The village accommodates most of the university's first-year undergraduates, alongside some second- and third-years, postgraduates and student families.
All of the apartment blocks are named after climbing crags in the Peak District of Derbyshire.
On 25 May 2022, a blue plaque to commemorate the life of one of Sheffield and the Peak District’s leading environmentalists and most influential women was put in place.
[4][5][6] The plaque is located on the grounds opposite to The Edge where Ethel Haythornthwaite was born and the CPRE charity was founded.
Plaque was officially unveiled by Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE, the CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire branch president and an honorary graduate of the University of Sheffield.