Hello,
Having now had a chance to come up to Sheffield and look at houses, we saw a little village called Eckington which is on the side of town we want.What is the area like in terms of crime, schools, things to do, parks, general family life. What is it like at night, there seem to be quite a few pubs in a small area, is it noisy at chucking out time ?What are the primary schools there?
Thanks yet again,
Melanie.

Eckington is not part of Sheffield its actually in Derbyshire, so you dont pay Sheffield Council Tax, but close enough to enjoy the facilities of Sheffield.

The area is not too bad - but the secondary school is AWFUL - thugs, theives & troublemakers.

I lived in Eckington for over 20 years and it's one of the better areas just outside Sheffield. But it does have its fair share of trouble with youths etc, but no more than the rest of the villages in the surrounding areas.
It would take you about 45min to travel into Sheffield city center in the rush hour, but less than 20min in quiet times.
House prices are still rising fast in this area though.

Eckington seems nice from my limited experience of driving through it every day. Not sure what effect living in Derbyshire has on the number of buses and stuff going into Sheffield though.

Originally posted by Lindseyw
The area is not too bad - but the secondary school is AWFUL - thugs, theives & troublemakers.

Well i can see uve never been to eckington.
The school is one of the highest ranked non-grammar schools in the country.
If u dont believe then read the exam results.
I went to eckington comprehensive for 5 years and came out pretty good im a top pr consultant at 22 earning £35,000 anually and was not even at the top of the class as i only came out with 4 gcses at c.

You could do much worse in the surrounding area like moving to westfield where the main colour dominating the area is black- but dont get me wrong im not being racist its just that westfield has a much higher crime rate and illiteracy statistics.

If u move to eckington you will enjoy it as it is very friendly, and has a low drugs rate for youths who usually keep themselves to themselves.

Originally posted by nichelover
You could do much worse in the surrounding area like moving to westfield where the main colour dominating the area is black- but dont get me wrong im not being racist its just that westfield has a much higher crime rate and illiteracy statistics.
A classic and false statement if ever I saw one.

Originally posted by DaBouncer
A classic and false statement if ever I saw one.

Indeed.

If you want to know what Eckington is like - go look. Bloody awful to look at, big groups of kids that do NOT keep themselve to themselves AT all. A lot of the shops have ram raid barriers there due to the mindless thugs that hang around.
Eckington school is nothing like it was even 10 years ago. I have 3 very good and very successful friends that went there, but believe me it is not the same as it was years ago.

Oh and have you ever been to Westfield...... ? I drove through Westfield about 4 days ago and can say - hand on heart that I did not see 1 black person :)

Originally posted by nichelover
Well i can see uve never been to eckington.
The school is one of the highest ranked non-grammar schools in the country.
If u dont believe then read the exam results.


Erm: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/03/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/830_4126.stm

Hmmm..... well I suppose if you class 2017th out of 3579 as being "one of the highest ranked" then what you say is true, but in reality it is a load of utter tosh, probably just like the rest of your post.

Compare and contrast Eckington with a properly good state school (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/03/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/373_4229.stm) and you will see the wide gulf between the 2.

I went to Eckington Secondary school and lived in and around the area for several years, I moved on about 5 years ago.
The general area is clean and tidy and dosent suffer with the usual troubles that more inner city areas do. I live in Halfway, That is just about a mile away now.
I was sent to Eckington School by my parents, Then it was out of the usual catchment area and it was at the time considered to be an exellent school. It seems to me that after the Headteacher Mr Tracey left it went a little bit down hill. He was a good Head teacher...He terrified me anyway!!
You will find the people a little bit hard to socialise with they tend to mix with their own. The top end of the town has the better more liveley pubs.
As for youths around the streets you will get that were ever you go, There is not much for them to do really. They tend to gather around the Bus station these days. You will find that they are generally nice kids at heart and deep down know wrong from right.
There are not really any Parks but the woods that are near by are exellent for walks etc and you are not too far from Rother Valley country park.
Overall, Eckington is a decent place.

Eckington is lovely. Yes it does have it's hot spots but you show me where doesn't these days ( unlesss you can afford to live in the exclusive areas).

Its people are friendly, good health centres (2), excellent swimming pool, library, nursery and all the usual facilities.
Surrounded by lovely countryside and only 5 mins from the motorway.

Don't think that the primary schools are particularly good but the comp is better than most of the dumps in Sheffield.

Originally posted by Mo
Eckington is lovely. Yes it does have it's hot spots but you show me where doesn't these days ( unlesss you can afford to live in the exclusive areas).

Its people are friendly, good health centres (2), excellent swimming pool, library, nursery and all the usual facilities.
Surrounded by lovely countryside and only 5 mins from the motorway.

Don't think that the primary schools are particularly good but the comp is better than most of the dumps in Sheffield.

The swimming baths are awful.... disgusting toilets, smashed, boarded up windows.

The Comprehensive school is SHOCKING... bad grades, poor teaching & terrible behavoir(sp)/ truency issues......The library has lots of great out of date books, and none of the newer more useful ones.
But hey, who am I to judge - horses for courses and all that eh ?

