · Download the scores (API)

Living here 6 cards

Travel, homes, origins, faith, qualifications and health for the 1,469 residents of City Centre, with the Sheffield figure beside each, from 1 census area.

Most common way to work
Working from home 38.5% Sheffield Driving 45.2%
Owner-occupied homes
13% Sheffield 58.6%
Households without a car
74.3% Sheffield 29.2%
Born outside the UK
51% Sheffield 14.9%
Most common answer on religion
No religion 54.7% Sheffield No religion 43.4%
Degree-level qualified, 16 and over
53% Sheffield 33.4%
In very good health
52.9% Sheffield 46.7%
How people in City Centre got to work, Census 2021
How people in City Centre got to work, Census 2021Share of workers in each group, with the Sheffield share beneath each bar.City CentreSheffieldDriving14.2%45.2%Walking25.4%8.5%Bus8.6%7.4%Working from home38.5%28.8%Car passenger1.6%4.4%Cycling0.5%1.5%Tram3.2%1.1%Train4.2%0.7%Taxi1.9%1.2%Motorbike0.3%0.3%Other1.6%1%
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How people in City Centre got to work, Census 2021
MethodCity CentreSheffield
Driving14.2%45.2%
Walking25.4%8.5%
Bus8.6%7.4%
Working from home38.5%28.8%
Car passenger1.6%4.4%
Cycling0.5%1.5%
Tram3.2%1.1%
Train4.2%0.7%
Taxi1.9%1.2%
Motorbike0.3%0.3%
Other1.6%1%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, via Nomis, Open Government Licence v3.0. Neighbourhood figures sum the census areas whose population-weighted centres (ONS Open Geography, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026) fall inside each boundary. Census 2021 on Nomis · All data sources

Deprivation here

1 small area (LSOA) has its population centre inside this boundary; its average IMD 2019 decile is 4.0 (1 is most deprived, 10 least).

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0%in England's most deprived 10% (Sheffield 24%)
0%in England's least deprived 10% (Sheffield 10%)

Deprivation: English Indices of Deprivation 2019 by LSOA (MHCLG) with ONS population-weighted centroids, Open Government Licence v3.0. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of England. Indices of Deprivation 2019 · ONS Open Geography Portal · All data sources

Schools here

1 open nursery, school or college whose registered position is inside this boundary, from the Department for Education register.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Get Information About Schools, Department for Education. Checked 14 Oct 2026. Get Information About Schools

Ofcom Connected Nations 2025

Broadband and mobile in City Centre

1,680 premises in 4 census output areas whose population centres fall inside this boundary, as reported to Ofcom for July 2025.

Fixed broadband availability

Gigabit-capable
61% Sheffield 93%
300 Mbit/s or faster
61% Sheffield 94%
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or faster)
61% Sheffield 98%
Cannot get 10 Mbit/s
0% Sheffield 0%
Below the broadband USO
0% Sheffield 0%

Mobile signal

Mobile coverage is published for Sheffield as a whole: outdoor 4G from all four operators reaches 99.8% of premises, 5G from at least one operator 99.7%, and a good outdoor 4G or 5G signal from every operator 96.1%.

Availability means a service could be ordered at the address in July 2025; it is not a measured speed. Data edition: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, published 19 November 2025.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 data downloads (data for July 2025, published 19 November 2025), Ofcom copyright, reproduced under Ofcom's terms of use and the Open Government Licence v3.0. Output areas placed with ONS Open Geography lookups and population-weighted centroids, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 data · All data sources

Homes and prices

What sold in City Centre

Completed sales registered from 27 Oct 2025 to 28 Aug 2026. 14 standard sales inside this boundary.

