Does S6 flood?

Yes — parts of the S6 district carry real flood risk: 52 of its 132 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The S6 postcode district covers Hillsborough, Southey, Stannington, City, close to Loxley, Sheffield, Grimesthorpe, and surrounding villages in parts of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

132 postcodes in the S6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 52 high, 16 medium, 59 low, 5 very low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which S6 postcodes are at risk?

S6 1EZ up to High S6 1FA up to High S6 1FS up to High S6 1FT up to High S6 1FU up to High S6 1FW up to High S6 1FY up to High S6 1FZ up to High S6 1GA up to High S6 1GD up to High S6 1GF up to High S6 1GG up to High S6 1GH up to High S6 1GL up to High S6 1HE up to High S6 1HF up to High S6 1HG up to High S6 1JF up to High S6 1LG up to High S6 1LP up to High S6 1LZ up to High S6 1NJ up to High S6 1PG up to High S6 1QB up to High S6 1RF up to High S6 1RN up to High S6 1RX up to High S6 1RY up to High S6 1SP up to High S6 1UP up to High S6 1UQ up to High S6 2AD up to High S6 2AG up to High S6 2BL up to High S6 2FQ up to High S6 2FU up to High S6 2LE up to High S6 2LX up to High S6 2LZ up to High S6 2PB up to High S6 2PD up to High S6 2PF up to High S6 3AA up to High S6 3AF up to High S6 4BE up to High S6 4JR up to High S6 4TN up to High S6 5GL up to High S6 6GY up to High S6 6LB up to High S6 6SX up to High S6 7LN up to High S6 1HL up to Medium S6 1PD up to Medium S6 1QE up to Medium S6 1QW up to Medium S6 2AP up to Medium S6 2BX up to Medium S6 2BY up to Medium S6 2DL up to Medium S6 4GU up to Medium S6 4GY up to Medium S6 4JL up to Medium S6 4JP up to Medium S6 4JQ up to Medium S6 4JW up to Medium S6 4NH up to Medium S6 6SD up to Medium S6 1NR up to Low S6 1QA up to Low S6 1QS up to Low S6 1SA up to Low S6 1SB up to Low S6 1SD up to Low S6 1SE up to Low S6 1SF up to Low S6 1SG up to Low S6 1SH up to Low S6 1SJ up to Low S6 1SL up to Low S6 1SN up to Low S6 1SQ up to Low S6 1SS up to Low S6 1ST up to Low S6 1SU up to Low S6 1SW up to Low S6 1SY up to Low S6 1TR up to Low S6 1UF up to Low S6 1UG up to Low S6 1UH up to Low S6 1UJ up to Low S6 2AE up to Low S6 2AF up to Low S6 2AH up to Low S6 2AN up to Low S6 2AS up to Low S6 2BD up to Low S6 2BH up to Low S6 2BN up to Low S6 2BS up to Low S6 2BT up to Low S6 2BU up to Low S6 2BW up to Low S6 2BZ up to Low S6 2DE up to Low S6 2DF up to Low S6 2DH up to Low S6 2DQ up to Low S6 2ET up to Low S6 2FH up to Low S6 2FJ up to Low S6 2FL up to Low S6 2FW up to Low S6 2GF up to Low S6 2LB up to Low S6 2LY up to Low S6 3AE up to Low S6 3AP up to Low S6 3AR up to Low S6 3AW up to Low S6 3BN up to Low S6 3BS up to Low S6 3FB up to Low S6 4LB up to Low S6 4LR up to Low S6 4LU up to Low S6 2BP up to Very low S6 2BQ up to Very low S6 4HL up to Very low S6 4LA up to Very low S6 4TE up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near S6

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

230 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (84 at warning level or above), most recently 27 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

S5 S7 S4 S8 S3 S9 S10 S2

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.