Burngreave Area Action

 

The Burngreave Area Action area lies immediately north of the city centre. It is framed by the Lower Don Valley (Attercliffe and out to Meadowhall and the M1) to the east; and by the Upper Don Valley (Neepsend and out to Hillsborough) to the west. Burngreave Area Action area also includes the Northern General Hospital campus and its northern boundary runs along the edge of Firth Park and the fringe of Wincobank Hill and Woods.

 

Five years ago, the city of Sheffield was identified as being made up of 100 neighbourhoods. These neighbourhoods are the building blocks of the Sheffield Neighbourhood Information System (SNIS). Five of these neighbourhoods are within the Burngreave Area Action boundary and include:

 

This includes the housing estates to the left (the west) of Spital Hill and Burngreave Rd as you leave the Wicker. This includes the housing around Brunswick Road; Verdon Street; Rock Street and Nottingham Street. The neighbourhood extends up to Pitsmoor Road, including Minna Road and Rutland Road. It roughly corresponds to the children who attend Pye Bank CE Primary School.

 

This neighbourhood includes the housing and estates to the right (east) going up Spital Hill and Burngreave Road as far as St Catherine’s Church. It extends as far as Upwell Street at Grimesthorpe. It includes the estates of Bressingham, Ellesmere, Earldom, Carwood and Margate Drive. It roughly corresponds with where most of the children live who attend Byron Wood Primary School.

 

This neighbourhood begins at St Catherine’s Church on Burngreave Road and is bounded by the cemetery, Grimesthorpe Road, (it includes Osgathorpe Park), and Barnsley Road. It includes mainly Abbeyfield Road, Scott Road and the roads off.

 

This neighbourhood is centred around Firshill estate and includes the housing on Cookswood Road, on/around Shirecliffe Lane. It is bounded by Parkwood Springs, Roe Woods and Barnsley Road/Pitsmoor Road.

 

Easily the largest neighbourhood in terms of population. This is centred around Fir Vale centre and includes Norwood Road and Crabtree, Earl Marshal Rd, Page Hall, Skinnerthorpe/Bagley Road and Wensley estate. It is bounded by the Northern General Hospital, Hucklow Rd/Firth Park, Wincobank Woods, Earl Marshal Rd and Norwood Road.

 

But please be careful…….

 

 

 

 

 

Burngreave is growing. Sheffield as a whole had a population growth of 5% between 2001 and 2005 (based on the 2001 census and the 2005 population health register). Burngreave had a population growth of 25%. The growth of population was particularly strong in Woodside and Burngreave neighbourhoods (over one-third growth); there was a slight decline in the population of Firshill. This growth of population has required an increase in the number of primary school places, with St Catherine’s having a temporary expansion from 2006-2009 of an additional class in each year group. From 2009, there will need to be an additional permanent expansion of another four classes in each year group from reception to y6 at all the local primary schools.

 

Burngreave is changing. One hundred years ago, Burngreave included industrial housing for the working class of the city (for example around Ellesmere, Page Hall) but also include a range of Edwardian and Georgian villas of Pitsmoor, Crabtree and Fir Vale for the wealthy middle class and professionals. From the 1950s, Burngreave, Broomhall and Attercliffe became the neighbourhoods to house the migrants from the Caribbean, Africa, the sub-continent and the Middle East who came to the city to maintain both public services and heavy manufacturing industries. Latterly, the neighbourhoods have welcomed newly arrived refugees and migrants from a whole range of countries, both in Europe and from elsewhere. Just over one half of the population of Burngreave is of white ethnic origin. About one-quarter of the population is of Asian origin (mainly of Pakistani heritage), with substantial communities of African/Caribbean heritage, Somali and Yemeni origin. Recent information collected by the local health visiting team suggests that 35% of births in Burngreave were to mothers whose home language is Urdu/Punjabi, 32% of births to mothers who spoke which spoke English (black and white and mixed heritage women), 11% to Arabic speaking mothers and 9% to Somali speaking mothers. Altogether, children have been born in households in which 35 different languages are spoken (Burngreave/Fir Vale health visitor team, Sheffield PCT, 2006).

 

 

 

 

You can search for Councillors by Ward, Party or Name by going to our Councillors page.

 

 

The Burngreave Area Panel holds meetings every two months, follow this link to forthcoming meeting dates.

 

Minutes and agendas of previous meeting are also available.

 

For more information about, submit a question to, or to join the mailing list for the Burngreave Area Panel - telephone: 0114 276 9134

Write to: Burngreave Area Panel

12-14 Burngreave Road

Sheffield

S3 9DD

or email: the Area Co-ordinator Andy.Shallice@sheffield.gov.uk