Meersbrook
Meersbrook is a neighbourhood of the Heeley area in the south-west of Sheffield, England, 2 miles south of the city centre and bordered by Norton Lees to the south and the Meersbrook allotment site to the east.
Meersbrook is a neighbourhood of the Heeley area in the south-west of Sheffield, England, 2 miles south of the city centre and bordered by Norton Lees to the south and the Meersbrook allotment site to the east. Until 1950 it was part of the Sheffield Ecclesall constituency and now forms part of the Sheffield Heeley constituency. The district falls within the Gleadless Valley ward of the city. The name comes from the stream, the Meers Brook, a tributary of the River Sheaf which means 'boundary brook' and along with the River Sheaf was the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire. With the expansion and industrialisation of the City of Sheffield the area immediately south of Heeley Parish which included the fields that made up present day Meersbrook, became part of Sheffield and in turn Yorkshire. Before the building of Meersbrook and growth of Heeley the area was only made up of several small farmsteads which have given many roads their names; Rush Dale, Carfield & Cliffe Field and in 1857 was known as Mears Brook. Meersbrook grew during the industrial era when it was established after the area to the south of the River Sheaf became part of the City of Sheffield.
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Worth seeing in and around Meersbrook
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Firth College in 1879 and Sheffield Technical School in 1884.
3.3 km · university in Sheffield, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Bramall Lane
Bramall Lane is a football stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which is the home of Sheffield United. The stadium was originally a cricket ground, built on a road named after the Bramall family of file and graver manufacturers.
1.9 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03Crucible Theatre
The Crucible Theatre, or simply The Crucible, is a theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which opened in 1971. Its name refers to crucible steel, which was developed in Sheffield in 1740 and drove the industrialisation of the city.
3.1 km · theatre and event venue in Sheffield, England · Wikipedia - 04Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate Crescent Campus is about two miles away in the Broomhall Estate off Ecclesall Road in south-west Sheffield.
2.9 km · university in Sheffield, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Supertram
The South Yorkshire Supertram is a tram and tram-train network covering Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. The network is owned and operated by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.
3.4 km · light rail tramway in Sheffield, England · Wikipedia - 06Sheffield Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, Sheffield, also known as Sheffield Cathedral, is the cathedral church for the Church of England diocese of Sheffield, England. Originally a parish church, it was elevated to cathedral status when the diocese was created in 1914.
3.4 km · cathedral in Sheffield, England · Wikipedia - 07Cathedral Church of St Marie
The Cathedral Church of St Marie is the Roman Catholic cathedral in Sheffield, England. It lies in a slightly hidden location, just off Fargate shopping street, but signals its presence with a 195 feet spire, the tallest in Sheffield.
3.1 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Sheffield, England · Wikipedia - 08Roman Catholic Diocese of Hallam
The Diocese of Hallam is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in England. The diocese comprises the Metropolitan County of South Yorkshire, including Sheffield and the surrounding towns of Rotherham, Doncaster, and Barnsley, together with the district of Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire.
3.4 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Bishops' House
Bishops' House is a half-timbered house in Norton Lees, a suburban area of Sheffield, England. It was built c. 1500 and is located on the southern tip of Meersbrook Park.
200 m · historic house museum · Wikipedia - 10Sheffield Castle
Sheffield Castle was a castle in Sheffield, England, constructed at the confluence of the River Sheaf and the River Don, possibly on the site of a former Anglo-Saxon long house, and dominating the early town. A motte and bailey castle had been constructed on the site at some time in the century following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
3.6 km · limited remains of a castle in Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Meersbrook
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 54 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 58 km · East Midlands (EMA), 59 km
- Stations
- Sheffield station, 2.8 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Meersbrook53 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £6–8
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Meersbrook49 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £5–7
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Meersbrook49 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £5–7
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No local-transport research exists yet for Meersbrook
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Meersbrook. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextFor a day trip by public transport, the most accessible is along the Hope Valley railway line through Grindleford, Hathersage, Hope and Edale.
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Next door to Meersbrook
Meersbrook is 3 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sheffieldcity in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom3.1 km
- Park Hillhousing estate and area of Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Gleadless Valleyhousing estate and area of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England1.9 km
- Sheffield Winter Gardenglasshouse in the city of Sheffield, England3 km
- Ecclesallelectoral ward of Sheffield City Council2.1 km
- Abbeydalesuburb in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK1.9 km