Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of

England. The population of the City of Sheffield in 2002
was estimated at 512,242. It has grown, from its industrial
roots to encompass a wide economic base and is now the
third largest city in England, the fourth largest in Great
Britain, and the only one in South Yorkshire.

The city boundaries of Sheffield include a significant area of

the countryside which surrounds the main urban region. One
third of Sheffield is within the Peak District National Park
(no other English city has a national park within its
boundary), and Sheffield is generally recognized as
England's greenest city, containing 150 woodlands and 50
public parks.

Sheffield is largely unparished, but Bradfield and Ecclesfield have parish councils and
Stocksbridge has a town council.

The present boundaries were set in 1974, when the former county borough of Sheffield
merged with Stocksbridge urban district and part of Wortley Rural District.