Pitsmoor
Pitsmoor is a former village, now a suburb of Sheffield, England. The name derives from Or-pits as, anciently, the main local industry was the mining of ore. The village falls within the Burngreave ward of the City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: area in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Pitsmoor, Sheffield”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abbeyfield Park and Christ Church.
Abbeyfield Park
Park
Photo: Captain Scarlet, CC BY 2.5.
Abbeyfield is a park in Pitsmoor, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, bought by the City Corporation in 1909. The park comprises the park itself, a bowling green, as well as Abbeyfield House, a former secondary school.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Terry Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is an Anglican church in the Pitsmoor district, north of Sheffield City Centre in England. It is a Grade II listed building.
St Catherine of Alexandria, Sheffield
Church
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Catherine of Alexandria, Sheffield is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burngreave and Neepsend.
Burngreave
Suburb
Burngreave is an inner city district of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England lying north of the city centre. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 27,481.
Neepsend
Suburb
Neepsend is a suburb of the city of Sheffield, it stands just 1 mile north-west of the city centre. The main area of Neepsend covers the flood plain of the River Don from Lady's Bridge at the Wicker up to Hillfoot Bridge.
Shirecliffe
Suburb
Shirecliffe is a suburb of the City of Sheffield. It lies three kilometres north of the city centre, it is now a residential neighbourhood consisting mostly of public housing.
Pitsmoor
- Category: locality
- Location: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.40055° or 53° 24′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.46514° or 1° 27′ 55″ westElevation
325 feet (99 metres)Open location code
9C5WCG2M+6WOpenStreetMap ID
node 29621703OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Pitsmoor” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Pitsmoor”
- French: “Pitsmoor”
- Irish: “Pitsmoor”
- Urdu: “پٹسمور”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of God and Wards Pitmoor/Abbeyfield Park Crown Green Bowls Club.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pitsmoor”. Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.