Median price
£130,250
Middle half of sales
£84,250 to £158,750
Sheffield median
£215,000
Flat or maisonette
£130,250 14 sales

Most recent registered sales

  • Jul 2026 Pinstone Street Flat or maisonette, leasehold £133,000
  • Jun 2026 Pinstone Street Flat or maisonette, leasehold £91,000
  • Jun 2026 Rockingham Street Flat or maisonette, leasehold £82,000
  • Jun 2026 Cross Burgess Street Flat or maisonette, leasehold £240,000
  • May 2026 Cross Burgess Street Flat or maisonette, leasehold £275,000
  • Apr 2026 St Pauls Square Flat or maisonette, leasehold £94,500
  • Mar 2026 Holly Street Flat or maisonette, leasehold £215,000
  • Mar 2026 St Pauls Square Flat or maisonette, leasehold £155,000

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Medians use standard sales only; the Land Registry’s additional category (for example buy-to-let and repossessions) is excluded. These are actual registered sales, not the mix-adjusted UK House Price Index estimate. Data is published one to two months in arrears and does not include every sale. Checked 25 Oct 2026. Price Paid Data · All data sources

1,469 residents in 663 household, from 1 census area whose population centre falls inside this boundary.

Ages

Under 15
4% Sheffield 17%
15 to 24
50% Sheffield 16%
25 to 44
38% Sheffield 26%
45 to 64
7% Sheffield 24%
65 and over
2% Sheffield 17%

Homes

Owned
13% Sheffield 59%
Social rented
17% Sheffield 23%
Private rented
70% Sheffield 19%
One-person households
59% Sheffield 33%
Detached
0% Sheffield 15%
Semi-detached
0% Sheffield 38%
Terraced
0% Sheffield 26%
Flats
99% Sheffield 21%

Work and study, residents aged 16 and over

In work
44% Sheffield 53%
Full-time students
55% Sheffield 14%
Retired
2% Sheffield 20%
Unemployed
7% Sheffield 4%

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Census 2021 tables via Nomis; population-weighted centroids from ONS Open Geography, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census 2021 on Nomis · All data sources

People and health 3 cards

Pharmacy hours here

The usual opening hours of the NHS pharmacies placed in this neighbourhood, from the Consolidated Pharmaceutical List. Bank holidays differ; ring ahead for anything urgent.

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  • Boots 4-6 High Street S1 1QF · Thursday 08:00-18:00 · Closed, opens 08:00 today

Pharmacy opening hours from the Consolidated Pharmaceutical List, NHS Business Services Authority, Open Government Licence v3.0. List published 29 Jul 2026. Checked 12 Oct 2026.

1 GP practice has its registered address in this neighbourhood, with 5,607 patients on its list in October 2026. That is -133 on the month before. Patients register where they choose, so a list is not the neighbourhood's population.

Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence (Open Government Licence). Checked 26 Oct 2026. Patients registered at a GP practice · All data sources

NHS services here

GP practices, pharmacies and dentists whose postcode centre is inside this boundary, from the NHS organisation register. For urgent help call 999 or 111.

All places that help

GP practices, pharmacies and dentists: NHS England Organisation Data Service, Open Government Licence v3.0. Locations are postcode centres. Register checked 25 Oct 2026.

Getting around 4 cards

Traffic counted here

3 DfT count points inside this boundary. Busiest: A61 A61 merge to B6070 Park Square with 37,531 motor vehicles a day in 2025. Quietest: A61 Shoreham St to Fornham St with 20,667. Most cyclists counted: A61 A61 merge to B6070 Park Square, 377 a day.

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Annual average daily flows: Department for Transport road traffic statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Estimated points are modelled from earlier counts. Sources: DfT road traffic statistics

Department for Transport STATS19

Road collisions here, 2021 to 2025

66 road collisions with someone hurt were recorded in this neighbourhood, 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 28 serious and 37 slight. 40 pedestrians and 6 cyclists were among the 74 people hurt. Fatal collisions are counted, not placed on the map.

Collisions
66
Fatal
1
Serious
28
Slight
37
People hurt
74
Pedestrians hurt
40
Cyclists hurt
6
  • 2021: 0 fatal, 4 serious, 8 slight13 hurt (pedestrians 7, cyclists 1)
  • 2022: 0 fatal, 6 serious, 6 slight14 hurt (pedestrians 6, cyclists 1)
  • 2023: 0 fatal, 7 serious, 6 slight14 hurt (pedestrians 9, cyclists 1)
  • 2024: 1 fatal, 3 serious, 6 slight11 hurt (pedestrians 7, cyclists 1)
  • 2025: 0 fatal, 8 serious, 11 slight22 hurt (pedestrians 11, cyclists 2)

Road collisions across Sheffield · On the Local Map

Road collision data from the Department for Transport (STATS19 road safety open data), Open Government Licence v3.0 Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Road safety open data · All data sources

National Cycle Network

Signed cycle routes here

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1.8 km of the National Cycle Network pass through this neighbourhood (Route 6).

