Walkley
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Walkley ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northwestern part of the city. It covers an area of 3.8 square kilometres and includes the districts of Walkley, Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe. The population of this ward in 2001 was 17,900 people in 8,700 households. In the 2004 local elections Veronica Mary Hardstaff (Labour Party), Jonathan Graham Harston (Liberal Democrat), and Diane Wainwright Leek (Liberal Democrat) were returned as councilors for the ward.
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Districts of Walkley ward
Walkley
Template:Gbmapping Walkley is a small suburb in the north west of Sheffield in England. It lies north-east of Crookes and south of Hillsborough.
The area consists mainly of Victorian stone-fronted terraced housing and has a lower student population that much of the surrounding area despite being within 15 minutes walk of the University of Sheffield.
John Ruskin lived in the area for several year in the 19th century, and set up a museum in the suburb, which later moved to other locations in Sheffield. There is also a park linking the two areas of Langsett and Walkley, named after John Ruskin.
Walkley Library, a branch library of Sheffield City Libraries, is a Carnegie library and its boundary wall bears a commemorative plate to that effect.
Netherthorpe
Netherthorpe (Template:Gbmapping) is a council estate lying south-east of the Ponderosa open space. Originally an area of working class Victorian terraces, it was reconstructed in the 1960s as an area of tower blocks and medium-rise flats with a few houses. In the late 1990s the tower blocks were reclad and many of the other flats demolished and replaced by modern housing.
Upperthorpe
Upperthorpe Template:Gbmapping lies north-west of the Ponderosa open space and south east of Walkley. Building in the area began in the late Georgian period, from which the former infirmary (now offices) and a few houses survive. Construction continued, with many large Victorian houses and a car free late 20th century housing estate surviving. The Kelvin Flats were a landmark in the area, of similar design to Park Hill, but were demolished in the early 1990s. The area is served by the Infirmary Road Sheffield Supertram stop.
External links
- Freedom Road Website (http://www.freedomroad.org.uk)
- Walkley Community Forum (http://walkley.org/forum/index.shtml)
- Walkley Community Centre (http://www.firstreet.org.uk)