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Bradfield, South Yorkshire
Bradfield is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is extensive, the western half is situated in the moorlands of the Peak District, the eastern half is in lower agricultural land and contains the parish's significant habitations, which include the Sheffield suburb of Stannington, Sheffield, Stannington, as well as Oughtibridge and Worrall, and the villages of High Bradfield and Low Bradfield. The parish also includes several reservoirs, and a number of minor settlements, such as Ewden valley, Ewden. Bradfield is located from Sheffield city centre and from Barnsley. On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France from York to Sheffield, passed through the village. It was also the location of the seventh climb of the stage, the Category 4 Côte de Bradfield. It was long at an average gradient of 7.4%. The one point in the King of the Mountains competition was claimed by Andriy Hrivko of Astana Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Sheffield
The City of Sheffield is a metropolitan borough with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in South Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Sheffield, the town of Stocksbridge and the larger village of Chapeltown, South Yorkshire, Chapeltown and part of the Peak District. It has a population of (), making it technically the third List of English districts by population, largest city in England by population behind Birmingham and City of Leeds, Leeds, since London is not considered a single entity. It is governed by Sheffield City Council. The current city boundaries were set on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, as part of a reform of local government in England. The city is a Merger (politics), merger of two former local government districts; the unitary County Borough of Sheffield, City and County Borough of Sheffield combined with the Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damflask Reservoir
Damflask Reservoir is situated at grid reference five miles (eight kilometres) west of the centre of Sheffield in the Loxley, South Yorkshire, Loxley valley close to the village of Low Bradfield and within the city's boundaries. The hamlet of Stacey Bank is located to the east. The reservoir (water), reservoir has a capacity of 4,250.9 million litres (1,123.1 million gallons) and has a surface area of with a maximum depth of . The dam wall is approximately wide with a height of . Construction Damflask reservoir was built as one of a group of reservoirs in the Bradfield, South Yorkshire, Bradfield area (the others being Strines Reservoir, Strines, Agden Reservoir, Agden and Dale Dike Reservoir, Dale Dike reservoirs) to supply both fresh drinking water and a guaranteed supply of running water to the population and industries respectively of Sheffield. It was completed in 1896 with the dam walls being constructed from local stone, and its original purpose was primarily as a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wharncliffe Side
Wharncliffe Side is a village in South Yorkshire, England, northwest of Sheffield and within the city borough. Wharcliffe Side is located on the west bank of the River Don, approximately northwest of Sheffield city centre, and northwest of Oughtibridge, south of the confluence of the Ewden beck and the River Don. The village is at an elevation of and the A6102 road passes through the village. The village has a population of 1355 as of 2011, and is a commuter village for Sheffield and Stocksbridge Stocksbridge is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish, it is encircled to the north and east by the southern edge of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, although since 1974 it lies within the borders of the City of Sheffield, in .... The village is within the Stocksbridge and Upper Don electoral ward. There is a primary school on Brighthomelee Lane, along with a post office and two public houses within the village. Glen Howe Park is situated at the southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire and the third largest of Northern England. The city is in the North Midlands, in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don with its four tributaries: the Loxley, the Porter Brook, the Rivelin and the Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park and is the fifth-largest city in England. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. Sheffield played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution, developing many signifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradfield Cross Near High Bradfield - Geograph
Bradfield may refer to: Places Australia * Bradfield College (Sydney), a senior high school in New South Wales * Bradfield Highway, Sydney * Bradfield, New South Wales, a suburb in south-west Sydney, created in 2023 * Bradfield, New South Wales (1924-1977), a former Sydney suburb, that existed until 1977. * Division of Bradfield, an electoral division in New South Wales * RAAF Bradfield Park, an Australian air station United Kingdom * Bradfield, Berkshire, a village and civil parish ** Bradfield College, a secondary school * Bradfield, Devon, a location in England ** Bradfield House, a mansion in Uffculme, Devon, * Bradfield, Essex, a village and civil parish ** Bradfield Heath, a village * Bradfield, Norfolk, a village * Bradfield, South Yorkshire, a civil parish in the City of Sheffield ** Bradfield Dale, a rural valley ** Bradfield School, a secondary school ** Low Bradfield, a village ** High Bradfield, a village * Bradfield, Suffolk ** Bradfield Combust, a village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stocksbridge
