Walkley | |
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Population | 21,793 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
UK Parliament | |
Councillors | Olivia Frances Blake (Labour Party) Ben Curran (Labour Party) Neale Gibson (Labour Party) |
Coordinates: 53°23′35″N 1°30′50″W / 53.393°N 1.514°W
Walkley is an electoral ward in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
Walkley ward—which includes the districts of Netherthorpe, Upperthorpe, Walkley and parts of Neepsend—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northwestern part of the city and covers an area of 3.8 km2. The population of this ward in 2011 was 21,793 people in 9,654 households. The ward is in Sheffield Central Parliamentary Constituency.
Walkley (grid reference SK336885) is a suburb in the north west of Sheffield in England. It lies north-east of Crookes and south of Hillsborough.
Netherthorpe (grid reference SK343875) is a council estate lying south-east of the Ponderosa open space. Originally an area of working-class Victorian terraces, it was reconstructed in the 1960s as an area of tower blocks and medium-rise flats with a few houses. In the late 1990s the tower blocks were reclad and many of the other flats demolished and replaced by modern housing.