Darnall
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Darnall ward—which includes the districts
Districts of Sheffield
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 of Attercliffe, Carbrook, Darnall, Tinsley, and parts of Handsworth
Handsworth, South Yorkshire
Handsworth is a suburb of south eastern Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England. Handsworth has a population of approximately 15,000. It covers an overall area of approximately...

—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield
Sheffield
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, South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
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, England
England
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. It is located in the eastern part of the city and covers an area of 17.4 km2. The population of this ward in 2001 was 21,000 people in 8,400 households. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield Attercliffe constituency.

Attercliffe

Attercliffe is an industrial
Industry
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 suburb of northeast Sheffield.

Attercliffe stretches from the edge of the city centre of Sheffield to Carbrook.

Back in the 1880s, the district was populated by small terraced houses and a shopping area which stretched for over 3 miles along Attercliffe Road, Attercliffe Common and Sheffield Road towards Tinsley.

Remnants of this era still stand with the John Banner building, an early multi floor department store located on Attercliffe Rd. Other buildings include the Adelphi cinema, Attercliffe Baths, Burton Building, Carbrook Hall and Attercliffe Church - a small building easy to miss tucked back from the main road into the city centre.

As for industry, Tinsley Wire and many other steelworks and light industrial companies survived alongside residential and small retail.

During the December 1940 a German bombing campaign devastated the city centre of Sheffield. Attercliffe was also badly destroyed with destruction from the city centre across to Tinsley canal locks. It took until the 1990s rebuilding of the old residential area to re-use the former area of the district affected by this historic incident.

Traditional areas of Attercliffe now house an interesting mix of old established industry, Adult stores, carpet warehouses and discount stores - including the old John Banner building. Towards the east end of Attercliffe, the area has been regenerated with medium sized business and a few remaining large steelworks.

The crowning point of Attercliffe however are the Olympic standard leisure facilities including the Don Valley Stadium, Ice stadium and nearby Meadowhall Retail Park, facilities to be proud of.

Carbrook

Carbrook is an industrial area of Sheffield, to the north-east of Brightside
Brightside
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.

Darnall

Darnall is a suburb of eastern Sheffield.

Tinsley

Tinsley is a district in the northeastern part of Sheffield.

Meadowhall

'Meadowhall' is the name of a large shopping centre in the Darnall ward.
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