Hillsborough is an electoral
ward
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which includes the
districts
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of Malin Bridge, Owlerton, Wadsley and Wisewood. It is one of the 28 electoral wards in
City of Sheffield
The City of Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Sheffield, the town of Stocksbridge and larger village of Chapeltown and part of the Peak ...
,
England
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. It is located in the northwestern part of the city and covers an area of 4.6 km
2. The population of this ward in 2011 was 18,605 people in 8,012 households.
Governance
Since the
2010 general election Hillsborough ward is in
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament by Gi ...
UK parliamentary constituency. Prior to this it was covered by
Sheffield Hillsborough. Since the 2015 local government boundary review, Hillsborough ward also partially lies within the boundaries of
Sheffield Central
Sheffield Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Paul Blomfield, a member of the Labour Party.
Boundaries
;First creation
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Sheffield wards of S ...
constituency.
Districts of Hillsborough ward
Hillsborough
Hillsborough () is a suburb in northwest Sheffield. It lies at the point where the
River Loxley
The River Loxley is a river in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its source is a series of streams which rise some to the north-west of Sheffield on Bradfield Moors, flowing through Bradfield Dale to converge at Low Bradfield. I ...
and the
River Rivelin
The River Rivelin is a river in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
It rises on the Hallam moors, in north west Sheffield, and joins the River Loxley (at Malin Bridge). The Rivelin Valley, through which the river flows, is a -mile-long woodla ...
flow into the
River Don.
Hillsborough lies on the
Sheffield Supertram
The Sheffield Supertram is a tram and tram-train network covering Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. The infrastructure is owned by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), with Stagecoach responsible for th ...
route, and is home to a number of industries.
Liquorice Allsorts
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Allsorts ...
are manufactured by
Bassetts
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in Hillsborough. The district is also a shopping area, centred on Hillsborough Corner.
Landmarks in the district include the
Hillsborough Barracks
Hillsborough Barracks is a walled complex of buildings between Langsett Road and Penistone Road in the Hillsborough District of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
Early history
The complex, which covers an area of circa , dates from 1848, re ...
,
Hillsborough House
Hillsborough House, later called Hillsborough Hall, is a large, stone-built mansion constructed in the Adam style in the latter part of the 18th century. It stands 2½ miles north-west of the centre of Sheffield at grid reference in the suburb ...
and
Hillsborough Arena
Sheffield Hawks ARLFC is a rugby league club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The Open Age team plays winter rugby in the Pennine League. They also field junior teams from age 6 up to 16.
The club has a strong junior setup, with ...
in
Hillsborough Park
Hillsborough Park is a large () parkland area in Hillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is situated three miles north-westof the city centre. It owned by Sheffield City Council and is one of the 13 designated "City Parks".
Histor ...
and the
Regent Court
Regent Court is a block of flats in the Hillsborough district of Sheffield, England. It is located on Bradfield Road and is close to the Hillsborough shopping area and about half a mile from the Sheffield Wednesday football ground.
The b ...
flats.
Opened in 1994,
Sheffield Supertram
The Sheffield Supertram is a tram and tram-train network covering Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. The infrastructure is owned by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), with Stagecoach responsible for th ...
's northern terminuses (
Malin Bridge
Malin Bridge is a suburb of the city of Sheffield, England. It is located at grid reference and stands 2½ miles north-west of the city centre where the rivers Loxley and Rivelin meet. Malin Bridge is only a small district centred on the roa ...
and
Middlewood) are in or near Hillsborough, and in the centre of Hillsborough lies the
Hillsborough Interchange
Hillsborough Interchange is a bus and tram interchange in Hillsborough, Sheffield. It serves a variety of operators including First South Yorkshire,Sheffield Supertram and Stagecoach Yorkshire, South Pennine Community Transport. It is staffed ...
which is a local hub for
buses
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and trams near
Hillsborough Barracks
Hillsborough Barracks is a walled complex of buildings between Langsett Road and Penistone Road in the Hillsborough District of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
Early history
The complex, which covers an area of circa , dates from 1848, re ...
