I joined the council housing list and have the chance of a few flats in this area. Anyone have any feedback at all? I live in Heeley Green at the moment and am keen to stay in a similar sort of area.

Cheers in advance

Originally posted by "Roundy"

I joined the council housing list and have the chance of a few flats in this area. Anyone have any feedback at all? I live in Heeley Green at the moment and am keen to stay in a similar sort of area.

Cheers in advance

Some parts of Lowedges are known to be rough, with quite a bit of crime.

Low edges is nothing like Heeley Green. Stay put

well theres just been a murder at lowedges today

Details of which are here http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=291168

Eyup Roundy,
I've been living in Lowedges for just over a year, I previously had my own home in Norton, but that's another story, so I find myself here. I like Lowedges, I think it's O.K. ,admitted I've never lived on any other council estate to compare it with. However, its very "open" there seems to be lots of space,as compared with Jordanthorpe or Batemoor.I once had a look round there intending to move. But I decided to stay, unfortunately the Lowedges Housing Office is a joke as far as I'm concerned, again ,another story.
Where I live the shops are literally just down the road, next to The Magpie, or, if you go to the bus terminus there are more shops ,not large ones of course, in the olden days you'd have called them corner shops('cept they aren't on a corner) but I think you get the idea. I'm at work all day so I don't see much of my neighbours, but what I have seen of them is O.K. all I can advise you is have a drive round the estate and see what you think. Incidentally you can tell a lot of residents have bought their own houses, so that must mean summat!

I have no advice to offer you but I am interested to know where in Heeley Green you live and how long you have lived there. I was born and raised in the area. Sorry different subject altogether but hope you don't mind :?:

Originally posted by "Banksia"

I have no advice to offer you but I am interested to know where in Heeley Green you live and how long you have lived there. I was born and raised in the area. Sorry different subject altogether but hope you don't mind :?:

I was born and raised in this area too

As a kid we lived on Spencer Rd, Richards Rd, Alexander Rd, all houses now demolished and later Gleadless Rd just up from Heeley Green, it was a great place then, but a bit run down now.

:lol: Lowedges fish shop is quite good but you have to pick your moment to get out of the car. just to be on the safe side

Ok lets be honest lowedges hasn't got the best reputation, but i'd prefer to live there than most other areas in sheffield. My nanan lives there and has no insurance against burgalry, she hasnt been burgled once in her 30 or more years of living there. Lowedges is not as bad as it is made out to be and most of the crime is selling duty free 8) which is good for the smokers drinkers, and cannabis. (Most people smoking cannabis do not commit crime while stoned and are on the whole decent people.

Have to agree with you there .Although there was a murder there 3 weeks ago. I think it s interesting to note that after the incident and the police had gone flowers were placed at the base of the bus stop. The flowers are still there, and it looked to me( from my car) as though some of them were fresh,in some other places I'm guessing, they'd have been pinched or kicked about. So at least some people are showing some respect.

There was also a 'SUSPICIOUS' death on Sunday morning in one of the old peoples houses by the roundabout on lowedges road, if ur from there u'd know where i meant, as yet nothing has been placed on BBC Sheffield's site nor the star so maybe the police are trying to keep it under raps.:( :|

http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=548419

Front page of the Star. Hardly "under raps"

how bizarre! i was just gonna ask this quesion when i saw this! seen quite a few cheap houses in that area......Lupton road.
so i understand its not the best place to be?! but then, guess there's always god and bad parts to any area. but is it more bad then good?

A friend of mine was living in the flats where the recent murder took place but had been moved only a couple of weeks before because he feared for his life. The guy they think did it was insane, and had threatened the lives of other tenants for ages, and had them all terrified, but the Council refused to do anything about it. My friends pretty shaken up as he reckons (probably correctly) that it could easily have been him who got murdered. If they put someone else in that flat, heads should roll.

Indeed, did ur friend live on TOPPHAM WAY at all, cus thats where i am and it is pretty scary, i darent go out unless I have to.

The reason i moved there in the first place was to get out of the NOW crime ridden area of GLEADLESS where my family was also tied up in a 'murder enquiry' back in 2001 concerning my mother :cry:

Gleadless Townend, Common or Valley?

Originally posted by SheffieldLive
Indeed, did ur friend live on TOPPHAM WAY at all, cus thats where i am and it is pretty scary, i darent go out unless I have to.

The reason i moved there in the first place was to get out of the NOW crime ridden area of GLEADLESS where my family was also tied up in a 'murder enquiry' back in 2001 concerning my mother :cry:

Gervase Way, it was. Now it turns out another friend is acquainted with the *alleged* murderer.
Good lord, here was I thinking life was trundling along in an amiable but slightly uninteresting way...:P

PS I'm sorry to hear about your mother.

its got its good and bad bits.....a fair bit of private ownership is a good sign, but drug crime is present. being on the edge of the city, its near to nice surroundings.

