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Stocksbridge and Upper Don ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northwestern part of the city. It covers an area of 93.2 square kilometres and includes the districts of Stocksbridge, Deepcar, Wharncliffe Side and Oughtibridge, plus the villages of Bolsterstone, Midhopestones and Ewden. The population of this ward in 2001 was 18,400 people in 7,700 households. In the 2004 local elections Alison Elaine Brelsford, Martin Charles Brelsford, and Martin John Davis—all Liberal Democrat candidates—were returned as councilors for the ward.
Districts in Stocksbridge and Upper Don ward
Stocksbridge
Stocksbridge () is a small town in the metropolitan borough of Sheffield, with a population of around 14,000. It lies just to the east of the Peak District. The town is located in the steep-sided valley of the Little Don River. The valley bottom is almost entirely occupied by steel works, which have been the main spur for the growth of the settlement, which didn't exist until the early nineteenth century. Although at one time, workers were bussed in from miles around, the steel works now employ few, and steel manufacture is due to cease in the town.
The town's local football club is Stocksbridge Park Steels , founded in 1986. The home ground of Stocksbridge Park Steels is Braken Moor, located near the top of the valley. They play in the Unibond Division One . Stocksbridge's chairman is Alan Bethell . The club also organises many youth teams, from the age of 8 to 18.
Samuel Fox was the owner of the steel works from the 1850s, and built most of the infrastructure of Stocksbridge.
Deepcar
Deepcar is the eastern gateway to the Parish and borders on Wharncliffe Crags and Wharncliffe Woods.
Grid reference: SK289975
Oughtibridge
Grid reference: SK307930
Wharncliffe Side
Wharncliffe Side (Grid reference: SK297948) is a small village on the border of the Peak District in the metropolitan borough of Sheffield and the Parish of Bradfield. It is a quite close knit community with a school and community centre. The river Don has cut the valley with steep sides. One side has a dense wood on it. It is half way between Oughtibridge and Stocksbridge. A legend surrounds the wood, in the past a dragon lived in the wood before a lord nearby killed it. You can visit the dragons cave to this day.
Steel at Stocksbridge
Samuel Fox was the owner of the steel works from the 1850s, and built most of the infrastructure of Stocksbridge.
Now the steel works is owned by Corus, an Anglo-Dutch company, and is known as Stocksbridge Engineering Steels or Corus Engineering Steels (CES). Although for several years Corus ran at a loss, it has recently returned to profit, in part helped by the worldwide rise in demand for steel caused by Chinese economic activity.
Carbon steel is produced by the electric arc furnace method in the UK at Rotherham and Stocksbridge.
Corus Engineering Steels (CES) is to invest a further £6 million to enhance its re-melting furnace capacity at its operations in Stocksbridge, aimed at strengthening Corus’ position to supply the rapidly growing market place for engineering steels for the aerospace sector.