Originally posted by Lindseyw
The swimming baths are awful.... disgusting toilets, smashed, boarded up windows.

The Comprehensive school is SHOCKING... bad grades, poor teaching & terrible behavoir(sp)/ truency issues......The library has lots of great out of date books, and none of the newer more useful ones.
But hey, who am I to judge - horses for courses and all that eh ?

Do you live in Eckington?
I agree that the school has gone down hill in the last 10 years but surely not that bad?

Originally posted by chri5
Do you live in Eckington?
I agree that the school has gone down hill in the last 10 years but surely not that bad?

No I don't..... but I have friends that do. Also friends that went to the school, as I said in an earlier post, the school is not what it used to be.

I have mates that live in Westfield one of which has a mixed race child,shes actually in the process of moving a s she feels that she wants her son to be brought up on an estate where it is more multicultural.Her son is one of only 3 mixed race/black children in a school of 200 kids!!!!Dont know where some get their info from!

Originally posted by Lindseyw
The swimming baths are awful.... disgusting toilets, smashed, boarded up windows.

The Comprehensive school is SHOCKING... bad grades, poor teaching & terrible behavoir(sp)/ truency issues......The library has lots of great out of date books, and none of the newer more useful ones.
But hey, who am I to judge - horses for courses and all that eh ?


You have not got a clue what you are talking about. The pools (there are 2) are great. The windows are NOT boarded up that is a lie.

The library is fair and offers more than just books if you take the trouble to look.

Yes, I can that you had a good education

;)

Originally posted by Mo
You have not got a clue what you are talking about. The pools (there are 2) are great. The windows are NOT boarded up that is a lie.

The library is fair and offers more than just books if you take the trouble to look.

Yes, I can that you had a good education

;)

Firstly.... Do NOT attack me. I did indeed have a very good education, and that is not the subject in hand.
Secondly... The glass on the entrance doors IS boarded up.

Do NOT call me a liar - this is an open forum and I was giving my opinion and the FACTS as I know them.

Originally posted by nichelover


You could do much worse in the surrounding area like moving to westfield where the main colour dominating the area is black- but dont get me wrong im not being racist its just that westfield has a much higher crime rate and illiteracy statistics.



I was just about to post something abut how Eckington has a "village mentality" when i came across the above.

What better example of my thought than this!!!!!

My gradnparents have lived in Eckington for all my life, so i've been a regular visitor.

It wouldn't be my first choice of places to live, but it certainly wouldn't be my last.
I can't comment on the school, it's a long time since my Dad was there.
The pool used to be good, i've not been for 10 or 15 years though.
I've never heard my grandparents complain about problems with groups of kids or youths or the like, and old people like to complain.
It is well situated for the motorway, although getting into sheffield in the rush hour would probably take >1hr.

Slightly offtopic, if you come out of eckington, across the crossroads and up the big hill towards halfway and beighton. At the top on the right, before the supermarket is an estate, relatively new, probably 4 or 5 years old. Is that still eckington? If so, it looks very nice, although probably quite pricey.

Originally posted by Lindseyw
Firstly.... Do NOT attack me. I did indeed have a very good education, and that is not the subject in hand.
Secondly... The glass on the entrance doors IS boarded up.

Do NOT call me a liar - this is an open forum and I was giving my opinion and the FACTS as I know them.

Firstly I live there and visit the pool three times a week and I'll tell you again that the door is not boraded up. Go and b****y look for yourself!!!!!

Originally posted by Mo
Firstly I live there...

Ahem..... Nuff said :)
I looked when I dropped my friends Daughter off there last Sunday I think it was.... but hey with my eyes who knows ?

A friend of mine lived in Eckington, she and her family are Indian. After a few years of abuse and harrasment she moved.
Even after knowing this myself and my husband were in the process of looking at properties and Eckington was on our list as it would be closer to his parents in Derbyshire. We were in the end put off by a lot of aspects and not just the race issue. One of the deciding factors was the school.

I suppose if you are white and of british origin and don't want to integrate then its the ideal place for you.

Originally posted by bonny
A friend of mine lived in Eckington, she and her family are Indian. After a few years of abuse and harrasment she moved.
Even after knowing this myself and my husband were in the process of looking at properties and Eckington was on our list as it would be closer to his parents in Derbyshire. We were in the end put off by a lot of aspects and not just the race issue. One of the deciding factors was the school.

I suppose if you are white and of british origin and don't want to integrate then its the ideal place for you.

LMAO

Originally posted by bonny
We were in the end put off by a lot of aspects and not just the race issue. One of the deciding factors was the school.

I suppose if you are white and of british origin and don't want to integrate then its the ideal place for you.

Don't get me wrong in it's day the school was fantastic... one of the best so I hear, but not now at all.

You last comment abount integrating.... that is a real shame, anyone should be able to live where they choose.

Originally posted by Mo
LMAO

Ahh ..... I rest my case - you did say you live in Eckington, right ?


:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Mo
LMAO

Why does this amuse you Mo?

Originally posted by Lindseyw
Ahh ..... I rest my case - you did say you live in Eckington, right ?