  • 11 segments Route 61.8 km in Sheffield · 62% traffic-free · 100% lit · mostly block paving, asphalt, paving slabs

National Cycle Network data from the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (formerly Sustrans) under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights 2018. Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 26 Oct 2026. The dataset on ArcGIS · All data sources

Office of Rail and Road

By rail, April 2024 to March 2025

Sheffield station saw an estimated 10.3 million entries and exits from April 2024 to March 2025, ranked 49 of 2,586 stations in Great Britain. These are estimates built from ticket sales, not counts at the gates: a return trip from a station counts there as one entry and one exit, and journeys on South Yorkshire's local tickets are added from local data.

Entries and exits
10,315,220
Rank in Great Britain
49
Interchanges
937,768
On season tickets
6%
On the year before
+9%
  • Sheffield: 10,315,220 entries and exits, ranked 49 of 2,586 stations in Great BritainBusiest connection Manchester Piccadilly (898,646 journeys); 937,768 interchanges; run by East Midlands Railway; +9% on the year before

Sheffield's stations compared

Estimates of station usage from the Office of Rail and Road, Open Government Licence v3.0. Station points from DfT NaPTAN. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Estimates of station usage · All data sources

Environment and sky 10 cards

Noise here

About 11% of this area is mapped at 55 dB or more from road traffic; the loudest band here is 75 dB or more, covering about 2%. About 7% of this area is mapped at 55 dB or more from railways; the loudest band here is 70 to 75 dB, covering about 5%.

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Noise bands: Defra strategic noise mapping, England Round 3 (2017), Lden. © Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs copyright and/or database right. Open Government Licence v3.0. Shares are estimated from a grid of sample points inside the boundary.

Rain and rivers here

Nearest rain gauge: Ringinglow, 5.9 km away. 59.6 mm of rain in the last 7 days, wettest day Saturday 24 Oct with 27.3 mm.

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Rainfall and river levels: Environment Agency Hydrology API, Open Government Licence v3.0. Daily rain totals run to 09:00 and can lag a day or two; levels are unchecked telemetry, not a flood forecast. Environment Agency

Storm overflows here

2 monitored storm overflows inside this boundary. None is discharging now or has in the last 48 hours.

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  • 🟢 Not discharging River Sheaf Not discharging · last discharge ended 28 Aug 00:46
  • 🟢 Not discharging River Sheaf Not discharging · last discharge ended 24 Oct 18:58

Storm overflow status: Yorkshire Water Event Duration Monitoring open data, CC BY 4.0. Monitor readings are indicative and can lag by up to an hour.

Air quality here

No sensor inside this boundary; the nearest is shown.

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  • Within WHO guideline Sensor 21258 PM2.5 6.4, PM10 21.3 µg/m³ · 2.0 km from the centre of the area · read 29 Oct 04:53

Citizen air quality readings from Sensor.Community contributors, ODbL. Low-cost sensors, uncalibrated; bands follow the WHO 2021 24-hour guidelines. Sensor.Community

British Geological Survey

The ground beneath City Centre

At the centre of City Centre the bedrock is the Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation: mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete, Carboniferous, Langsettian (Westphalian A), about 316 to 314 million years ago, on the BGS 1:625 000 bedrock map (unit PSLCM). The 1:625 000 map is a regional overview generalised from more detailed sheets: it describes the ground under a neighbourhood as a whole and is not a site investigation.

Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 10 Oct 2026. BGS Geology 625k bedrock · All data sources

Recorded flood outlines

Floods recorded here

The Environment Agency has mapped 3 floods reaching part of City Centre / Town Centre / Heart of the City, the earliest in 1973. The outlines show where water got to those times, not where it will go next, and floods that nobody surveyed are not recorded.

