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Polling District Polling Station

ATTERCLIFFE
Hackenthorpe CA "The Lodge Youth & Community Centre, Beighton Road"
Manvers CB "Beighton & Hackenthorpe Old Peoples Centre (The Limes), Lime Street"
Owlthorpe CC "Christ Church Hall (Hackenthorpe), Sheffield Road"
Sothall CD "Brookhouse Junior School Hall, Tynker Avenue"
Victoria CE "Reignhead Primary School, Platts Drive"
Base Green DA "Meeting Room & Lounge, Welwyn Court, Jaunty Crescent Entrance"
Birley Moor DB "Open Door Adult Learning Ctr, Birley Moor Crescent"
Birley Spa DC "Hackenthorpe Community Centre (Former Library), Four Wells Drive"
Charnock Hall DD "Gleadless Library, White Lane"
Frecheville DE "Frecheville Community Centre, Churchdale Road"
Silkstone DF "Scowerdons Community House, Spa Brook Drive"
Bowden Houstead IC "Handsworth Community Ass, Fitzalan Road"
Fitzalan IE "Handsworth Community Ass, Fitzalan Road"
Carbrook ID "Tinsley Junior School, Bawtry Road"
Greenland IF "Greenland Community Room, Greenland Court"
High Hazels IG "Darnall Library, Britania Road"
Staniforth IH "Darnall Education Ctr, (Star Works), Darnall Road"
Halfway SA "Halfway Centre Community Room, Halfway Junior School"
Mosborough SB "Mosborough Methodist Church Sunday School, Cadman Street"
Mosborough Moor SC "Mosborough Methodist Church Sunday School, Cadman Street"
Waterthorpe SD "Community Rooms, Emmanuel Jr School, Thorpe Drive"
Westfield SE "Community Rooms, Shortbrook School, Westfield North Way"
Windmill SF "Halfway Infant School, Station Road"
Linley Lane UD "RJ's Gym, Alport Road"
Stradbroke UF "Stradbroke Community Centre, Richmond Road"
Handsworth 3A "Richmond Senior Citizens Club, 43 Richmond Park Drive"
Handswth Grange 3B "Handsworth Grange School, Handsworth Grange Road"
Woodhse Central 3C "Salvation Army Hall, Tannery Street"
Woodhouse East 3D "Brunswick School, Station Road"
Woodhouse West 3E "Woodhouse West Primary School, Coisley Hill"

BRIGHTSIDE
Fir Vale FC St Cuthberts Church Barnsley Road Entrance
Shirecliffe FH "Shirecliffe Community Centre, Shirecliffe Road"
High Greave KE "Monteney Primary School, Monteney Crescent"
Bevercotes MA "Firth Park Library, Stubbin Lane"
Shiregreen MB "Flower Estate Community Ass., Hinde House Primary School"
Elm Lane MC "St Patricks RC Primary School, Swanbourne Road"
Lindsay MD "Deerlands Special School, Lindsay Road"
Longley ME "Longley Primary School, Raisen Hall Road"
Longley Hall MF "Longley Hall Snr Citizens Room, 35 Longley Hall Way"
Moonshine MG "Watermead NI School, Barrie Crescent"
Northland MH "Church on the Corner, 1-5 Buchanan Road"
Park QE "Hillsborough Primary School, Parkside Road"
Parkside QF "Hillsborough Primary School, Parkside Road"
Winn Gardens QH "Hillsborough Primary School, Parkside Road"
Rudyard ZG "Hillsborough Primary School, Parkside Road"
Beck Road VA "Shiregreen Neighbourhood Ctr, Westnall Road"
Concord VB "Woolley Wood Special School, Oaks Fold Road/ Keppel Place"
Hartley Brook VC "Shiregreen Utd Reform Church, Valentine Crescent"
Jenkin VD "St Margarets Church, Jenkin Road"
Lower Wincobank VE "Wincobank Youth & Comm Ctr, (Old Wash-house), Merton Lane"
Upwell VF "Grimesthorpe Family Centre, Wansfell Road"
Wincobank VG "Wincobank NI School, Newman Road"
Binsted WA "Binsted Road, Senior Citizens Room, 88 Binsted Road"
Chaucer WB "Meynell Primary School, Meynell Road"
Fox Hill WC "Fox Hill Primary School, Keats Road"
Lwr Birley Carr WD "Parson Cross CE Primary School, Halifax Road"
Mansel WE "Yew Lane Community Centre, Creswick Lane"
Parson Cross WF "Parson Cross Library, Margetson Crescent"
Southey Green WG "Southey Library, Moonshine Lane"
Upr Birley Carr WH "Methodist Church Room, Fox Hill Road/ Midhurst Road"