:rolleyes:

I'm not going to stumble to your level Lindsey, but to suggest that everybody who lives in Eckington is a white racist is totally ludicrous. Almost as ludicrous as saying that everybody who lives in Darnall are asian racists or in Burngreave black racists.

But why did my post amuse you Mo?

Originally posted by Mo
but to suggest that everybody who lives in Eckington is a white racist is totally ludicrous. Almost as ludicrous as saying that everybody who lives in Darnall are asian racists or in Burngreave black racists.

???? Care to explain exactly when I did that ?
Anyway I'm not interested in playing silly tittle tattle games.
i stated the facts and you didn't like it ....unlucky.

I expect the stupidity of the statement about it being a fine place if you are white british and have no wish to integrate made her chuckle.

Originally posted by Lindseyw
???? Care to explain exactly when I did that ?
Anyway I'm not interested in playing silly tittle tattle games.
i stated the facts and you didn't like it ....unlucky.

I think it's fair to assume then that you don't like Eckington but don't live there.
I lived there for over 20 years and found it to be like most areas in the south of Sheffield/north east Derbyshire. Much like Sothall with its fair share of crime and youths etc.

Originally posted by chri5
Much like Sothall with its fair share of crime and youths etc.
I currently live IN Sothall and although yes there are 'youths' that live round here. They're no trouble what so ever. At all.

And crime.... since we've been here there has been no crime to speak of. Where you've got your info from... you're mistaken I'm afraid to say!

Originally posted by Cyclone
I expect the stupidity of the statement about it being a fine place if you are white british and have no wish to integrate made her chuckle.

That is my experience of the place. Everyone has their own experience. I was merely pointing out my personal experience. I was not being personal as was Mo.

Originally posted by DaBouncer
I currently live IN Sothall and although yes there are 'youths' that live round here. They're no trouble what so ever. At all.

And crime.... since we've been here there has been no crime to speak of. Where you've got your info from... you're mistaken I'm afraid to say!

I'm just going on reports of car thefts and breakings near the Belfry pub, that's Sothall isn't it?

But I didn't mean to bring attention to Sothall, after living in and near the area I've found not much difference in Beighton/Sothall/Mosborough/Westfield/Killamarsh or Eckington!

You're right that is Sothall, but I can honestly say hand on heart that I've never seen/heard or read about any car crime or other in or around Sothall in the time I've lived here (2 yrs) or the time my friends have lived here (about 6 yrs).

However I'm not saying it's never happened, but I'd go as far as to say IMHO out of ALL the areas you mentioned Sothall is BY FAR the best put of all.

Voted Top 3 in the Country as the best place to live so it can't be bad at all!

Originally posted by DaBouncer
You're right that is Sothall, but I can honestly say hand on heart that I've never seen/heard or read about any car crime or other in or around Sothall in the time I've lived here (2 yrs) or the time my friends have lived here (about 6 yrs).

However I'm not saying it's never happened, but I'd go as far as to say IMHO out of ALL the areas you mentioned Sothall is BY FAR the best put of all.

Voted Top 3 in the Country as the best place to live so it can't be bad at all!

Its only cause there's nothing there at Sothall so all the "Youths" have gone out to somewhere more interesting.
To wreak havock at your surrounding villages. i.e. Eckington

eckington is very nice...theres a barrat estate thats nice too if youre looking to buy ..

Eckington is fine it is on the edge of the country and you can get a reasonale property there without being ripped off, Renishaw is near by thats good too.

p.s I never saw a black person there either?not that that matters, just a strange out of order thing to say?
My mother inlaw lives there any loves it.

Originally posted by DaBouncer
You're right that is Sothall, but I can honestly say hand on heart that I've never seen/heard or read about any car crime or other in or around Sothall in the time I've lived here (2 yrs) or the time my friends have lived here (about 6 yrs).

However I'm not saying it's never happened, but I'd go as far as to say IMHO out of ALL the areas you mentioned Sothall is BY FAR the best put of all.

Voted Top 3 in the Country as the best place to live so it can't be bad at all!

He loved it so much he left and went elsewhere :o

Originally posted by Lindseyw
The area is not too bad - but the secondary school is AWFUL - thugs, theives & troublemakers.

hey i went to school in Eckington... and its true, the school has gone downhill in the past decade.

when i was looking on google for my schools internet site i cmae across a archive for this site saying the school was shocking.i have just finished at that school and i have to agree with you and about the point you made of racism in Eckington. i live in Eckington and nearly everyone i speak to calls asians pakis and says horrible things about them that is why Eckigton is mainly white.also gorups of youths are a growing porblem due to 1 major gang of about 40 lads.mayby the people who think Eckington is i good place to live need to get out in it a bit more.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9314&highlight=eckington is the Eckington debate.

Mod: Threads merged. Please search before starting a new topic.

Eckington is a nice area, we lived there for 20 years and raised our children there. Moved away a couple of years ago. No complaints about schools or local facilities. I couldnt believe when I read some of the posts about it on here. Its not possible it has declined so rapidly. I know other people who still live there and have done so for longer than us and they do not report any deterioration.