:wave:
I was on the Lowedges estate for 15years then moved to Bath Avon now back in sheffield on the Arbourthorne estate and i can honestly say i wish i was living at Lowedges. I think the problem is the council put the ruff ones with the decsent people and that gives a bad name for any estate.
I was on the crescent and had great neighbours and a lot of friends, this was 13years ago and there still there. Just keep looking and the right place will come up.

I have just bought a flat in Lowedges, the area seems ok to me. There are always one or two psychos wherever you go, and they spoil the area for the nice people who live there, of which I'm sure Lowedges is 99%. At the minute I live in Walkey, one of the nicest bits of Sheffield, and still, someone got killed there recently too. No where is really safe anymore. Lowedges just happens to be a cheaper area to live, that doesn't mean everyone who lives there is a scruffer. I'm a nice honest hardworking person, who just can't afford to live on West Street!

I got my first flat in Lowedges. You're right, I used to like Lowedges too. I'd stear clear of thge Magpie pub though.... very rough!

hi i lived on lowedges for years and compared to alot of other places i have lived i think lowedges was the best, all the locals there are cool and like anywhere there's good and bad people. I moved about three years ago and miss everyone like mad!
infact will have to go for nite out there soon, be warned lol

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lickszz
[B]Some parts of Lowedges are known to be rough, with quite a bit of crime.

A excelent Bus Service in the day, but at night lots of missing buses due to the Yobs outside the co-op smashing bus windows.

Stay Where you are!

I did my community placement there last year.

I would stay put too if i were you ;)

Just about every woman who came through the door had a husband who was in prison/beat her up/was on drugs, or in a lot of cases she was a drug user herself

Not a nice place to live I dare say :rolleyes: :confused:

Hi All

I am looking to buy my first house in Sheffield (currently live in Dronfield) but can only afford about £75k.

I have been looking at Lowedges but have heard very mixed reports - some people say it is awful, others not too bad etc etc.

I have looked around the Atlantic Crescent area and wondered if anyone would be kind enough to give me some real feedback.

Everyone can say that they've heard it's not nice but I would really like facts.

Thank you
SJ

Lowedges is not the best of places, especially in comparison to Dronfield. There is a drug problem on the estate. It could be argued, as Atlantic is at the Bradway end, it is quieter, but for £75k, i would look elsewhere. I guess it depends on what size of place you're looking at.

What about Foxhill? I've seen a few cheap places there. Only been through on the bus but it looks quite nice, great view and lots of pubs.

Hev heard bad things about Fox Hill too - worse than Lowedges, but again it's only hearsay.

I don't expect Lowedges to be like Dronfield but just want to feel like I can sleep at night without people breaking in!

Drugs are everywhere - Dronfield is definitely not a drugs free place!

I don't know, it's all a bit bewildering!

I know Lowedges has never had a great reputation but just wondered how much truth there is in the rumours.
SJ

Lowedges is a bit of a 'Sink Estate', and while the houses are typically occupied by families (minding their own business and getting on with a quiet life), the maisonettes and flats (especially one bed) usually get given to single people, unemployed, drug users etc..
I speak from experience as I lived there for about five years in my lovely one bed flat next to the park. Safest as on the first floor, and my neighbours in the houses were great - was just the @rses who moved into the bedsits/one bed flats! :) At the bottom end of the estate there tended to be fewer roaming youths with time on their hands, but more towards the fire station end I heard it wouldn't be as quiet.

I would stay put... may be a BIG reality shock for you!

They are VERY different!

[ but more towards the fire station end I heard it wouldn't be as quiet. [/B][/QUOTE]
Sorry but i have to disagree with you there. I have lived up by firestation for 5years now and had no trouble whatsoever. My neighbours are great and my kids love it up here as it is a real community spirit.

Hi aim'n'mark

I am about to look at a house on Boland Road in Lowedges.
Is that at the end where you live?
Is is quiet in the evening etc and is there ever any trouble with youths etc?

Thanks

SJ

Hi,

Can anyone give me some advice on Lowedges and the surrounding areas.

We've just been to view a property opposite the primary school on Lowedges Road which we really like but don't know much about the area.

Any advice is appreciated, seems to be a lot of different opinions.

Would you buy a house here????

Give us your opinions...

A strange place for anyone to build houses slap bang in the middle of a council housing estate. I've got one or two friends who live in the area and so have some knowledge of the area.
Not wishing to be rude but no I wouldn't buy a house there it's possibly the worst end of the estate, it's nicer up near the fire station.
Quite a few drug addicts live in the area but then that could be said to be true for loads of places, what is more worrying is that the local pub has a reputation, basically if you want something one of the customers will be able to get it for you at a really knock down price. My friends who live in the area wont go in this pub because of it's clientelle.
I'm sure there are plenty of honest law abiding residents in the area but it doesn't take many to give an area a bad reputation, this area has a bad reputation.

