Gleadless Valley (ward)

A toll bar was built on this road at Heeley over the Meers Brook on what was at that time the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

Hemsworth, Gleadless Valley (grid reference SK369831) borders with Herdings, Meersbrook, Norton and Rollestone.

Herdings used to be the highest point in Sheffield before the expansion of the city into more Derbyshire hamlets, villages, wooded areas and open green space.

Original plans which included the construction of the route to the Meadowhead roundabout were rejected after local opposition.

This park, set on a steep hillside, offers a stunning panoramic view over central Sheffield to the north.

In January 1885 Sheffield City Council bought both the house and the land as a public park or pleasure ground.

Gleadless Valley (grid reference SK371835) is a 1950s housing estate and suburb which includes the districts of Herdings, Hemsworth and Rollestone.

Herdings looking over the valley towards Hemsworth (Newfield Green and City also in view)
Meersbrook House