  • June 2007 Surface Water Flooding Yorkshire15 to 25 Jun 2007 · 1 outline · other
  • December 1991 – Sheffield21 to 31 Dec 1991 · 3 outlines · main river · obstruction or blockage: debris screen
  • July 1973 – R.Sheaf Sheffield15 to 31 Jul 1973 · 3 outlines · main river · channel capacity exceeded

The outlines on the Local Map · Today's river levels

Recorded Flood Outlines, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Recorded Flood Outlines dataset · All data sources

Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace

Pitches, courts and greens here

Play spaces
1
Other sports grounds
1
Gates and entrances
7
  • Ponds Forge International Sports Centre · Sports ground2.1 ha · 6 entrances

Across Sheffield · On the Local Map

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. OS Open Greenspace, Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Dataset: OS Open Greenspace, 2026-04 release · All data sources

Mining Remediation Authority

Coal mining legacy here

About 33.2% of City Centre / Town Centre / Heart of the City, roughly 17.1 hectares, lies in a coal mining Development High Risk Area: recorded shafts, adits or shallow workings are at or near the surface, so new building there needs a coal mining risk assessment.

Land in a high risk area
33.2%about 17.1 hectares
Sheffield as a whole
17.1%

This is a planning designation drawn from recorded features, not a survey of any one property, and being in an area does not mean the ground there is unsafe. Buying or building? Ask the authority itself. Check if a property is affected by coal mining · Coal mining risk assessments for planning · Report a coal mine hazard (24 hours)

Contains Mining Remediation Authority data, Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 26 Oct 2026. Dataset: Coal mining Development High Risk Area · All data sources

Wildlife recorded here

1 dated observation inside this boundary in the last twelve months, from GBIF and iNaturalist. Each is a sighting on the day shown by the person credited; it is not a guarantee that the species is still there.

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  • Plant Common Nettle Urtica dioica 27 Jan 2026 · User 928516 · GBIF, CC BY-NC 4.0

Wildlife observations: GBIF occurrence records and iNaturalist research-grade observations, each under its own licence (CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0) with the recorder and dataset credited. They are dated sightings, not a species list.

Benches and geocaches here

3 memorial benches with their inscriptions from OpenBenches, at recorded positions inside this boundary.

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Benches: OpenBenches, CC BY-SA 4.0. Inscriptions are as recorded by contributors; photos belong to their uploaders and are linked, never copied. Sources: OpenBenches

Heritage and culture 3 cards

On Wikipedia and Commons

64 Wikipedia articles, placed inside this boundary.

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  • Barker's Pool Barker's Pool is a public city square and street in the centre of Sheffield, England.
  • Cathedral Church of St Marie, Sheffield The Cathedral Church of St Marie is the Roman Catholic cathedral in Sheffield, England.
  • City of Sheffield The City of Sheffield is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England.
  • Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire is a trade guild of metalworkers based in Sheffield, England.
  • Crucible Theatre The Crucible Theatre, or simply The Crucible, is a theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which opened in 1971.
  • Cutlers' Hall Cutlers' Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Sheffield, England, that is the headquarters of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire.
  • Diocese of Hallam The Diocese of Hallam (Latin: Dioecesis Hallamensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in England.
  • Diocese of Sheffield The Diocese of Sheffield is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York.
  • Dyson House Dyson House was a building which was part of Sheffield Hallam University's city campus in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
  • Fargate Fargate is a pedestrian precinct and shopping area in Sheffield, England.
  • All 64 articles on the map

Article titles and extracts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; each links to its article. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under the free licence shown with each one; thumbnails are linked, not copied. Sources: Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons

Landmarks and heritage

129 listed buildings, landmarks and plaques whose recorded position is inside this boundary, from Wikidata and Open Plaques.

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Heritage and landmarks: Wikidata, CC0; Wikipedia text CC BY-SA. Plaques: Open Plaques, Public Domain (PDDL 1.0). Listed-building grades are as recorded on Wikidata; check the National Heritage List entry before relying on them.

Museums and galleries here

3 museums and galleries inside this boundary.

