Firth Park (ward)
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| District: | Sheffield |
| UK Parliament constituency: | Sheffield Brightside |
| Ceremonial county: | South Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Population (2001): | 20,000 |
| Councillors | |
| Joan Barton (Labour Party) Alan Law (Labour Party) Chris Weldon (Labour Party) |
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Firth Park ward—which includes the districts of Firth Park, Longley, Parson Cross and parts of Wincobank—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England located in the northern part of the city and covering an area of 4.3 km2. The population of this ward in 2001 was 20,000 people in 8,500 households.
Firth Park is one of the three and a bit wards that make up the current Sheffield Brightside Parliamentary constituency. In the final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for England Firth Park ward is one of the five wards to make uo the new Sheffield Hillsborough and Brightside Parliamentary constituency.
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[edit] Districts in Firth Park ward
[edit] Firth Park
Firth Park (grid reference SK368913) is a district of Sheffield surrounding a park given to the city by Mark Firth in 1875 and was opened by the Prince of Wales, HRH Prince Albert Edward, later Edward VII.
[edit] Longley
grid reference SK352912 Also has a park called Longley Park.
[edit] Parson Cross
Parson Cross (grid reference SK350923) is a Council housing estate situated 6 km north of Sheffield City Centre. Most of the housing was built pre-war in 1938 and post-war in 1947. The estate borders the other Sheffield estates of Shiregreen, Ecclesfield, Longley, Southey, Owlerton, Wadsley Bridge, and Foxhill. Parson Cross was extensive farmland before the pressing need for new housing stock in the late 1930s. The main thoroughfares of Wordsworth Avenue, Chaucer Road, Yew Lane, Southey Green Road, Deerlands Avenue, Buchanan Road, Lindsay Avenue and Colley Road cross the estate. The A61 Halifax Road runs to the West and the A6135 Barnsley Road runs to the East of the estate. Public Houses include The Wordsworth Tavern, The Parson Cross Hotel and The Beagle Hotel. Schools include Meynell, Mansel, Monteney, Parson Cross and St Thomas More Primary Schools with Yewlands and Chaucer Secondary Schools. Shopping centres are located on Margetson Crescent, Wordsworth Drive, Buchanan Road, Lindsay Avenue and Chaucer Road. Playing fields are situated at Colley Recreation Ground and Parson Cross Park. A library is located on Margetson Crescent.
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