Stocksbridge is a former industrial town on the western outskirts of the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire. It grew up around the 19th-century steel and wireworks founded by Samuel Fox, whose umbrella-frame manufacture helped shape the town’s identity, and the long-running Stocksbridge Steelworks has been central to local employment. The settlement sits in a steep-sided valley of the River Don on the edge of the Pennines, with reservoirs and moorland close by that make it popular with walkers and cyclists.
The community still bears a strong industrial character but has diversified with small businesses and many people commuting into Sheffield. Local life is marked by close-knit clubs and organisations - for example Stocksbridge Park Steels football club - and there is a visible mix of post‑industrial heritage and accessible green spaces.
Postcode districts covering Stocksbridge
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Leeds 22.3 miles35.9 km
- Bradford 22.4 miles36 km
- Oldham 20.9 miles33.7 km
- Huddersfield 14.2 miles22.8 km
- Stockport 23.3 miles37.6 km
- Rotherham 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Doncaster 20.3 miles32.7 km
- Chesterfield 17.3 miles27.9 km
- Wakefield 14.3 miles23.1 km
- Halifax 20.6 miles33.2 km
- Barnsley 7.9 miles12.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Hunshelf Parish 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Deepcar Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Stocksbridge and Upper Don Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Thurgoland Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Oxspring Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Langsett Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Wortley Parish 3 miles4.8 km
- Bradfield Parish 3 miles4.9 km
- Penistone Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Wharncliffe Side Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Penistone East Ward 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Thurlstone Built-up area 3.8 miles6.1 km
Example postcodes in Stocksbridge
S36 1JR, S36 1LR, S36 1DP, S36 1FS, S36 1GA, S36 1BF, S36 1AA, S36 1BX, S36 1AZ … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 24.5 miles39.4 km
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 26.7 miles43 km
- Penistone Railway Station 3.3 miles5.2 km
- Silkstone Common Railway Station 4.1 miles6.6 km
Hotels near Stocksbridge Ad
- Friendship Hotel 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Cubley Hall 3 2.6 miles4.2 km
- The Dog and Partridge 4 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Whitley Hall Hotel 4 5.4 miles8.6 km
- The Fairway 3 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Wortley Hall 3 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Ibis Styles Barnsley Hotel 3 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Brocco on the Park Boutique Hotel 5 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Holiday Inn Barnsley 4 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Mercure Barnsley Tankersley Manor Hotel 4 4.8 miles7.7 km
Schools in Stocksbridge
- St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Stocksbridge High School Secondary
- Stocksbridge Junior School Primary
- Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School Primary
Local points of interest
- Hillsborough Stadium Stadium 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Oakwell Stadium 7.4 miles11.9 km
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 7.5 miles12.1 km
- University of Sheffield University 8.3 miles13.4 km
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 9 miles14.4 km
- Meadowhall Shopping centre 9.1 miles14.6 km
- The Leadmill Theatre 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Don Valley Stadium Stadium 9.3 miles15 km
- Bramall Lane Stadium 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Galpharm Stadium Stadium 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Nostell Priory Country house 14.7 miles23.7 km