Hi

I actually live on the road above Lowedges Road (Gervase Drive). Anyone who actually lives on Lowedges will tell you that where the new builds are and around the school is actually one of the best parts of the estate. We have had no trouble at all whilst living here. We moved to lowedges to get 'a foot on the ladder' and had no intention of staying on the estate for long. However, it has turned out to be the best place we have ever lived for our children, they play out on the front, there are loads of other kids, and the neighbours are lovely. Because of this, we are reluctant to move at the moment - there is a real sense of community with our neighbours who often sit on the front and have a drink together! In the summer, we had a street party with bouncy castle and bar-b-q with everyone chipping in.
Wallbuilder is right to say that the pubs on lowedges arent worth going into, but its not far from Greenhill village where you can have a quiet drink in a nice pub, we dont venture in the lowedges pubs as they are a bit rough. There is a drug problem in general in lowedges, batemoor, jordanthorpe, but no more than on any other estate and we have had no experience/problem with this.
The estate has a bad name which I feel is undeserved to some degree, I walk the dog alone at night and I feel very safe doing so (I'm female). All in all, there are far worse places to live.
We went to look at the new builds and they are lovely. For the most part, so are the people on lowedges. It is only let down by the idiots who you can find on all estates.

Thanks for the reply,

Gives a true view of a local and not one who is commenting on reputation.

That looked as though you were having a little dig at my 'supposed' knowledge. I don't base my opinions on what I've heard about from third or fourth hand or what might of been printed in the papers but I do know people who live in various parts of the estate and I have no reason to disbelieve them when they tell me things or when I've been at their houses or flats and heard and seen things myself.
I some times think that this council are far to lax in removing troublesome tenants as I'm sure it is a small number bringing most of the trouble to an area.

Speaking from experience I would have to advise you NOT to buy from Ben Baileys.

Just joined the forum, basicly to say , we moved on to Toppham Drive in 1982, we know the area well.yes there has been problems on the estate as there is on all estates, council or private. Our children were all brought up on the estate. 2 of them live on the estate the other lives in Waterthorpe but longs to move back home! My wife lived on lowedges crescent as a girl in 1953 when the estate was built, when i was courting I used to walk /run home from hers to ours in Dore? I have never been accosted or felt unsafe. Move here and join a realy friendly community.

What does everyone think of low edges?

is it a nice place?
Does it have much night life?

No, no it doesn't.

None at all?

Sure there must be some?

Its one of the rougher parts of the city and theres no night life.

This question has been asked before:
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58272

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=360&highlight=lowedges

I don't live there, so I can't really comment except to say that nightlife is limited to a couple of local pubs, for anything more exciting you'd probably want to go into town.

Some friends of mine have recently moved there & have told me that part of the area is nice, but other parts are bad.

I guess all parts of Sheffield has its good & bad spots

Its abit of a dump to be honest. Its one of those estates that has half drug dealers from norfolk park which have been kicked out and re-located, and half pensioners....

I would'nt recommend it, move nearer to woodseats

Originally posted by Mark14
Its one of those estates that has half drug dealers from norfolk park

PARDON?
I think you read too many fictional stories mate :loopy:

Originally posted by daz25
What does everyone think of low edges?



great album by richard hawley!

i'm just about to move into norfolk park, has it been resently been cleaned up then? i know they've ben knocking don sme flats or something along those lines...

All the tower blocks have now been demolished Lonoran. We have loads of new house's and apartments. It's very quiet these days (if you don't count the mini moto's that come out every few weeks)

I don't really know about the area from the bottom of the park though (student village etc)

Which part of the estate are you moving to?

hmmmmm the student village, i'm one of those pesky students i'm afraid...

I've never had/known of any trouble with the student village, in fact they bring a lot of life to the park when it's sunny. I was just saying that i don't know much about what goes on down that part of the estate :wink:

PS. You have a great chinky if you turn left at the top of Granville Rd :thumbsup:

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lol thanks, thats great, do love a good chinese!:clap:

Originally posted by daz25
What does everyone think of low edges?

is it a nice place?


It's a council estate. There are certain areas you're advised to avoid after dark. Generally it's ok though. I grew up there and still visit family and friends on the estate.


Originally posted by daz25
Does it have much night life?

Not unless you enjoy hanging around chip shops, co-ops, bus terminus' or frequent fairly rough pubs.

Originally posted by sarahjane
Hi aim'n'mark

I am about to look at a house on Boland Road in Lowedges.
Is that at the end where you live?
Is is quiet in the evening etc and is there ever any trouble with youths etc?

Thanks

SJ

Hiya, just been nosey really, wanted to know if you'd looked into moving to Boland Road. I lived on Boland Road for 3 years, up until 3 months ago and i must say i loved it. It's not rough at all, there's probably just a couple of council houses (the rest are privately owned! or council flats (where i lived) or maisonettes) the only problem on that road in 3 years was the crack-den which was uncovered 3 months ago, it has now been closed and the tenants have moved to Attercliffe or so i'm told. But lets face it, can't have been that troublesome as i never heard anything about it until it was uncovered. All i can say is, ignore these 'oh its as rough as s**t ppl' who've never lived there and take a chance, if you don't like it then move, houses sell pretty quickly there. Anyway thought i'd give my thoughts, i have now moved to Leeds and must say, its probably rougher here than Lowedges!!