People actually come from out of the area to go to Eckington School.

I have lived in Eckington all my life- well since the age of 7 anyway and have never had any problems at all. When I married we moved to Sothall for 7 years then returned to Eckington as it's near the countryside and woods etc but not too far from Sheffield which is where me & my husband work. We like it there and although every area has problems they don't seem to be any worse than in Sothall. You will always get groups of youths hanging around every bus station- it's just how it is these days....

Originally posted by nichelover
You could do much worse in the surrounding area like moving to westfield where the main colour dominating the area is black- but dont get me wrong im not being racist its just that westfield has a much higher crime rate and illiteracy statistics

utter tosh!

ive lived there 3 years and not even seen 1 black person! (and what a strange comment that was in the first place) and if you want stats...the crime rate has dropped significantly in the last few years

(since i donned my cape and spandex ;) )

I went to Eckington School. Did anyone on here leave in 95/96?

Plus i think Eckington is a good place to live about the same as all the surrounding areas etc

heya, dont often post on here, but i though i needed to add to this debate for some reason.

i lived in eckington when i was a kid, i just remeber being very bored as there was never anywhere to go, plus i also remember there being a lot more weird crazy people in relation to normal people.

although saying that, my mum loves the place as she knows everyone, and its the kinda place where everyone says hello.

Originally posted by t020
Erm: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/03/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/830_4126.stm

Hmmm..... well I suppose if you class 2017th out of 3579 as being "one of the highest ranked" then what you say is true, but in reality it is a load of utter tosh, probably just like the rest of your post.

Compare and contrast Eckington with Silverdale: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/03/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/373_4229.stm) and you will see the wide gulf between the 2.

The Eckington one does look poor - I thought Silverdale and High Storrs are grammar schools?

:)

Run down and full of goons! ... Stay well clear!

Originally posted by Johnh
Run down and full of goons! ... Stay well clear!

You can't say that - it's not politically correct, and doesn't show the area in a pleasant way!

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

You did ask .... most of the pubs shut down or the lease is for sale. Shopping precinct which is practically derelict , second hand shops and the like. Big drugs problem amongst the young, one pub next to the bus station actually shut down by the police due to drugs. I live next door to it in Mosborough, so have a 'hands on opinion' about the place.

Originally posted by Johnh
You did ask .... most of the pubs shut down or the lease is for sale. Shopping precinct which is practically derelict , second hand shops and the like. Big drugs problem amongst the young, one pub next to the bus station actually shut down by the police due to drugs. I live next door to it in Mosborough, so have a 'hands on opinion' about the place.

It was sarcasm - see signature...

:)

Hmmmm! apologies !!!:loopy:

Originally posted by Johnh
Hmmmm! apologies !!!:loopy:

Don't worry, I'm usually crackers...

:)

Originally posted by kentboy119
Don't worry, I'm usually crackers...

:)
Have you moved to Eckington yet then Kentboy?

Originally posted by Johnh
Have you moved to Eckington yet then Kentboy?

No, I'm in Kent - ;)

Originally posted by kentboy119
The Eckington one does look poor - I thought Silverdale and High Storrs were grammar schools?

:)

No, not for decades.

Originally posted by Lindseyw
???? Care to explain exactly when I did that ?
Anyway I'm not interested in playing silly tittle tattle games.
i stated the facts and you didn't like it ....unlucky.

you havent stated any facts just opinion, perhaps the eductaion was fine you may just not have been receptive to it.

eckington school hasd some of the best teachers around. with 6£m investment & partnerships with industry it is on the way to becoming a flagsip "engineering college" or are they tertiary colleges can't remember.
compared to other local compsit has always out performed 90% of them.

Originally posted by willman
you havent stated any facts just opinion, perhaps the eductaion was fine you may just not have been receptive to it.

I actually did state facts:

the library is poor
the doors at the swimming baths were boarded up
the shops all have posts to stop ramraiders, i'm sure there were more I just cant be bothered to look :)

Originally posted by willman
eckington school hasd some of the best teachers around. with 6£m investment & partnerships with industry it is on the way to becoming a flagsip "engineering college" or are they tertiary colleges can't remember.
compared to other local compsit has always out performed 90% of them.

Results are still lousy though :)

Originally posted by willman
eckington school hasd some of the best teachers around. with 6£m investment & partnerships with industry it is on the way to becoming a flagsip "engineering college" or are they tertiary colleges can't remember.
compared to other local compsit has always out performed 90% of them.

Quick - the teachers of Chislehurst & Sidcup clearly don't know what they're missing out on, and need Eckington's teachers! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/303_4009.stm)
As do High Storrs (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/373_4257.stm)
And lastly, Silverdale (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/373_4229.stm)

;)

Originally posted by Lindseyw
I actually did state facts:

the library is poor
the doors at the swimming baths were boarded up
the shops all have posts to stop ramraiders, i'm sure there were more I just cant be bothered to look :)

no in your opinion the library is poor - compared to a mobile library its pretty good - not perfect but average.
the pool could have had a temporary problem which has now been resolved so why argue over it with Mo.
most shops in most smaller areas with similar vehicular access have ram raid posts - doesnt mean anything. the area was regenerated & the posts are fitted as per the street design as in Killamarsh - i have never heard of a ram raid in either village for at least 10 years.

