Netherthorpe (grid reference SK343875) is a council estate lying south-east of the Ponderosa open space.

In the late 1990s the tower blocks were reclad and many of the other flats demolished and replaced by modern housing.

Upperthorpe (grid reference SK342881) lies north-west of the Ponderosa open space and south east of Walkley.

Building in the area began in the late Georgian period, from which the former infirmary (now offices) and a few houses survive.

The Kelvin Flats were a landmark in the area, of similar design to now listed Park Hill, but were demolished in the early 1990s.