CENTRAL
Arbour. Ea.No.2 AB "Skye Edge Community Centre, 7 Skye Edge Avenue "
Skye Edge No. 1 RE "Skye Edge Community Centre, 7 Skye Edge Avenue "
Collegiate EB "Porter Croft CE Primary School, Pomona Street"
Commonside EC "Crookesmoor Community Centre, 217 Crookesmoor Road"
Harcourt ED "Crookesmoor Community Centre, 217 Crookesmoor Road"
Abbeyfield FA "St James Church Hall, Scott Road"
Carwood FB "St Peters Cornerstone, Grimesthorpe Road/ Carwood Road"
Firshill FD "Roe Lane Community Centre, Firshill Crescent"
Lightways FE "Community Centre, 101 Margate Drive"
Parkwood FF "Firshill Tenants & Residents Ass., 11 Firshill Glade"
Pye Bank FG "Recreation Centre, Verdon Street"
Spital Hill FI "Burngreave Library, 179 Spital Hill"
Broomhall No. 1 GA "Broomhall Centre, Broomspring Lane"
Cathedral GC "Carver Street Wes. Meth. Church, Rockingham Lane"
Cemetery Road GD "Vestry Hall, Cemetery Road"
Edmund No. 1 GE "Duchess Road Community Ctr., Duchess Road"
Highfield No. 1 GG "Highfield Library, London Road"
Springfield GI "Springfield Primary School, (Nursery Block), Bolton Street Entrance"
Wostenholm GJ "Mount Pleasant Community Ctr, Sharrow Lane"
Cobden HA "St Timothy's Community Hall, Slinn Street"
St Timothy’s HD "St Timothy's Community Hall, Slinn Street"
Howard Rd No 2 ZD "St Timothy's Community Hall, Slinn Street"
Acres Hill IA "Mather Road Pavilion, Mather Road"
Attercliffe IB "Bangladesh Citizens Neighbourhood Welfare Project, 348-352 Staniforth Road"
Greystones No.2 LD "Hunters Bar Infant School, Junction Road"
Hunter’s Bar TD "Hunters Bar Infant School, Junction Road"
Fairleigh RA "St Swithuns Church Centre, Cary Road"
Elm Tree No. 2 UB "St Swithuns Church Centre, Cary Road"
Lower Manor RB "Pipworth NI School, Pipworth Road"
Manor Park RC "William Temple Church, Harborough Avenue"
Park Hill RD "Parkhill Social Centre, Parkhill Flats"
Stafford RG "Sheffield Wildlife Trust HQ, Stafford Road"
Wybourn RH "Wybourn Young Peoples Centre, 139 Maltravers Road"
Carterknowle TA "Carterknowle Methodist Church Schoolroom, Edgedale Road"
Clifford TB "Clifford CE First School, Psalter Lane"
Edgebrook TC "Abbeydale Primary School, Glen Road"
Kenwood TE "Mother of God Church Parish Centre, Abbeydale Road"
Netherthorpe ZF St Stephens Church Hall
Upperthorpe ZI "Upperthorpe Library, Upperthorpe"

HALLAM
Low Edges West BG "Low Edges Tenants Meeting Hall, Gresley Road"
Botanical EA "City Church, Wilson Road"
Summerfield EE "Broomhill Methodist Church, Fulwood Road"
Tapton Hill EF "Broomhill Methodist Church, Fulwood Road"
Whitham EG "First Church of Christ Scientist, Severn Road"
Broomhall No. 2 GB "First Church of Christ Scientist, Severn Road"
Crosspool HB "Stephen Hill Church, Benty Lane"
Tapton HE "Stephen Hill Church, Benty Lane"
St. Thomas's HC "St Thomas Church, Nairn Street"
Abbeydale Park JA "Dore & Totley Utd Reform Church, Totley Brook Road"
Bradway No. 1 JB "Sir Harold Jackson Primary School, Bradway Drive"
Dore JD "Church Hall, Townhead Road"
Whirlow JF "Church Hall, Townhead Road"
Totley JE Totley Library
All Saints LA "Ecclesall Parish Halls, Ringinglow Road"
Bents Green LB "Bents Green Methodist Church (Music Room), Ringinglow Road"
Greystones No.1 LC "Greystones Community Centre, Greystones Grange Road"
Millhouses No.1 LE "Millhouses Methodist Church, Whirlowdale Road"
Moscar TF "Millhouses Methodist Church, Whirlowdale Road"
Canterbury NA "Christ Church Hall, Canterbury Avenue"
Hallamshire NB "Community Room, 53 Westminster Crescent"
Lodge Moor NC "St Lukes Church Centre Lounge, Blackbrook Road"
Nether Green ND "Nether Green School, Fulwood Road"
Ranmoor NE Parish Hall Ranmoor Road

