Gleadless Valley - Amenities

Amenities

Gleadless Valley is served by two GP surgeries, Gleadless Medical Centre covers the northern part of the suburb at 636 Gleadless Road while the Sloan Medical Centre at 29 Blackstock Road serves the southern area. Primary schools in the area are Bankwood Community Primary School on Bankwood Close which has around 380 pupils and serves the northern part of the suburb and Valley Park Community School on Norton Avenue with around 390 pupils which serves the southern area. There are no secondary schools on the estate, the nearest two being Sheffield Springs Academy on Hurlfield Road and Newfield Secondary School on Lees Hall Road, both schools have around 1100 pupils. Gleadless Valley has three small shopping centres to serve the three districts within the suburb. The Herdings district has a small area of shops on Morland Road near the tower blocks. The Hemsworth area has an group of shops midway along Blackstock Road known as the Gaunt shops while the Rollestone district has a retail area at Newfield Green.

Gleadless Valley originally had six pubs within its boundary, these were The Cutlers Arms, The Bagshawe Arms, The John O’Gaunt, The Horse And Groom, The Wyvern and The Far Lees. However in recent years The Cutlers Arms has been converted into a Bangladeshi restaurant known as the Cutlers Spice while the Far Lees has been adapted into a Best-One convenience store. The only public recreation area in the suburb is Herdings Park which has two football pitches a bowling green and a childrens playground as well as open parkland. The Blackstock Road Household Waste Recycling Centre is located within Gleadless Valley it is run by Veolia Environmental Services on behalf of Sheffield City Council.

The purple route of the Supertram system terminates at Herdings Park giving good transport links for the southern part of the suburb while the FirstGroup bus number 47/48 has a frequent service starting at Herdings and serving the rest of the Gleadless Valley and Stagecoach bus 79 from Jordanthorpe on their way to Sheffield city centre 25 minutes away.