Originally posted by DaisyBoo
I went to Eckington School. Did anyone on here leave in 95/96?

I left in 93!

I have lived in Eckington since 1975.
I saw a link on another thread which pointed to statistics about Eckington.

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/

Few non-whites, poverty, low education levels, high unemployment, high levels of sickness benefit claims for most of Eckington.

My son and all of the friends he had since he left school went on heroin and most. if not all, turned to crime.

I must have lived in the nice part! My kids grew up there, we lived there until 2002, and never saw or heard of any drug problems. My kids were 20 and 16 when we left and they managed to escape the apparent drug boom ... so did their friends.

Hi,

I lived in Eckington in a lovely grade 2 listed property and must say we have fond memories and would move back - for the right house. My kids went to Eckington comp and I think it is not much different to other schools - fair share of bullies and geeks etc. The bus service isn't great but you get familiar and at least there is usually more than one an hour and several at peak times. We lived opposite two of the pubs and sometimes it was loud and sometimes there was trouble but for us it was never nothing more than entertaining and a chance to be nosey! We moved to Mosborough for a better bus service so the kids can get in and out of town easier for work&pubs. The Moss Valley is beautiful.

My family and i are thinking of a move to eckington and I would really appreciate any opinions of anyone who currently lives there. I know it a bit having lived in S12 area most of my life but most of my experiances are of the pubs 10+ years ago where if you knew someone or if you went in with your girl you were fine but as 2 or more lads you were taking your life in your own hands.

Now as at 31 with a family it seems a decent place to live with:
Local Shops
Decent School
Countryside walks etc

What is the school like now, there are not many good options in south Sheffield.
Birley/Handworrth /City look OK
But Mytle Springs and Westfield have shocking results which exludes most of mosborough/crystal peaks area.

Some of the comments on this site make it sound horrendous but you would probably say that about where I currently live. Everywhere has young lads hanging round shops etc as I did as a kid. I think if you don't bother them they dont bother you.

Any advice would be appreciated

LambPie
:)

Eckington is a nice place to live generally. Whereabouts? Which road/estate?

You may see teens hanging about around shops, but this is cos they have no where to go and it is the same everywhere.

I lived on and around Ravencar road for about 18 years and never had any trouble. My son went to the secondary school, did well, never had any trouble.

We have looked at loads.

One near the bottom end near Peveral Rd

And 5-6 around ravencar and fernbank area's.

We have a 1 year old daughter so I am thinking a bit in advance.

Which are the best/dodgy bits of Eckington the top marsh lane end or the bottom?

it was the comments about Heroin addicts roaming the streets that prompted my post.

i used to work on peveril road,many years ago,some really nice people on there,i also know the landlord of the local there,i went to eckington comp,
i think the top and bottom of eckingtons ok.
theres bad parts though in every village

Lambpie,

Why Limit yourself to Eckington ? There are plenty of good accesible walks from S12 in general and you would be nearer for the Birley School.

We didn't really limit ourselves. We have looked at houses in:
Woodhouse
Birley
Hackenthorpe
Owlthorpe
Stradbrooke.

Birley would be fine but we are looking for a detached house and there aren't many in the s12 area.

We like Mosborough but dont like westfield school.

A lot of the houses we have looked at are in big estates with nothing there, no local shop no pub and no life. 2.4 children family's everywhere. We want some where near ish to my parents in charnock but where there is some life as my wife is from down south and has no family up here. Therfore she wants a doctors libary bakers etc to go to as she works part time and will go mad stuck in a house with nothing nearby.

There's a massive new school being built near Direct Cars that (I think) is going to replace Westfield school, so don't rule some areas out, just because of the school.

If it's a community feel you're after, come and live in Killamarsh - you'll never leave....!

Originally posted by lambpie
We have looked at loads.

One near the bottom end near Peveral Rd

And 5-6 around ravencar and fernbank area's.

We have a 1 year old daughter so I am thinking a bit in advance.

Which are the best/dodgy bits of Eckington the top marsh lane end or the bottom?

it was the comments about Heroin addicts roaming the streets that prompted my post.

Stay around ravencar, its the best bit. Although we did have friends down the bottom of the village who liked it down there, in particular they liked being in walking distance of the amenities. Although you can walk to the bottom of the village from Ravencar its a bit of a drag back!

PS how did I manage to miss the heroin addicts living there all those years and my two kids growing up there??? I never saw any evidence of this, but I suppose drugs are everywhere these days.

it's a shame you want a detatched as someone on this forum is advertising a semi in charnock prior to putting it up for sale with estate agent, knowing the interest houses in charnock generate you might be in for a bargain without bidding against someone else. anyway this is the post http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76763

Hi i live on Ravencarr in Eckington. I have 3 children both at the infant school and the comp. I moved here 5 years ago and have never had any trouble. Yes lads do sometimes hang around outside the shops but dont bother you, and i did the same thing myself 15 years ago!!!