HEELEY
Arbour. E. No.1 AA "The Arbourthorne Centre, 33A Edenhall Road"
Skye Edge No. 2 RF "The Arbourthorne Centre, 33A Edenhall Road"
Arbourthorne W. AC "Catholic Church of the Holy Family, Eastern Drive"
Gleadless Comm. AD "Gleadless United Reformed Church, Hollinsend Road"
Hurlfield AE "Manor Library, Ridgeway Road"
Myrtle Road AF "Heeley Bank Community Rooms, Heeley Bank Road"
Norfolk Park AG "The Beacon Centre, 331 Arbourthorne Road"
Batemoor BA "Jordanthorpe Library, Jordanthorpe Centre"
Jordanthorpe BE "Jordanthorpe Library, Jordanthorpe Centre"
Chancet Wood BB "St Thomas RC Primary School, Chancet Wood Drive"
Dalewood BC "Beauchief Baptist Church Hall, Hutcliffe Wood Road"
Millhouses No.2 LF "Beauchief Baptist Church Hall, Hutcliffe Wood Road"
Greenhill BD "Greenhill Library, Hemper Lane"
Bradway No. 2 JC "Greenhill Library, Hemper Lane"
Low Edges East BF "The Michael Church, Lupton Road"
Edmund No. 2 GF "Hartley Street Project, Hartley Street"
Highfield No. 2 GH "Hartley Street Project, Hartley Street"
Heeley OA "Hartley Street Project, Hartley Street"
Hemsworth OB "Gleadless Valley Methodist Church, Blackstock Road"
Herdings OC "Valley Park Community Primary School, Norton Avenue"
Meersbrook OD "Carfield Nursery School, Argyle Close"
Meersbrook Park OE "Meersbrook Bank School, (Nursery), Derbyshire Lane/Binfield Road"
Newfield Green OF "Newfield Green Library, Gleadless Road"
Little Norton PA "Senior Citizens Room, Little Norton Drive"
Meadow Head PB "Woodseats Library, Chesterfield Road"
Norton PC "Norton Youth Hall, Norton Lane"
Norton Woods. PD "Mundella Primary School, Mundella Place"
Woodseats PE "Woodseats Primary School, Chesterfield Road"
Elm Tree No. 1 UA "Intake Methdist Church, Foxwood Road"
Intake UC "Hollinsend Methodist Chapel, Hollinsend Road"
Seagrave UE "Gleadless Primary School, Nursery Infant Dept., Ridgehill Avenue"
Woodthorpe UG St Catherines Richmond Road

HILLSBOROUGH
Toftwood HF "Pavilion Bole Hill Recreation Ground, Northfield Avenue"
Blackburn KA "Lound Infants School, Sherburn Gate"
Chapeltown E. KB "Chapeltown Library, Nether Ley Avenue"
Chapeltown W. KC "Chapeltown Library, Nether Ley Avenue"
Ecclesfield KD "Ecclesfield Library, High Street"
Horbury KF "Coit Primary School, Park Avenue"
Warren KG Warren/ White Lane Old Peoples Centre
Dorothy QA "Trinity Methodist Church, Dorothy Road"
Dykes Hall QB "Baptist Schoolroom, Hawthorne Road"
Malin Bridge QC "Malin Bridge Pre-School, Dykes Lane"
Marlcliffe QD "Marlcliffe Primary School, Parkside Road"
Wadsley QG "Wadsley Church Hall, Worrall Road"
Wisewood QI "Wisewood Methodist Church, Ben Lane"
Bradfield XA "Parish Council Offices, Mill Lee Road"
Dungworth XB Dungworth Village Hall
Liberty Hill XC "Hall Park Centre, Hall Park Hill"
Loxley XD "Loxley Primary School, (Youth Club), Rodney Hill"
Marchwood XE "Shooters Grove Primary School, Wood Lane"
Wood End XI "Shooters Grove Primary School, Wood Lane"
Stannnington XF Stannington Library
Stanwood XG "Stanwood Methodist Chapel, Stannington Road/ Stanwood Road"
Wadsley Park XH "Worrall Independent Chapel, Towngate Road"
Worrall XJ "Worrall Independent Chapel, Towngate Road"
Bolsterstone YA Bolsterstone Village Hall
Deepcar YB "Deepcar Village Hall, Helliwell Lane"
Garden Village YC "Inman Pavilion, Moorland Drive"
Midhopestones YD "Smithymoor Community Centre, Cross Lane"
Smithy Moor YI "Smithymoor Community Centre, Cross Lane"
Oughtibridge E. YE "Parish Centre, Church Street"
Oughtibridge W. YF "Parish Centre, Church Street"
St John's YG "St Johns Church Hall, St Johns Road"
Shay House YH "Stocksbridge High School, Shay House Lane"
Stubbin YJ "Stubbin Estate Community Centre, Heath Road"
Town YK "Stocksbridge Library, Manchester Road"
Wharncl. Side YL "Wharncliffe Side Community Centre, Brightholmlee Lane"
Bole Hill ZA "Walkley Library, South Road"
South Road ZH "Walkley Library, South Road"
Walkley Bank ZJ "Walkley Library, South Road"
Burgoyne ZB "St Bartholomews Church Centre, Primrose Hill"
Howard Rd No. 1 ZC "Walkley Parish Community Hall, South Road"
Langsett ZE "Hampden View WR Chapel, Greaves Street"
Walkley Lane ZK "Memorial Hall, Forbes Road"
Angram Bank 2A "Angram Bank Primary School (Junior Dept), Kinsey Road"
Ash View No. 1 2B "John Trickett House, 5 Bevan Way"
Ash View No. 2 2C "John Trickett House, 5 Bevan Way"
Burncross 2D "John Trickett House, 5 Bevan Way"
Grenoside 2E "Grenoside Community Centre, Main Street"
Mortomley No.1 2F "Newgate Close Sheltered Scheme, Newgate Close"
Mortomley No.2 2G "Newgate Close Sheltered Scheme, Newgate Close"
Wortley Road 2H "High Green Primary School, Wortley Road"

