Walkley is an

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. Walkley ward—which includes the

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of Netherthorpe, Upperthorpe, Walkley and parts of Neepsend—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield,

. It is located in the northwestern part of the city and covers an area of 3.8 km². The population of this ward in 2011 was 21,793 people in 9,654 households. The ward is in

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Parliamentary Constituency.

Districts of Walkley ward

Walkley

Walkley () is a suburb in the north west of Sheffield in

. It lies north-east of Crookes and south of

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Netherthorpe

Netherthorpe () 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

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s 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 () lies north-west of the Ponderosa open space and south east of Walkley. Building in the area began in the late

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period, from which the former

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(now offices) and a few houses survive. Construction continued, with many large Victorian houses and a car-free late-20th-century

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surviving. The Kelvin Flats were a landmark in the area, of similar design to now listed Park Hill, but were demolished in the early 1990s. The area is served by the Infirmary Road Sheffield Supertram stop.

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