The schools have been great, especially the comprehensive.

Fantastic walks within minutes if you can get an house on the Barrett estate, and at the moment there are loads for sale, with good views over the woods.

Think years ago eckington did get a bad press but i have never had any problems at all, i love living here now.

Eckington has also been discussed here: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9314&highlight=Chislehurst+and+Sidcup

Note that when searching for that thread, I used words that are unlikely to appear in other threads; I knew that I mentioned Chis. & Sid. in the thread.

:)

Ah cheers, it's been merged.

:)

Originally posted by owdlad
He loved it so much he left and went elsewhere :o
Under duress I might add.
Wow what an old thread :lol:

To be honest I really like Sothall, couldn't fault it, never had any trouble there and would move back anytime.

However now at Meadowhead and am equally as happy here so it's all well that ends well I guess.

I live at Killamarsh and went to Eckington Comp and I loved it !
The area is nice with a few rough areas same as anywhere, Most of my friends stopped on in the sixth form which is good, and gained a number of alevels and progressed to university.
All my family went to Eckington and have gone to UNI and have been successful.

Eckington is a nice place to live generally. Whereabouts? Which road/estate?

You may see teens hanging about around shops, but this is cos they have no where to go and it is the same everywhere.

I lived on and around Ravencar road for about 18 years and never had any trouble. My son went to the secondary school, did well, never had any trouble.


Ages after you posted, but I too lived just off Ravencar Road and went to Eckington School from 1985 on. I wonder if I know your son?

Eckington seems nice from my limited experience of driving through it every day. Not sure what effect living in Derbyshire has on the number of buses and stuff going into Sheffield though.

busses are rubish there about every 2 hours and takes about a hour to get to town my dad lives there

I'm in the sixth form at eckington with just a few months until I do my a levels and leave. My brother (whos 23 now) also went to eckington and when he was there it was a really good school, but unfortunately its gone down hill now. Maybe I've just been unfortunate but Ive had countless teachers leave and be replaced and then leave again. Now its happened again with one of my teachers who has been replaced with a teacher who doesn't seem to know what shes doing which just won't do when I have my A-levels coming up. It probably happens in most schools though. As for the area, well it's alright, no better or worse than killmarash (where I live) or renishaw. I'm sure you get gangs of lads hanging round in most villages and towns, so its
nothing new.

Thats where the filmed Deliverence

Sorry for bit of a post revival

We've just had an offer accepted on a cottage in Eckington on Southgate quite near the high street end (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=southgate+eckington&sll=53.305923,-1.375287&sspn=0.00293,0.009978&ie=UTF8&ll=53.30816,-1.35428&spn=0.011719,0.039911&z=15&iwloc=addr&om=1). However after visiting the area again today i'm having second thoughts after walking through the supposed "High Street" which to be honest its god dam awful, there were loads of windows smashed and derelict shops, and also a group of tracksuit chav kids hanging around.

I'm now just a bit concerend that this is the end of the village\town where the kids hang out and cause trouble, which is not something i think i can live with as i have an extremely low tollerance for pikeys and would probably end up doing something i regretted. So can anyone from the area let me know whether this end of the village has many problems.

The house is also right opposite the George pub which from appearances seems a not too bad small little pub but again i would value any comments on what it's like especially of an evening ie is it noisey\much trouble?

We've been renting in Crookes for the past 10 years since we moved to sheffield so we're not really familiar with that side of Sheffield hence the questions.

Many Thanks

Matt

That's about 2 minutes from where I work on Littlemoor.
I've never heard anything about trouble in the area.
The high street is a bit run down, I buy lunch from the sandwich shop sometimes. But I think that's just the effect that Crystal Peaks and Meadowhall have had on all village high streets in the last 20 years.
Don't know about the pub, I'm never around in the evenings.

I grew up in Eckington , went to the school 84-89 . It was one of the best , but from what I hear standards have slipped a little . Same as they have everywhere though . I loved the place and moved to Dronfield because the schools here are better and "our lass" is from Coal Aston . Every area has it's bad points , I've been working in Dore for about 18 months and guess what , theres youths hanging around outside shops there aswell and according to a lot of the residents I've spoken to , there are drug problems just like anywhere else .
There are a lot worse places than Eckington to live . I would move back there when the anklebiter flys the nest.

I had a friend who lived on southgate for a long time, and it is lovely. My opinions & beliefs of Eckington have not changed, however that part is very nice.
Good Luck with the move !

In reply to your question about primary schools in the Eckington area both my children attended Marsh Lane primary and got all level 5s (top marks at primary level) in their sats results. If that helps you make up your mind. I've found it to be a quiet area and full of horsey types.

The area is not too bad - but the secondary school is AWFUL - thugs, theives & troublemakers.

What?!?! NO. I happen to go to Eckington Comprehensive school, and i dont get bullied, i am not a thief, i am not a thug, i am not a troublemaker and neither are many people who go to Eckington Comprehensive school. The teachers are nice. And by the way, to answer the other person's question, all the schools are nice, the primary schools in the area are; Eckington Camms (i went there and it is very nice), Eckington Junior School ( lots of my friends went there and it is nice) and Ridgeway school ( one or two of my friends who went say that was very nice. Ypu don't know what you are talking about Linsey. Althpugh i do agree that the area is not to bad. Ill give you that.

