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Gleadless Valley (ward)

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75: 405:) borders with Herdings, Meersbrook, Norton and Rollestone. It's mainly accessible from Blackstock Road, the shops and a bus terminus are located off this road. To the south of Blackstock Road was the site of Hemsworth Primary School (which was demolished to be replaced with a new primary school called Valley Park, located on the former Herdings Primary School grounds). To date no development has taken place on the site of the demolished school. 386: 1398: 1410: 467: 432:) borders with Hemsworth and Gleadless. Herdings used to be the highest point in Sheffield before the expansion of the city into more Derbyshire hamlets, villages, wooded areas and open green space. At the very top of the hill now sits the Herdings high rise flats, previously known as the 592: 519:
A large part of the Meersbrook area is taken up by Meersbrook Park. This park, set on a steep hillside, offers a stunning panoramic view over central Sheffield to the north. Within the park are two historic buildings:
293:. Gleadless Valley actually describes the valley that separates Hemsworth from Herdings, and is a broad area that covers several housing estates: Hemsworth, Herdings and Rollestone. Gleadless Valley is bordered by 931: 340:
in the south of the City of Sheffield, England. The village has existed at least since 1343, its name deriving from 'Heah Leah', meaning a high, woodland clearing. Originally Heeley was divided into three:
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was on the London Road around Artisan View. The main road through Heeley is the A61 London Road/Chesterfield Road, this dates from 1757 when it was built as a turnpike road from Sheffield to
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railway line between Chesterfield and Sheffield, constructed in 1870, passes through Heeley where there used to be a
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which means 'boundary brook' and in ancient times this, along with the River Sheaf formed the boundary between the
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Also to the South of Blackstock Road is Constable Road and Hemsworth continues down this road.
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Herdings looking over the valley towards Hemsworth (Newfield Green and City also in view)
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bought both the house and the land as a public park or pleasure ground.
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Electoral ward in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
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and carriage siding, built on the former site of Heeley Mill.
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was around the intersection of Myrtle Road and Heeley Green,
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Herdings is served by Sheffield's light rail transit, the
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Herdings
53°20′46″N 1°27′18″W / 53.346°N 1.455°W / 53.346; -1.455

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