Stocksbridge is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish, it is encircled to the north and east by the southern edge of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, although since 1974 it lies within the borders of the City of Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England. The town is approximately from Barnsley and from Sheffield. Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies just to the east of the Peak District. The town is located in the steep-sided valley of the Little Don River, below the Underbank Reservoir. It blends into the areas of Deepcar, Bolsterstone and the eastern end of Ewden valley around Ewden village, which are also within the civil parish. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 13,455. Early history Until the early 18th century, what is now Stocksbridge was a deciduously wooded valley, running from Midhopestones at its northwestern extremity to Deepcar at its southeastern end. A river, orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midhope Reservoir
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Midhope may refer to: *Midhope, collectively, in the Peak district, South Yorkshire, near Sheffield, UK: **Midhopestones, a village **Upper Midhope, a hamlet *Midhope Castle, tower house in Scotland *Mid Hope burn, a stream in Northumberland Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to the south, Cumb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langsett Reservoir
Langsett Reservoir is in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, near the villages of Langsett and Upper Midhope, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. The reservoir was constructed between 1898 and 1904, and is now managed by Yorkshire Water. Fed by the Little Don or Porter River, it is around a mile long, and supplies water for Barnsley and Sheffield via the Langsett Treatment Works. Construction and statistics Construction of the reservoir began in 1898, the logistics of getting the workforce and materials to Langsett caused great difficulty as most of them came up from Sheffield. This involved a journey over four different stretches of railway line, the first leg was from Sheffield Midland Station to Deepcar, this was followed by a journey to Stocksbridge on the Samuel Fox and Company private line. From the Samuel Fox steelworks a new one mile long line was built to reach the Underbank Reservoir to join up with the Water Authority track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south and west, and Cheshire to the west. Derby is the largest settlement, and Matlock is the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 1,053,316. The east of the county is more densely populated than the west, and contains the county's largest settlements: Derby (261,400), Chesterfield (88,483), and Swadlincote (45,000). For local government purposes Derbyshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eight districts, and the Derby unitary authority area. The East Midlands Combined County Authority includes Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council. The north and centre of Derbyshire are hilly and contain the southern end of the Pennines, most of which are part of the Peak District National Park. They include Kinde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the city of York. The south-west of Yorkshire is densely populated, and includes the cities of Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Doncaster and Wakefield. The north and east of the county are more sparsely populated, however the north-east includes the southern part of the Teesside conurbation, and the port city of Kingston upon Hull is located in the south-east. York is located near the centre of the county. Yorkshire has a Yorkshire Coast, coastline to the North Sea to the east. The North York Moors occupy the north-east of the county, and the centre contains the Vale of Mowbray in the north and the Vale of York in the south. The west contains part of the Pennines, which form the Yorkshire Dales in the north-west. The county was historically borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Derwent Valley
The Upper Derwent Valley is an area of the Peak District National Park in England. It largely lies in Derbyshire, but its north eastern area lies in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Its most significant features are the Derwent Dams, Ladybower, Derwent and Howden, which form Ladybower Reservoir, Derwent Reservoir and Howden Reservoir respectively. History In 1899, the Derwent Valley Water Board was set up to supply water to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield, and the two Gothic-style dams were built across the River Derwent to create Howden Reservoir (1912) and Derwent Reservoir (1916). West of the Derwent a large village known as Birchinlee, locally known as 'Tin Town', was created for the 'navvies'—the workers who built the dams—and their families, many of whom came from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Wales. One of the buildings was salvaged and rebuilt at Hope where in 2014 it was reported to be housing a beauty parlour. The villages in the Upper Derwent Valley: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agden Reservoir
Agden Reservoir is a water storage reservoir, situated at grid reference , west of the centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Yorkshire Water / Kelda Group. The reservoir covers an area of and has a capacity of of water; the dam wall has a width of approximately with a height of . "Agden" means "Valley of the Oak Trees". The reservoir is one of four built in the second half of the 19th century to satisfy the developing steel industry of Sheffield, collecting water from the moorlands around the village of Low Bradfield, west of Sheffield. The other three being Damflask, Dale Dike and Strines reservoirs. Agden was completed in 1869 and is fed by Hobson Moss Dike and Emlin Dike which flow off the Broomhead and Bradfield moors respectively. The reservoir is surrounded mainly by coniferous woodland, however, Sheffield City Council who own much of the woodland have started a policy of replanting and thinning to encourage broadleaved varieties of trees wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
