Stannington Stannington Yukon College Category="Districts of Sheffield"

: See also: Stannington, Northumberland

Stannington Ward-which includes the districts of Loxley, Stannington, and Worrall, and also the small villages of Dungworth, High Bradfield, and Low Bradfield-is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the western part of the city and covers an area of 72 km². The ward also covers part of the Peak Park-Bradfield, Strines and Ughill moors-and forms part of the Bradfield Parish. The population of this ward in 2001 was 16,600 people in 7,200 households. In the 2004 local elections David Walton Baker, Arthur Dunworth, and Vickie Priestley-all Liberal Democrats-were returned as councilors for the ward.

Districts of Stannington Ward

Stannington

Stannington (grid reference SK309889) is a district of Sheffield to the west of the city centre, located on the hill between the rivers Rivelin and Loxley. This district has grown from the two settlements of Upper Gate and Nethergate (there has never been a village called Stannington).

Loxley

Loxley (grid reference SK310900) is a former village, now a district of Sheffield on the north side of the River Loxley to the north west of the city centre. Loxley has long been associated with the legends of Robin Hood, the Robin Hood Inn, built in 1799 was an attempt to exploit this fame and establish a spa resort at Little Matlock near Loxley. Parts of Loxley were badly damaged by the Great Sheffield flood of 1864.

Worrall

Worrall (grid reference SK307920) is a village within the metropolitan borough of Sheffield in the Parish of Bradfield. It is located in the north west of the city and survives in part as an independent village. The local school, Bradfield Secondary, has become a dominant landmark of the area. Local pubs include "The Shoulder of Mutton" and "The Blue Ball". Events and functions can still be held in Worrall Memorial Hall situated by Worrall Park.

Bradfield

Bradfield (grid reference SK267923) is a Village in the borough of Sheffield, situated in the Peak District. It is divided into two settlements, High Bradfield atop a hill and Low Bradfield in the valley of the River Loxley.

Bradfield is the largest Parish in England, extending from the Ladybower Reservoir on Yorkshire’s border with Derbyshire to the Sheffield suburb of Stannington.

High Bradfield possesses a dramatic Gothic revival Church, and a Norman Castle motte. Low Bradfield is less historic, having been largely destroyed in the Great Sheffield flood of 1884.

Dungworth

grid reference SK281900