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{{Short description|Town and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England}} {{For|similarly named places|Stockbridge (disambiguation){{!}}Stockbridge}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name = Stocksbridge from Nanny Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1032439.jpg | static_image_caption = The town from Nanny Hill | country = England | official_name = Stocksbridge | coordinates = {{coord|53.478|-1.588|display=inline,title}} | civil_parish = Stocksbridge | metropolitan_borough = [[City of Sheffield|Sheffield]] | metropolitan_county = [[South Yorkshire]] | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = [[Penistone and Stocksbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Penistone and Stocksbridge]] | population = 9,869 | population_ref = (2017 [[Sheffield City Council|SCC]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Stocksbridge and Deepcar |url=https://democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/documents/s4602/10%20c%20-%20Appendix%203%20-%20Profile%20Older%20People%20Stocksbridge.pdf |website=democracy.sheffield.gov |access-date=9 November 2023 |page=79}}</ref> | post_town = SHEFFIELD | postcode_district = S36 | postcode_area = S | dial_code = 0114 | os_grid_reference = | type = Town }} '''Stocksbridge''' is a town and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]], it is encircled to the north and east by the southern edge of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, although since 1974 it lies within the borders of the [[City of Sheffield]], in [[South Yorkshire]], England. The town is approximately {{convert|9|mi|km}} from [[Barnsley]] and {{convert|10|mi|km}} from [[Sheffield]]. [[Historic counties of England|Historically]] part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], it lies just to the east of the [[Peak District]]. The town is located in the steep-sided valley of the [[Little Don River]], below the [[Underbank Reservoir]]. It blends into the areas of [[Deepcar]], [[Bolsterstone]] and the eastern end of [[Ewden valley]] around Ewden village, which are also within the civil parish. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 13,455.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170210933|title=Stocksbridge Parish|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref>
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