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Museums from Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors). Listed building grades come from the Historic England National Heritage List under the Open Government Licence. Opening hours and admission come from OpenStreetMap and are only as current as the last local edit; check with the museum before you set off.

Council and democracy 6 cards

Council data for this area

What Sheffield City Council's open data records inside this boundary.

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Sheffield City Council open data, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Council open data hub

Planning applications here

23 applications lodged in the last 12 weeks, 13 still undecided.

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Planning applications: UK PlanIt, aggregated from Sheffield City Council. Check the council record before relying on any detail; documents are linked, never copied. UK PlanIt · All data sources

2 conservation areas cover part or all of this neighbourhood, so changes to buildings, trees and frontages there need extra care and often permission. 17 sites on the brownfield land register sit here, 2.8 hectares in all put forward for housing.

Contains planning.data.gov.uk data published by Sheffield City Council and neighbouring planning authorities under the Open Government Licence v3.0; conservation area boundaries © Historic England, containing Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right. Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 10 Oct 2026. planning.data.gov.uk · All data sources

Valuation Office Agency

Council tax bands here

The 1 small area (LSOA) whose population centre falls in this neighbourhood holds about 2,070 homes on the council tax list; 59% are in Band A, against 58% across Sheffield. The average full bill across these homes before discounts is about £1,863 a year in 2026-27, worked out from the Band D figure.

Share of homes by council tax band at 31 March 2026 (VOA, rounded to the nearest ten).
Council tax bands in City Centre compared with SheffieldEach bar splits the homes on the council tax list into Bands A, B, C, and D to H together.City Centre58.9%18.4%19.3%Sheffield58%16.3%12.7%13%Band ABand BBand CBands D to H
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Council tax bands in City Centre compared with Sheffield
AreaBand ABand BBand CBands D to H
City Centre58.9%18.4%19.3%3.4%
Sheffield58%16.3%12.7%13%
Homes
2,070
Band A
59%
Band B
18%
Band C
19%
Bands D to H
3%
  • Band A: 1,220 homes (58.9%)Valued up to £40,000 in 1991 · £1,673.44 full bill, 2026-27
  • Band B: 380 homes (18.4%)Valued £40,001 to £52,000 in 1991 · £1,952.35 full bill, 2026-27
  • Band C: 400 homes (19.3%)Valued £52,001 to £68,000 in 1991 · £2,231.25 full bill, 2026-27
  • Band D: 60 homes (2.9%)Valued £68,001 to £88,000 in 1991 · £2,510.16 full bill, 2026-27
  • Band E: 10 homes (0.5%)Valued £88,001 to £120,000 in 1991 · £3,067.97 full bill, 2026-27
  • Band F: 0 homes (0.0%)Valued £120,001 to £160,000 in 1991 · £3,625.79 full bill, 2026-27
  • Band G: 0 homes (0.0%)Valued £160,001 to £320,000 in 1991 · £4,183.60 full bill, 2026-27
  • Band H: 0 homes (0.0%)Valued over £320,000 in 1991 · £5,020.32 full bill, 2026-27

Council tax bands across Sheffield · On the Local Map

Council tax stock of properties (table CTSOP1.1) from the Valuation Office Agency, Open Government Licence v3.0 Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Valuation Office council tax statistics · Background notes · All data sources

Draft Sheffield Plan

Sites the plan allocates here

11 sites in this neighbourhood are allocated in the draft Sheffield Plan, with room for 621 new homes in all. It is a draft at Main Modifications stage with a further round of changes still to settle, so sites and numbers can change. About the Sheffield Plan