I live at Killamarsh and went to Eckington Comp and I loved it !
The area is nice with a few rough areas same as anywhere, Most of my friends stopped on in the sixth form which is good, and gained a number of alevels and progressed to university.
All my family went to Eckington and have gone to UNI and have been successful.

Right on!!

What?!?! NO. I happen to go to Eckington Comprehensive school, and i dont get bullied, i am not a thief, i am not a thug, i am not a troublemaker and neither are many people who go to Eckington Comprehensive school. The teachers are nice. And by the way, to answer the other person's question, all the schools are nice, the primary schools in the area are; Eckington Camms (i went there and it is very nice), Eckington Junior School ( lots of my friends went there and it is nice) and Ridgeway school ( one or two of my friends who went say that was very nice. Ypu don't know what you are talking about Linsey. Althpugh i do agree that the area is not to bad. Ill give you that.

You do realise the post you're referring to is almost 4 years old? It may well have been bad in 2004!

I was born in Eckington and about to move back there yet again!

Would recommend it but the bus station and town centre can be a bit dodgy in the dark.

Also, evenings and sundays could be better for public transport.

We're looking at buying a house close to Castle Hill in Eckington. I've done a search on the forum beforehand but can find no mention of it so I thought I'd ask you peeps on here for any advice etc about this area. Also, is Birk Hill Estate on or near this area? We've been told to keep away from this that's all.

I have been reading this thread with interest. I lived in Eckington during my teenage years, (long time ago), and my parents lived there for over 30 years. We lived at the "bottom end" Castle Hill, but that was when it was a mining village, and everyone had something to do, and the shops were thriving. Just goes to show how the pits closing had far reaching effects.
But I haven't been back since my parents died, so I have no idea what its like now.

I have been reading this thread with interest. I lived in Eckington during my teenage years, (long time ago), and my parents lived there for over 30 years. We lived at the "bottom end" Castle Hill, but that was when it was a mining village, and everyone had something to do, and the shops were thriving. Just goes to show how the pits closing had far reaching effects.
But I haven't been back since my parents died, so I have no idea what its like now.

Thanks for the reply. I've said we could have a drive around the estate to my partner, but you know yourself that it would be the exact time that Little Timmy, the neighborhood hoodlum would just happen to be inside, having his tea before the nights vandalism was to take place, and so we'd see nothing.
I'm not expecting Utopia by any means but I don't need nor want The Bronx neither.

Birk Hill is at the top of Eckington, Castle hill is at the bottom nearer to the centre. I lived in Eckington for 21 years and it was alright then(that was about 8 years ago) , but I think things have changed now. The centre now looks like some kind of war zone, all the shops are closing cos there sick of the valdalism, and unless you know plenty of people in the local pubs you'll probably get beaten up when you go for a quiet pint. In my opinion I would avoid both estates if I were you. If you want to move to Eckington I think you'd be better off moving to the area up behind the swimming baths.:)

Don't get me wrong...I love Eckington:hihi:

Has anyone heard of the above? I've just been told by a mate that this is what he's heard. We went a drive around last night and it seemed very nice and quiet. I was looking forward to maybe moving up there but I don't know about that now. I've done a search on the Derbyshire Times website and found nothing. Nothing either on the North East Derbyshire County Councils website. Anybody enlighten me on this news?

Birk Hill is at the top of Eckington, Castle hill is at the bottom nearer to the centre. I lived in Eckington for 21 years and it was alright then(that was about 8 years ago) , but I think things have changed now. The centre now looks like some kind of war zone, all the shops are closing cos there sick of the valdalism, and unless you know plenty of people in the local pubs you'll probably get beaten up when you go for a quiet pint. In my opinion I would avoid both estates if I were you. If you want to move to Eckington I think you'd be better off moving to the area up behind the swimming baths.:)

Don't get me wrong...I love Eckington:hihi:

:sad: Good God, has Eckington really got that bad, I can't believe it. Mind you I haven't been there for around 15years since my Mum died.:(

We've moved to Eckington at the end of last year and can honestly say its a really nice place to live. Like you i was a bit scheptical after reading all the negative posts posted previously and seeing the run down highstreet but we've found the people in Eckington really friendly.

We live on Southgate very near the high street.

Granted the little pedestrianised shopping bit is a bit crappy but as mentioned previoulsy they've all shut up shop because crystal peaks has killed their business, and it would be pretty hard i imagine for any shop to make a decent living there. The shops you've got left have everything you need eg post office, bank(cashpoint), sarnie shops, couple of takeaways, newsagent etc.

In terms of pikey kids there are a few about but to be honest i really haven't seen that many hanging about of a night, they may do up on the estates where most of them live so i can't really comment on that. Those few i have seen tend to hang about on their bikes round the co-op carpark/bus station purely cos theres a bit of cover but i've walked past/through groups of them before and they're not intimidating,(granted i'm 6ft) they just dress like twats in their trackies and with their trousers in theirs socks!? (since when has that ever been a good look??)

