Pharmacies Open Now in Sheffield
97 of 100 pharmacies near Sheffield are open right now. Find a Pharmacy pulls live opening hours from NHS data and the most recent pharmacy rota, so you only see chemists that are actually open, not just the ones that are meant to be. Tap any result for directions, the phone number and today’s full opening schedule. For late-night and 24-hour cover, see the links below.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I find a pharmacy open now in Sheffield?
Enter your postcode or allow location access at the top of this page. Find a Pharmacy will show every pharmacy within five miles of you in Sheffield, sorted by distance, with a live open-or-closed badge on each one. Tap a result to call, get directions, or see today’s opening hours.
- What if no pharmacy is open when I need medication?
If every nearby pharmacy is shut, Find a Pharmacy shows the address and phone number of the nearest pharmacy that will open next, along with an NHS 111 quick-dial for urgent medication advice. Call NHS 111 free, any time of day, for prescription emergencies; they can arrange an emergency supply from an on-call pharmacy anywhere in the UK.
- Does Sheffield have a 24-hour pharmacy?
That depends on the live NHS opening-hours data for each Sheffield pharmacy, and very few UK cities have a true round-the-clock chemist. See our 24-hour pharmacies in Sheffield page for the honest answer; it tells you straight whether a 24-hour pharmacy exists, or lists the latest-closing alternatives and the nearest out-of-hours service if it doesn’t.
- How accurate are the opening hours?
Find a Pharmacy uses the NHSBSA Consolidated Pharmaceutical List for the pharmacy directory and pulls live opening hours from each pharmacy’s NHS.uk profile, updated weekly. Bank holiday rota data, where published by your local NHS region, overrides the standard NHS hours so you never get sent to a shut shop on Christmas Day or Easter Monday. If you spot an error, please let us know.
- Is Find a Pharmacy free?
Yes. Find a Pharmacy is free for everyone, forever. No sign-up, no tracking for ad-targeting, no install gate. We use privacy-friendly analytics (Plausible) to count anonymous visits. The data we rely on is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
About pharmacies in Sheffield
- 113 pharmacies serve the Sheffield area
- 1 are contracted 100-hour pharmacies, the most likely to be open late
- 17 open on Sundays
- The nearest 100-hour pharmacy is Sheffield Late Night Pharmacy (1.38 miles away).
- Hours last verified: 15 May 2026
Finding a pharmacy open now in Sheffield
Sheffield has a well-distributed network of NHS pharmacies across its city centre and residential areas. The Boots branch on Fargate in the city centre is one of the most central options with good weekday hours. Many independent pharmacies in Sheffield's suburban areas — including those in Walkley, Crookes and Hillsborough — keep community-friendly hours and often close a little later than city centre chains.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust operates on-site pharmacy services at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital on Glossop Road and the Northern General Hospital on Herries Road. These hospital pharmacies serve inpatients and outpatients; for urgent community prescriptions, NHS 111 is the right first call.
Bank holiday rotas in Sheffield are published by the NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (SY ICB). PharmFinder applies the confirmed rota hours for Good Friday, Easter Monday, the May bank holidays, August bank holiday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day as soon as the ICB publishes the data. Green rota badges confirm hours have been applied; amber means unconfirmed — phone ahead.
For urgent medication outside pharmacy hours anywhere in Sheffield, call NHS 111 (free, 24 hours). NHS 111 covers the South Yorkshire area and can arrange an emergency supply from an on-call pharmacy or connect you to Sheffield's out-of-hours GP service (provided by Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust as part of the SY primary care network).
Pharmacy cover at weekends in Sheffield
Supermarket pharmacies in Hillsborough, Handsworth and Meadowhall follow retail park trading hours and often provide the best weekend cover. Use the Sunday filter on PharmFinder to check which chemists are open on the day you need them.