St Thomas, Brightside

St Thomas is a former Anglican church in the Brightside area of in which now serves as a circus training school. The Sheffield and Rotherham Railway opened in 1838, and both industry and housing spread along its route through the Lower Don Valley.
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Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: former church in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “Greentop Circus Centre”, “Greentop Circus Training Centre”, and “St Thomas’s Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sheffield Arena and IceSheffield.

Stadium
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, known for sponsorship purposes as Utilita Arena Sheffield, is a multi-purpose arena located in , England. It is situated near Meadowhall and lies between city centre and town centre. is situated 3,800 feet southeast of St Thomas, Brightside.

Stadium
Photo: Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an ice arena in the Lower Don Valley, , . It was completed in May 2003 at a cost of £15 million. It is one of only three facilities in the UK that has two Olympic sized ice pads, with seating for 1,500 people in pad 1 and 125 in pad 2. is situated 3,100 feet southeast of St Thomas, Brightside.

Church
Photo: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as the Hill Top Chapel, is a Gothic in , now a suburb of , South Yorkshire, England. The chapel was constructed in 1629, when Attercliffe was a township separate from Sheffield, although in the same parish. is situated 2,900 feet south of St Thomas, Brightside.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grimesthorpe and Carbrook.

Suburb
Burngreave ward—which includes the districts of Burngreave, Fir Vale, , Pitsmoor, and Shirecliffe—is one of the 28 electoral wards in , England.

Suburb
is an industrial area of , South Yorkshire, England to the south-east of Brightside. The suburb is named for the Carr Brook, which ran through the area until the late eighteenth century.

Suburb
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an industrial area of , , lying on a hill north of and the River Don. was recorded in the fifteenth century as "Brekesherth", when it was home to some mills.

St Thomas, Brightside

Latitude
53.40668° or 53° 24′ 24″ north
Longitude
-1.43211° or 1° 25′ 56″ west
Open location code
9C5WCH49+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 102999479
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Wiki­data ID
Q21008642
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Nearby Places

Places to explore: Holywell Road/Rothay Road and Holywell Road/Wansfell Road.

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