Also i'm pretty positive that the getting beaten up in the pubs is not right these aren't like football turf pubs like you might get in hillsborough or near bramall lane and eckingtons a big enough place where people arn't going to know everyone in the pub so no ones going to stand out as being not local!. If fights were rife we'd hear cop sirens every friday/saturday night and thats just not the case. We've been in The George pub and thats very small and friendly, it's got a pretty "local" feel to it but thats just becasue the same people go there all the time so its like a home from home. You certainly wouldn't get beaten up or anything like in there, that most of them are knocking on abit in there anyway :D

Honestly, don't get me wrong, I do still like Eckington. Most of my family still live there, and I have very good memories of being brought up there.
Mattaboy, your right, The George pub is ok. I probably should'nt have tarred them all with the same brush, I was thinking more of The Duke pub in the centre. I don't know if you've experienced a night out in this pub, but unless its changed, its used to be quite rough. ( I have to laugh at my own comment, seeing as most of my family frequent that pub :hihi:)
Me and my mate used to go in there every Friday night and it was a good night out, but I still noticed that if anyone came in that was'nt 'local' they would get glared at all night.

Where abouts do you live on Southgate? Thats not a bad area of Eckington, my cousin used to live in one of those terrace houses to the left of the George and she never experience any trouble.

I lived in Eckington from 84-98 and then again from 2001-04 (on the Barrat estate) and I never had any trouble, the schools were good, but I have heard they've gone downhill.

My brother still lives there (just off Berry Avenue) and has no trouble, neither of us have ever really socialised in the local pubs but I did work part time at the supermarket when i was in the sixth form and I always remember it as a pretty friendly village.

I live in Renishaw now and travel through Eckington everyday, a lot of improvements are being made to the centre.

I wouldn't live in Eckington again because of it's village mentality and bus services (even worse in Renishaw, I now, I'm working on leaving!!) but I would never class it as a bad place to live. :-)

i lived in eckington for 6 years when i was young with my parents. im living there now with my boyfriend just next to eckington school and we dont get any trouble at all. its a quiet road, the chavs and the trouble usually hang around the co-op at the bottom and outside the row of shops near eckington school. never ever had any trouble whatsover. nice neighbours very quiet roads and a nice place to live in. there are buses to town, not regular though. my boyfriend has lived in eckington all his life and went to a private school in sheffield. the school isnt great but i know people that have attended it and come out ok! but if you hate it there is always schools in sheffield that you can consider? hope that helps. its the best area i have lived in anyway and i have lived in a few areas in sheffield.

I have lived in various parts of Eckington, except Castle Hill.

From 1972-1981 I lived on Birkhill and it still seems a nice clean estate as it did back then. I would still go back to live there myself.

Castle Hill has a 'jaded' feel to it and quite small with no shops but very near to walk into the town centre. At least Birkhill has buses to Chesterfield and Sheffield going on it.

Also, I would recommend the Landsbury Estate which is another mainly council estate, no buses run on it but its just up the road from the swimming baths near the doctors so very near to walk into the town centre.

I lived at Eckington for a year and personally I prefer where I live now (Westfield) but I suppose wherever you live there are good and bad points.

Eckington is like most areas, teenagers hanging around etc and to be honest whenever I have come across any groups they have just carried on with whatever they were doing. A problem we had was the local pub, the blokes who drank in there tried to start a fight with my husband and his mate who reckoned they were 'staring' and that you couldn't just walk into other peoples boozers and stare! Think they were seeing if the pool table was free or something like that!!!!

You just need to check on the area at various times of the day and use your own judgement. You could live on the 'roughest' estate and have lovely neighbours who look out for you or live in the 'nicest' area but have awful neighbours!

Well i can see uve never been to eckington.
The school is one of the highest ranked non-grammar schools in the country.
If u dont believe then read the exam results.
I went to eckington comprehensive for 5 years and came out pretty good im a top pr consultant at 22 earning £35,000 anually and was not even at the top of the class as i only came out with 4 gcses at c.

You could do much worse in the surrounding area like moving to westfield where the main colour dominating the area is black- but dont get me wrong im not being racist its just that westfield has a much higher crime rate and illiteracy statistics.

If u move to eckington you will enjoy it as it is very friendly, and has a low drugs rate for youths who usually keep themselves to themselves.

Can you get me a job like yours-£35000 acruallly for PR work?What do you PR about-not tact I imagine

Hello,
Having now had a chance to come up to Sheffield and look at houses, we saw a little village called Eckington which is on the side of town we want.What is the area like in terms of crime, schools, things to do, parks, general family life. What is it like at night, there seem to be quite a few pubs in a small area, is it noisy at chucking out time ?What are the primary schools there?
Thanks yet again,
Melanie.


I used to live in Eckington (and work in a pub there) if you are not conceived in the village you will never fit in, and contrary to belief it is one of the worst places for drugs! (much worse than westfield where i grew up and lived until 18 month ago!)