  • HC12 Midcity House 17, 23 Furnival Gate, 127-155 Pinstone Street And 44 Union Street, S1 4QRStrategic Housing Site · 298 homes · 0.16 ha · brownfield
  • SV08 Mecca Bingo, Flat Street, S1 2BAHousing Site · 121 homes · 0.20 ha · brownfield
  • HC18 50 High Street City Centre Sheffield S1 1PPHousing Site · 101 homes · 0.27 ha · brownfield
  • SV05 K.T Precision Engineering and land adjacent, Turner Street, S2 4ABMixed Use Site · 42 homes · 0.35 ha · brownfield
  • SV20 Former Head Post Office Fitzalan Square Sheffield S1 2BGHousing Site · 42 homes · 0.44 ha · brownfield
  • SV23 40-50 Castle Square Sheffield S1 2GFHousing Site · 17 homes · 0.09 ha · brownfield
  • HC01 Land at Carver Street and Carver Lane, S1 4FSStrategic Employment Site · Office · 0.37 ha · brownfield
  • HC02 Orchard Square Shopping Centre, S1 2FBEmployment Site · Retail · 0.61 ha · brownfield
  • HC06 113-125, Pinstone Street, S1 2HLMixed Use Site · Mixed Use · 0.08 ha · brownfield
  • SV02 Land at Midland Station, Cross Turner Street, S1 2BPStrategic Employment Site · Office · 0.53 ha · brownfield
  • SV03 Land at Harmer Lane and Sheaf Street, S1 2BSEmployment Site · Office · 0.15 ha · brownfield

Site allocations: Sheffield City Council, Main Modifications Sheffield Plan Policies Map, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Dataset: Site Allocation · All data sources

Council services here

Libraries, family hubs and housing offices whose published location is inside this boundary.

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National Lottery grant database

Lottery money in City ward

Awards filed to recipients in City ward, the ward this area sits in. Awards to individuals are counted in the figures and never named.

Awards since 1995
1,504
Awarded in total
£227.0m
Awards since 2022
262
Awarded since 2022
£37.7m

Latest awards to organisations here

  • South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority · £531,045South Yorkshire's People's Forest · The National Lottery Heritage Fund · 8 Sep 2026
  • The Counselling and Therapy Hub CIC · £20,000Peer Support and Training for Neurodivergent Adults · National Lottery Awards for All England · The National Lottery Community Fund · 3 Sep 2026
  • Roots Mbili Theatre · £250,000Theatre Breakthrough Fund (North) Stage Two Application · Theatre Breakthrough Fund (North) · Arts Council England · 27 Aug 2026

Lottery money across Sheffield

National Lottery grant data from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 28 Oct 2026. National Lottery grant database · Sheffield export (CSV) · All data sources

Office for National Statistics via Nomis

Work in this area

City Centre sits in City (Sheffield) ward. The claimant count is the number of people there on Universal Credit or Jobseeker's Allowance who are required to look for work, as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the ward series begins in January 2026.

Claimants in City (Sheffield) ward
845Sep 2026
Share of residents aged 16 to 64
3.1%Sep 2026
Sheffield
4.4%16,785 claimants, Sep 2026
Claimant rate in City (Sheffield) ward and across Sheffield, by month
Claimant rate in City (Sheffield) ward and across Sheffield, by monthClaimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64, each month since the ward series began.City (Sheffield)Sheffield01.12.23.34.4Jan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026Aug 2026Sep 2026
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Claimant rate in City (Sheffield) ward and across Sheffield, by month
MonthCity (Sheffield)Sheffield
Jan 20262.8 %4.2 %
Feb 20262.8 %4.3 %
Mar 20262.9 %4.3 %
Apr 20262.9 %4.3 %
May 20263 %4.3 %
Jun 20262.9 %4.3 %
Jul 20262.9 %4.3 %
Aug 20263.1 %4.3 %
Sep 20263.1 %4.4 %

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, via Nomis. Ward boundaries from ONS Open Geography, OGL v3.0. Checked 26 Oct 2026. Claimant count on Nomis · Nomis · All data sources

Sheffield City Council business rates

Rated business premises here

1,001 premises in City Centre / Town Centre / Heart of the City are on the business rates list, with a combined rateable value of £43,410,761.

