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Longley, Sheffield
Longley is a suburb of the City of Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England. It lies four km north of the city centre and is a residential neighbourhood made up mostly of housing built by Sheffield City Council in the late 1920s. The suburb falls within the Firth Park ward of the City.
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Southey, South Yorkshire
Southey ward—which includes the districts of Fox Hill, New Parson Cross, Southey, Wadsley Bridge, and part of Old Parson Cross—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of 1.8 square miles (1,200 acres; 4.7 km2). The population of this ward in 2011 was 19,086 people in 8,295 households. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
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Shirecliffe
Shirecliffe is a suburb of the City of Sheffield. It lies three kilometres north of the city centre, it is now a residential neighbourhood consisting mostly of public housing. In the past it was a rural area made up of farmland and scattered small country houses. The name of the suburb derives from "Scir-clifff" meaning a bright steep hillside, this is appropriate as it is located at the top of a steep escarpment which rises out of the Don valley at Neepsend.
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Longley Park
Longley Park is a public park within the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The park lies between the suburbs of Longley and Firth Park, 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the city centre. It covers an area of just under 52 acres (21 hectares) and is the third largest public park in Sheffield.
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Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School
Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is notable for changing its name from a "school" to "A place of learning" in January 2009, with staff at Watercliffe Meadow claiming that this was because, "the word school may have negative connotations for pupils and parents." The change was attacked for being too politically correct.