Stocksbridge
Sign in to saveStocksbridge is a town and 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 South Yorkshire, England. The town is approximately from Barnsley and from Sheffield.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Deepcar and Stocksbridge - geograph.org.uk - 6544065.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Skyline
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Stocksbridge
- UK place.civil_parish
- Stocksbridge
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Sheffield
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- South Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Penistone and Stocksbridge
- UK place.population
- 9,869
- UK place.population_ref
- (2017 SCC)
- UK place.post_town
- SHEFFIELD
- UK place.postcode_district
- S36
- UK place.postcode_area
- S
- UK place.dial_code
- 0114
- UK place.type
- Town
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- Early history
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- Notable residents
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Stocksbridge is a town and 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 South Yorkshire, England. The town is approximately from Barnsley and from Sheffield.
Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies just to the east of the Peak District. The town is located in the steep-sided valley of the Little Don River, below the Underbank Reservoir. It blends into the areas of Deepcar, Bolsterstone and the eastern end of Ewden valley around Ewden village, which are also within the civil parish. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 13,455.