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JGH

See. If you can do it, why couldn't our paid-for officers?

Thank you very much.:thumbsup:

Originally posted by jgharston
The formatting has gone up the spout, but here they are:

Polling District...

...JGH
Thanks for that Jonno...

...of-course you could have saved a lot of space by just putting the link on:

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/elections/election-2005/polling-stations

:)

Originally posted by foo_fighter
Thanks for that Jonno...

...of-course you could have saved a lot of space by just putting the link on:

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/elections/election-2005/polling-stations

:)

It wasn't there yesterday when everybody was complaining that there wasn't a list on the Council's website! It looks like they pre-empted by complaining at them and put it up on their own initiative. :)

Thanks for the link.

Edit: And I've just checked it, and they are all PDF documents. A plain text list is easier to read online for more people.

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JGH

It wasn't there at lunch-time.
Well spotted foo.


Better late than never, I suppose.

Originally posted by jgharston
It wasn't there yesterday when everybody was complaining that there wasn't a list on the Council's website! It looks like they pre-empted by complaining at them and put it up on their own initiative. :)

Thanks for the link.


Must have been there, it says,
Generated: 20/04/2005 | Modified: 20/04/2005 by John Tomlinson
Guess you've just got to know how too look properly. ;)

Does anyone know why some of us have had to go to a different polling station? I assumed the Heeley Bank one wasn't being used any longer when I had to go to Hartley Street, but I passed it earlier and it was open. It's only a minute away, but Hartley Street isn't, and though I didn't mind the walk down, it'd be a real hike back up the hill again. That doesn't make sense - or is it a sneaky way to get us postal voting? :loopy:

For all of you who helped me find my local place, well i went along and they said as i had voted in the local postal vote, then this counted for the national one too!

So many people said otherwise!

Just go's to show that the whole affair isnt made very clear in my opinion.

Thanks for eveyone who helped though.

Im waiting excitedly now to see who wins!

Originally posted by Mathom
Does anyone know why some of us have had to go to a different polling station? I assumed the Heeley Bank one wasn't being used any longer when I had to go to Hartley Street, but I passed it earlier and it was open. It's only a minute away, but Hartley Street isn't, and though I didn't mind the walk down, it'd be a real hike back up the hill again. That doesn't make sense - or is it a sneaky way to get us postal voting? :loopy:

Heeley Bank Community Rooms, was used as a polling station for polling district AF which is within the Arbourthorne ward. It includes the odd numbers on Heeley Bank Road.

Unfortunately, the electoral services office at the Town Hall decided that the polling district in which Mathom (and myself) both live, should use Hartley Street in Heeley! This is because we live in Gleadless Valley ward. Our polling district includes Olive Grove Road, Slate Street, even numbers on Heeley Bank Road, all of Myrtle Road below the junction with Heeley Bank Road, Richards Road, etc.

