Sheffield Homes - Bressingham

Area and Properties

Bressingham area covers Bressingham Close, Bressingham Road and some of Grimesthorpe Road and Grimesthorpe Road South. It consists of mostly council flats, but there also some houses. There are currently no privately owned properties in the Bressingham area.

Investment

As part of the decent homes programme, the properties in the area will under go improvement, particularly to kitchens and bathrooms, around 2009-2010.

Tenant and Residents Associations (TARA)

There are no TARA’s specifically for the Bressingham area at this time.

Community Centres

The closest community centres for Bressingham are

Verdon Recreation Centre on Verdon Street
All Saints Connexion Centre, 7 Lyons Close

Garages

Bressingham has about eight garages at Bressingham Close, all in good condition and secure.

Shopping

For local shopping, Bressingham residents can go along Catherine Street to the corner shop and car wash on Burngreave Road. They can also go to the bottom of Burngreave Road to the various convenience stores situated there and close by on Spital Hill. These include greengrocers, Halal butchers, restaurants and hairdressers.

Education

Burngreave has several schools, which residents of Bressingham would be able to reach by car.

Firshill Primary on Orphanage Road,
Owler Brook Nursery and Infants school ion Wensley Street
Pye Bank Church of England Primary on Andover Street
Saint Catherine's Catholic Primary on Firshill Crescent
Whiteways Junior School on Whiteways Road
Fir Vale School on Owler Lane.

Childcare

There are two local facilities for childcare.

The Ellesmere Children's Centre, at 5 Maxwell Street provides full time day care for children aged 6 months to 5 years.
The Burngreave Children's Centre at 19 Spital Street, also offers day care to under fives, but also has classes for parenting, antenatal, postnatal and healthy eating.

Doctors

The closest doctor for the Bressingham estate is the Burngreave Surgery at 5 Burngreave Road. This can be reached with a short car ride but is close enough to walk to.
Others in the area are

Melrose Surgery at 120 Burngreave Road,
Page Hall Medical Centre at 101 Owler Lane,
Sheffield Medical Centre at 21 Spital Street
Pitsmoor Surgery at 151 Burngreave Road.

Hospitals

The hospital that serves the Bressingham area is the Northern General Hospital on Herries Road.

Police Stations

The local Police station for this area is the Attercliffe Police Station at 60 Attercliffe Common.

Dentists

Local Dentists are

Wensley and Wright at 197 Spital Hill
Pitsmoor Dental Centre at 139 Burngreave Road

Post Offices

There are two post offices in the area.

Pitsmoor Post Office at 509 Pitsmoor Road
Ellesmere Post Office at12 Ellesmere Road

Vets

There are no vets in the Bressingham or Burngreave area. The closest vet is the PDSA Pet Aid Hospital at 14 Newhall Road.

Nursing Homes

There are a large number of Nursing Homes in the area.

Westbourne House Nursing Home at 379a Earl Marshall Road
Roewood Residential Home at 34 Firshill Rise
St Catherine's Nursing Home at 152 Burngreave Road
Rosebank Residential Care Home at 48 Lyons Road
Grosvenor Residential Care Home at Devon Road (off Barnsley Road)
Loxley Court Nursing Home at 455 Petre Street
Gleneagles Nursing Home at Pexton Road
Jasmine Court Nursing Home at 40 Roe Lane
Abbeyfield Grange Residential Home at 148 Burngreave Road.

Local News

One of the best ways to stay abreast of local news in the area is the Burngreave Messenger, a free local paper that is sent out to residents and businesses. It can also be viewed online at http://www.burngreavemessenger.org/

Allotments

There are three allotments in the area, at Grimesthorpe, Hinde House Lane and Roe Wood. Anyone wanting a plot can call 0114 273 4528 for more information.

Cash Points

There is a cash machine located on Ellsmere Road and one on Spital Hill, inside The Ozmen Supermarket. Please note that the machine in The Ozmen Supermarket charges a fee.

Parks

One of the closest parks for Bressingham Residents is Abbeyfield Park, located near the top of Burngreave road. As well as open spaces, it has a children’s climbing frame and play area, two areas for football, an area for cricket and a bowls green. Local children designed the park’s side gate.

Another nearby park is Somerset Street Open Space, just off Burngreave Road. It has a basketball court and swing set.

Bus Services

There are no bus routes that go through Bressingham itself, residents would need to walk to Spital Hill or Burngreave Road to get onto the bus routes. The bus numbers within walking distance are

265 to Sheffield and Barnsley,
75 to Chapeltown and Batemoor,
76 to High Green and Bents Green,
83 to Ecclesfield and Bents Green,
88 to High Green, Bents Green, Parkway and Ecclesfield,
97 and 98 to Parkway and Eccesfield,
M22 to Sheffield, Firth Park and Sicey Ave,
4 to Meadowhall and Newhouse,
29 to Sheffield and Upper Denaby,
52 to Woodhouse
7 to Shirecliffe and Darnall

Bin Collections

Black bins are collected every Wednesday; Blue bins are collected every four weeks, on a Monday.

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