. High Frequency Buses to/via City Centre -
First South Yorkshire
First South Yorkshire is a major bus operator providing bus services within and across South Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup.
History
In 1989, South Yorkshire Transport introduced the ''Mainline'' brand on certain bus routes aro ...
- 18,52a,81,82,97,98 and 135
Stagecoach Sheffield - 52 (evenings only) and M92 . powel
61,62
Hillsborough is a large suburb, and because of its prominence (particularly its large shopping area), and the presence of "Hillsborough" stadium in Owlerton, even local people tend to extend its boundaries beyond the strict definitions usually counting Owlerton as part of Hillsborough, and often Malin Bridge, Wadsley and Middlewood too.
Wadsley
Wadsley () is a village—now a district of Sheffield—that dates from
Old English language, Saxon times. Its name comes from the
Old English
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''Wadde's Leah'', which means 'Wadde's forest clearing'. Wadsley hall is the former residence of the lords of this manor. It was much altered in 1722 by George Bamforth, and it was the birthplace of
Sir John Fowler (15 July 1817—20 November 1898) designer of the
Forth Rail Bridge
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. It has its own
parish church
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. It is not the same district as Wadsley Bridge, which is near Owlerton.
Wisewood
Wisewood is the area at the top of the hill between the Rivers Don and Loxley. It is mostly the Sutton Estate built by the
William Sutton Housing Trust, and the Wisewood Estate. The Wisewood Estate was known locally as the Button Estate (in contrast to Sutton). When originally built in the 1930s many of the occupants worked in uniformed occupations, such as policemen and tram conductors, and the uniforms were noted for their buttons.
Malin Bridge
Malin Bridge () is in the northwest of Sheffield at the
confluence
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of the rivers
Loxley and
Rivelin, just above the confluence with the
River Don at Owlerton.
Malin Bridge was devastated by the
Great Sheffield flood
The Great Sheffield Flood was a flood that devastated parts of Sheffield, England, on 11 March 1864, when the Dale Dyke Dam broke as its reservoir was being filled for the first time. At least 240 people died and more than 600 houses were da ...
, which happened in 1864 when the
Dale Dyke Dam collapsed while it was filling for the first time. The flood swept down the River Loxley, past Malin Bridge and Hillsborough corner, into the River Don and on into Sheffield and on to Rotherham. In the space of around twenty minutes, nearly 100 people lost their lives as the floodwaters and its payload swept much of the buildings and their occupants away.
Owlerton
Owlerton () is a former
hamlet
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now a district of Sheffield to the east of Hillsborough. The name derives from ''Alor-tun'', which means a 'farmstead of the alders'. In the 18th century people came here in great numbers to take water from a ''holy well'' that had been discovered here.
Owlerton Stadium
Owlerton Stadium, also known as Sheffield Stadium, is a purpose-built speedway track built in 1929 which also hosts greyhound racing The track is in Owlerton near Hillsborough in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Greyhound racing takes pla ...
is used for
greyhound racing
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and
speedway
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. Owlerton is also the location of the
Hillsborough Stadium
Hillsborough Stadium is a 39,732-capacity association football stadium located in Owlerton, a north-western suburb of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. It has been the home of Sheffield Wednesday since its opening in 1899.
The ground has been sub ...
(not actually in Hillsborough on the strictest definition) where
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of ...
play their matches, and is the source of the team's nickname (the
Owl
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s), even though Owlerton is not pronounced to rhyme with Owl. Hillsborough Stadium was the site of the 1989
Hillsborough Disaster
The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal human crush during a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. It occurred during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the ...
.
Neepsend
Part of the industrial suburb of Neepsend which lies on the eastern side of the
River Don is in the Hillsborough electoral ward, having previously been in the Walkley ward before boundary adjustments in 2016.
References
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