This was madness! When I discovered this change in traditional polling station, I complained to the electoral services office - but as they were in the process of printing election material, it was too late to change anything before the election. I then delivered a letter to as many addresses as possible on behalf of Meg Munn MP, which explained the change in polling station, and enclosed a postal vote application form, if desired.

There were similar changes in polling stations across Sheffield. These have arisen following the ward boundary changes which came into effect last year. Yesterday I met Mr John Tomlinson at the electoral services office at the Town Hall, in an attempt to avoid a repeat of this problem. He has agreed to review the location of polling stations, and has asked for any problems to be notified to him, preferably with suggestions for alternative, and more convenient, locations.

I am writing with my own suggestions, which includes a return to using Heeley Bank Community Rooms for the polling district in which Mathom, and myself, reside.

The list is excellent; my only qualm is about knowing which of the individual areas one lives in...

How does one know, for instance (especially if the polling card didn't arrive:- I never recieved a polling card, with my information on) that they are in "arbourthorne e", "arbourthorne w", or "hurlfield?" or whichever.

especially if one is a newcomer to a district...

my old flat, in arbourthorne would have been almost equidistant from each polling station... holy family church, the arbourthorne centre *and* the manor library,

also, why would someone have to travel all the way from skye edge, almost to manor top, to edenhall road for a polling station? surely, for sky edge it would be easier to have a polling station at the sky edge community rooms, or at St john's school at Park?

PT

You raise some excellent points Plain Talker. I happen to know the polling districts in Arbourthorne ward because I have a copy of the list of street names from the electoral services office in the Town Hall (as an Arbourthorne ward councillor, I am entitled to a copy free of charge).

I have requested a list of polling stations that were used in the recent general election within the Arbourthorne ward (and, also for the polling district in which I live within Gleadless Valley ward), and will be making suggestions for different, but more convenient polling stations - in time for next years local elections.

Excellent! I'm glad someone else noticed this change. I am thinking of complaining to the council about this myself. I am so close to the Heeley bank polling station I could almost have folded my ballot into a paper aeroplane and thrown it there, yet I had a good 15 minute walk to Hartley St instead. I can imagine the walk back up the hill again would put a lot of people off.

It doesn't make any sense how the polling stations were allocated as Heeley Bank must be right on the edge of a district - one of the houses subject to the change is literally overshadowed by the building. If it's to do with it being in a different ward, then why can't there be two separate boxes in the one polling station for the two different wards? It didn't stop me from voting as little would, but it would have stopped quite a few from doing so.

I had one of the postal voting letters, and if I had not had this I would never even have picked up my polling card and noticed the change! So I owe you my thanks, redrobbo!

Originally posted by Mathom


I had one of the postal voting letters, and if I had not had this I would never even have picked up my polling card and noticed the change! So I owe you my thanks, redrobbo!

Thank you Mathom.

If my efforts assisted you to vote, then the pleasure is mine.

I shall be processing my complaints and suggestions to the electoral services office at the Town Hall on Friday. I feel reasonably confident that next time you will be able to vote at Heeley Bank Commuity Rooms, and not have the ridiculous trek over to Hartley Street.

We had similar problems over at Hillsborough. Eveybody from Winn Gardens all the way down to Rudyard had to use Hillsborough School. They used to use Winn Gardens Comminuty Centre and Proctor Place church as well in the past.

Last year Election Services admitted that various bits were strange because we've got new wards but old constituencies. They said that eveything would be reviewed once the new constituencies are announced. F'rinantace, Rudyard would normally vote at St. John's with Walkley Lane, and Winn Gardens might be better going to Marcliffe School.

There's tension between the Election Office who understandably want to minimise the number of polling stations and local councillors and other representatives who want to maximise them ;)

I heard on the radio a couple of weeks ago that the Review is expected to be completed and laid before Parliament next Spring.

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JGH

When councillors do deliberate this, do you think you could steer them towards some kind of policy statement with regard to the maximum distance one should be expected to walk to a polling station?

I accept that this could only be applied to the main urban wards. it would be a bit difficult to apply the same standards to the more rural areas.

My Dad is a caretaker of a school which used to be a polling station up to (i think) last year. Despite living next to the school, he has always had walk 15 mins down the road to vote instead of the 1 minute walk to the school!

This year he said he had to queue ages to vote because of some polling stations were merged in his area. He also still had people coming to the school to try and vote!

Originally posted by thomsongirl
My Dad is a caretaker of a school which used to be a polling station up to (i think) last year. Despite living next to the school, he has always had walk 15 mins down the road to vote instead of the 1 minute walk to the school!

Headteachers, school governors and election staff are trying to minimise the number of schools used as polling stations.

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JGH