S26 — Sheffield
Sheffield's S26 postcode sits in Rotherham. The board behind it is assembled from 13,153 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical S26 sale went from £47,500 in 1995 to £200,000 in 2026 — 4.2× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2004 — prices moved +29.5% that year. The one to avoid was 2012: the median moved -10.0%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in S26
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £47,500 | 321 |
| 2000 | £53,950 | 527 |
| 2005 | £128,000 | 443 |
| 2010 | £139,973 | 276 |
| 2015 | £140,750 | 396 |
| 2020 | £173,000 | 425 |
| 2025 | £215,000 | 392 |
| 2026 | £200,000 | 60 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Swallownest (26% of local sales) — busiest streets: Haigh Moor Way, Swallow Wood Road, Wetherby Drive
- Kiveton Park (26% of local sales) — busiest streets: Stoney Bank Drive, Wales Road, Broad Bridge Close
- Aston (25% of local sales) — busiest streets: Lodge Lane, Duckham Drive, Grange Farm Drive
- Todwick (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Kiveton Lane, The Meadows, Rectory Gardens
- Aughton (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Main Street, Ricknald Close, Aughton Road
- Harthill (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: De Sutton Place, Union Street, Serlby Lane
- Wales (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: School Road, Cherry Tree Road, Fir Tree Drive
- Wales Bar (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: East Terrace, South Terrace, Waleswood Villas
Reading about 2004 is easy; surviving 2012 is the game. Play the S26 board.
Local business? Put your name on the S26 board — one sponsor per postcode.
Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.