Districts of Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. The neighbourhoods of Sheffield vary widely in size and history. Many of the neighbourhoods developed from villages or hamlets that have become absorbed into Sheffield as the city has grown. For this reason, whilst the centre of most neighbourhoods is easy to define, the boundaries of many of the neighbourhoods are ambiguous. Neighbourhoods in Sheffield have little administrative role: for the purposes of local elections the city is subdivided into 28 electoral wards, and for the purposes of national elections the electoral wards are grouped into Parliamentary constituencies.

The wards of Sheffield

Administrative divisions

Historical divisions

Prior to the breakup of the parish of Sheffield in 1848 the parish was divided into six townships: Attercliff-cum-Darnall; Brightside Bierlow; Ecclesall Bierlow; Nether Hallam; Sheffield township; and Upper Hallam. In 1832, with the exception of most of Upper Hallam and parts of Ecclesall Bierlow, these townships formed the basis of the new Borough constituency of Sheffield. Subsequently, in 1843 this Borough constituency formed the basis of the Municipal Borough of Sheffield along with the parts of Upper Hallam and Ecclesall Bierlow omitted from the Borough constituency. Sheffield Municipal Borough was thereby formed from all six townships, and would ultimately become the City of Sheffield in 1893. The Sheffield constituency was broken into five divisions in 1885: Attercliffe; Brightside; Central; Ecclesall; and Hallam. Hillsborough and Park constituencies were added in 1918 after the City extended its boundaries. The Central and Ecclesall constituencies were abolished in 1950 and two new constituencies, Heeley and Neepsend, created. Neepsend was short-lived, being abolished by 1955, and Park was abolished, to be replaced by a revived Central constituency in 1983.

Present-day divisions

For the purposes of City Council elections Sheffield is divided into 28 electoral wards.^[1] There was a Local Government ward boundary review that came into effect in 2004,^[2] evening out the number of voters per ward at 13,000 ± 10%. Parliamentary Constituencies are built out of whole numbers of local government wards within an administrative county.

The borough of Sheffield is currently (2010) covered by six parliamentary constituencies. These are Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield South East, and Penistone and Stocksbridge, which also includes parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley.

Neighbourhoods of Sheffield by ward

Arbourthorne

Arbourthorne, Gleadless, Gleadless Townend, Hollinsend, Newfield Green, Norfolk Park, and Ridgeway.

Beauchief and Greenhill

Beauchief, Batemoor, Greenhill, Jordanthorpe and Low Edges.

Beighton

Beighton, Hackenthorpe, Owlthorpe and Sothall.

Birley

Base Green, Birley, Charnock Hall, Frecheville and parts of Hackenthorpe.

Broomhill

Broomhill, Crookesmoor, Endcliffe and Tapton.

Burngreave

Burngreave, Fir Vale, Grimesthorpe, Pitsmoor, Shirecliffe and Woodside.

Central

Broomhall, Kelham Island, Highfield, Little Sheffield, Sharrow and the city centre

Crookes

Crookes, Crosspool and Sandygate.

Darnall

Attercliffe, Carbrook, Darnall, Tinsley and part of Handsworth.

Dore and Totley

Bradway, Dore, Totley and Whirlow.

East Ecclesfield

Chapeltown, Colley and Ecclesfield.

Ecclesall

Bents Green, Ecclesall, Greystones, Millhouses, Parkhead and Ringinglow.

Firth Park

Firth Park and Longley.

Fulwood

Fulwood, Lodge Moor and Ranmoor.

Gleadless Valley

Gleadless Valley, Heeley, Hemsworth, Herdings, Hurlfield, Lowfield and Meersbrook.

Graves Park

Norton, Norton Lees, Norton Woodseats and Woodseats.

Hillsborough

Hillsborough, Malin Bridge, Owlerton, Wadsley and Wisewood.

Manor Castle

Manor, Manor Park, Park Hill and Wybourn.

Mosborough

Halfway, Holbrook, Mosborough, Waterthorpe and Westfield.

Nether Edge

Brincliffe, Carter Knowle, Nether Edge and Sharrow Vale.

Richmond, South Yorkshire

Four Lane Ends, Intake, Normanton Spring, Richmond and Woodthorpe.

Shiregreen and Brightside

Brightside, Shiregreen and Wincobank.

Southey

Birley Carr, Foxhill, Parson Cross, Southey and Wadsley Bridge.

Stannington

High Bradfield, Low Bradfield, Dungworth, Loxley, Middlewood, Stannington, Strines, Woodland View and Worrall.

Stocksbridge and Upper Don

Bolsterstone, Deepcar, Ewden, Midhopestones, Oughtibridge, Stocksbridge and Wharncliffe Side.

Walkley

Langsett, Neepsend, Netherthorpe, Philadelphia, Upperthorpe and Walkley.

West Ecclesfield

Burncross, Grenoside and High Green.

Woodhouse

Handsworth, Orgreave and Woodhouse.

Area names that refer to wider areas encompassing many neighbourhoods

• Abbeydale
• Rivelin
• Lower Don Valley/East End
• Upper Don Valley

Parish and Town Councils

There are three minor authorities within the Sheffield city boundaries: Stocksbridge Town Council, Bradfield Parish Council and Ecclesfield Parish Council.

References

1. ^ Sheffield's Electoral Ward Boundaries. Sheffield City Council. Accessed in April 2005.
2. ^ Summary of Sheffield 2004 Ward Boundary Review. Accessed on 10 September 2005.