Rated premises
1,001
Total rateable value
£43,410,761
Middle rateable value
£11,250
Shops and retail
256
Offices
332
Workshops, warehouses and industry
20
Pubs, restaurants, cafes and hotels
107

Commonest kinds

  • Offices And Premises329 premises
  • Shop And Premises215 premises
  • Car Parking Space And Premises186 premises
  • Restaurant And Premises37 premises
  • Public House And Premises33 premises

Streets with the most premises

  • Concourse Way, S1287 rated premises
  • Orchard Lane, S175 rated premises
  • Carver Street, S149 rated premises
  • Cambridge Street, S143 rated premises
  • Division Street, S140 rated premises
  • Fargate, S139 rated premises

Highest rateable values here

  1. Hsbc, Grosvenor House, 1 Wellington Street, S1 4NBOffices And Premises · rateable value £2,470,000 · rates paid by Hsbc Bank Plc
  2. 125 Norfolk Street, S1 2JEOffices And Premises · rateable value £1,380,000 · rates paid by Goverment Property Agency
  3. Howden House, Union Street, S1 2SHOffices And Premises (Local Government) · rateable value £1,360,000 · rates paid by Equitix (Howden House) Limited
  4. Cms, Grosvenor House, 1 Charter Square, S1 4NBOffices And Premises · rateable value £800,000 · rates paid by Cms Cameron Mckenna Nabarro Olswang Llp
  5. St Pauls Hotel, 119 Norfolk Street, S1 2JEHotel And Premises · rateable value £647,000 · rates paid by 1912 Hotels St Pauls Ltd

Business premises across Sheffield · On the Local Map

Business rates public dataset from Sheffield City Council via Data Mill North, Open Government Licence v3. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Business rates on Data Mill North · All data sources

1 company with an office in this neighbourhood was named in a Gazette corporate insolvency notice in the last year.

  • VAPE SUITE ONLINE LTD (company 11757132) · Appointment of Liquidators · 30 Sep 2026Creditors' voluntary liquidation. Registered office: 93 Pinstone Street, Sheffield, England, S1 2HJ. Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets. 2 notices

Company notices across Sheffield

Corporate insolvency notices from The Gazette, published by TSO for The National Archives, Open Government Licence v3.0. Company details only: practitioners', directors' and contacts' names are not kept. Checked 29 Oct 2026. Sheffield notices on The Gazette · All data sources

Sport and facilities 1 card

Somewhere to play here

4 sites inside this boundary, with 15 facilities between them.

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Contains Data © Sport England. Active Places Power, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Facility records are as current as the last survey Sport England took; check with the venue before you set off.

Community 4 cards

Around here

224 everyday places mapped inside this boundary by OpenStreetMap volunteers and the Toilet Map.

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  • Nearest defibrillator Defibrillator 60 m away from the centre of the area
  • Nearest toilets Toilets 40 m away from the centre of the area
  • Nearest drinking water Drinking water 200 m away from the centre of the area
  • Nearest cycle parking Cycle parking 30 m away from the centre of the area
  • Nearest ev charger EV charger 150 m away from the centre of the area

© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Positions and details are as mapped by volunteers; check before relying on them. Contains data from the Toilet Map © 2025, CC BY 4.0 (toiletmap.org.uk). Sources: OpenStreetMap · Toilet Map

Legal aid offices here

Family mediation venues here

  • The Circle · National Family MediationS1 4FW
  • The Circle 33 Rockingham Lane · Access Mediation DirectS1 4FW
  • The Montgomery · Direct Mediation ServicesS1 2LG

Directory of legal aid providers, Legal Aid Agency (Ministry of Justice), Open Government Licence v3.0. All legal aid offices in Sheffield

5 co-operatives, societies and community businesses on the Co-operatives UK register give a postcode in this neighbourhood.

Co-operative register and economy data from Co-operatives UK open data, ODC-By v1.0. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Co-operatives UK open data · All data sources

Ofsted management information

School inspections near here

The newest Ofsted inspection of 1 state-funded school or college registered inside this boundary, as at 30 Sep 2026, with any earlier inspection Ofsted still lists.

  • Higher education institutions Sheffield Hallam UniversityReport card: safeguarding met; strong standard 4, expected standard 1 · inspected 3 Mar 2026, published 27 Apr 2026

School inspections across Sheffield · Schools here on the Local Map

Inspection outcomes from Ofsted management information on state-funded schools and further education and skills providers, Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 26 Oct 2026. School inspection management information · FE and skills management information · All data sources

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Recorded crime here, August 2026

249 offences were recorded inside this boundary in August 2026.

