Stocksbridge and Upper Don ward is one of the 28 electoral wards of the borough of

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 so ...

, South Yorkshire, England. The population of this ward was 18,541 at the 2011 Census. The main population centres in the ward are

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 ...

and

Oughtibridge Oughtibridge ( ) is a residential village in the north of Sheffield within the bounds of Bradfield, South Yorkshire, Bradfield civil parish. The village stands about northwest of the Sheffield City Centre, city centre in the valley of the Riv ...

; the ward also includes the villages of

Deepcar Deepcar is a village located on the eastern fringe of the town of Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire, England. It is in the electoral ward of Stocksbridge and Upper Don, 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Barnsley town centre and approximately nor ...

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 ...

, Bolsterstone, Midhopestones, Upper Midhope and Ewden Village.

Description

The population of this ward in 2011 was 18,541 people in 8,099 households. It is located in the northwestern part of the borough of Sheffield, outside the city and covers an area of , a little more than one sixth of the area of the city. Up to the 2010 general election Stocksbridge and Upper Don was one of the wards that made up the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency; at the 2010 election the ward became part of the Stocksbridge and Penistone constituency.

Places in Stocksbridge and Upper Don ward

is a town in the metropolitan borough of the

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 ...

. In 2007 the population of the town including Deepcar and Bolsterstone was nearly 14,000.

is a village adjoining the eastern end of Stocksbridge. To the south of Stocksbridge are the villages of Bolsterstone, site of a manor house; and further south is Ewden Village, a navvy village established in the early 20th century during the construction of the Sheffield reservoirs.

is a village to the south east of Stocksbridge, on the main road to Sheffield, in the Upper Don Valley. The village of

is located on the main road between Deepcar on Oughtibridge. Midhopestones (or ''Nether Midhope''), and Upper Midhope (or ''Over Midhope'') are small villages in the western half of the ward, close to the northern border, and near to Midhope reservoir and Langsett reservoirs.

Locations

*Stocksbridge () *Deepcar () *Oughtibridge *Wharncliffe Side () *Bolsterstone *Ewden village *Midhopestones *Upper Midhope

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stocksbridge And Upper Don Stocksbridge Wards of Sheffield