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Offences recorded in this neighbourhood, August 2026
Offence typeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences85
Shoplifting36
Anti-social behaviour32
Public order29
Other theft16
Criminal damage and arson12
Burglary11
Drugs8

Offences recorded by South Yorkshire Police in August 2026, counted into this neighbourhood. Locations published by the Home Office are approximate by design, so this is a count for the area, never for a street or an address.

Recorded crime from data.police.uk, published by the Home Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are for whole calendar months and are published about two months in arrears, so they are never a picture of today. The published locations are anonymous map points chosen by the Home Office to stand for a stretch of street, not addresses, and this site keeps neighbourhood counts only: no point, street or record is stored. Recorded crime counts what was reported to and recorded by the police, which is not the same as what happened.

Problems people reported here

18 problems reported to the council through FixMyStreet in the last 60 days. Each one is somebody's report, not a verified fact.

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  • Roads/highways still open on FixMyStreet · reported 5 days ago
  • Graffiti still open on FixMyStreet · reported 1 week ago
  • Graffiti still open on FixMyStreet · reported 1 week ago
  • Roads/highways still open on FixMyStreet · reported 2 weeks ago
  • Graffiti still open on FixMyStreet · reported 2 weeks ago
  • Pavements/footpaths still open on FixMyStreet · reported 2 weeks ago
  • Traffic lights still open on FixMyStreet · reported 3 weeks ago
  • Flytipping still open on FixMyStreet · reported 3 weeks ago
  • Bus stops still open on FixMyStreet · reported 3 weeks ago
  • Flytipping still open on FixMyStreet · reported 3 weeks ago
  • Graffiti closed on FixMyStreet · reported 4 weeks ago
  • Other still open on FixMyStreet · reported 4 weeks ago

Street problem reports from FixMyStreet, built by the charity mySociety and sent to Sheffield City Council. Each entry is one person's report, not a verified fact: it may be wrong, already fixed or a duplicate, and the status shown is the status FixMyStreet holds. The report text, photographs and reporter names stay on FixMyStreet; only the category, status, date and location are held here. FixMyStreet publishes no open licence for report content, and its feeds are used with credit and a link back.

Alerts

Follow City Centre / Town Centre / Heart of the City and hear what happens here: new events and places listed, planning applications, roadworks, storm overflows, floods and poor air. Floods and overflows arrive straight away; the rest come as one round-up at 8am, grouped by area.

Overflows on the map

Yorkshire Water (CC BY 4.0), Environment Agency (OGL v3), UK PlanIt and TomTom via the live map.

1,379 listings have also been filed under the City Centre area tag.

City Centre: your questions answered

What is on in City Centre soon?

805 upcoming events are located inside the City Centre boundary, starting with Halloween Boomchikkaboom Family Rave (29 October), All Rise for Halloween: A Spooky Kooky Courtroom Musical (29 October), Gut Level x Float: Nape Neck, Bláthanna, Merys Brittlestar & Graceful Degredation (29 October). Every listing has the venue, a map and the organiser's link.

Which venues and businesses are in City Centre?

87 directory entries sit inside City Centre, including Peace Gardens, Millennium Gallery, Graves Gallery, Sheffield Town Hall (rear), Ponds Forge International Sports Centre. Each has its address, opening details where published and its upcoming events.

Which areas are next to City Centre?

The areas nearest to City Centre are Cathedral Quarter, Cultural Industries Quarter, The Moor, Park Hill, Devonshire Quarter. Each has its own page with the events and places inside it.

How is the City Centre boundary defined?

The boundary is the City Centre polygon from the Sheffield neighbourhoods dataset published by Data for Action, one of 147 across the city. Events, businesses, places and charities are placed inside it by their coordinates, so a venue just over the line appears on the neighbouring page instead.

Neighbouring areas

Neighbourhood boundaries by Data for Action, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used with credit. Snapshot 946d748, published 16 Dec 2025, last checked 13 Oct 2026. Records are placed by their stored coordinates; a point on a shared boundary belongs to the first neighbourhood in the source file. All data sources